WASHINGTON – King Charles III’s mother, Queen Elizabeth II, knew how to finesse her way through an awkward situation.Faced with toasting the United Kingdom’s former colonies on the occasion of their 200th birthday, the queen stood alongside President Gerald Ford beneath a big tent over the White House Rose Garden on the night of July […]
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US sanctions China’s ‘teapot’ refinery for buying Iranian oil – Al Jazeera
The Hengli refinery, China’s second-largest, has generated hundreds of millions of dollars for Iran’s military, the US Treasury says.SaveShareThe United States has sanctioned a Chinese oil refinery for buying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Iranian oil.Ahead of potential new talks on ending the US-Israeli war on Iran, the US Treasury Department on Friday […]
Trump set to attend his first White House Correspondents' Dinner as president – NBC News
news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timePresident Donald Trump is attending White House Correspondents’ Association dinner for the first time as commander-in-chief, surrounded by the journalists he routinely berates and threatens.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Until now, Trump had been the only president in […]
Iran war live: Trump cancels Witkoff and Kushner trip to Pakistan for talks – Al Jazeera
Media reports say the US president stood down envoys Witkoff and Kushner after Iran’s foreign minister left Pakistan.Al Jazeera LiveSaveShareFollow Al Jazeera English: source
Iran caused more extensive damage to U.S. military bases than publicly known – NBC News
news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeWASHINGTON — American military bases and other equipment in the Persian Gulf region suffered extensive damage from Iranian strikes that is far worse than publicly acknowledged and is expected to cost billions of dollars to repair, according to three U.S. officials, two congressional aides and another person […]