Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives who was charged with stealing $5 million in federal funds, resigned on Tuesday about 20 minutes before the House ethics committee was set to consider a recommendation for her expulsion from Congress. The ethics panel found Ms Cherfilus-McCormick guilty of 25 violations related to allegations she stole federal relief…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was extending a ceasefire with Iran to give more time for negotiations, but would maintain a US naval blockade of the country’s ports. Trump posted on social media that he would “extend the Ceasefire” until Iran came up with a proposal to end the conflict. However, he “directed our Military to continue…
Russian strikes across Ukraine wounded more than a dozen people in at least four regions, at a time when US-led peace talks to end the war have ground to a halt, officials said Tuesday. In the northeastern city of Sumy, Russian drones wounded 15 people and damaged apartment buildings and a medical facility, the head of the region said….
Former Senegalese President Macky Sall and three others will present visions in public UN hearings, offering a rare live-streamed glimpse into the race to succeed António Guterres. The other nominees are former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, Argentinian diplomat Rafael Grossi and Costa Rican economist and former vice-president Rebeca Grynspan. The UN has never had a woman secretary-general in nearly…
Iran said it has executed two men convicted of espionage, according to the judiciary news outlet Mizan News Agency, on Monday. The executions were carried out at dawn, the report said. The sentences had been issued by a revolutionary court in the city of Karaj, near the capital Tehran. Iranian authorities accused the two men of spying for Israel’s…
The US government on Monday launched a tool for refunding more than $166 billion in revenue from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump and subsequently struck down by the Supreme Court. The conservative-majority high court in February ruled against a swath of Trump’s tariffs, marking a stinging rebuke of his key economic policy and opening the door to refunds….
