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A recently seized ship was carrying raw materials for dialysis treatment, according to the IRCS The US seizure of a cargo vessel bound for Iran has put patients’ lives at risk, as it was carrying essential medical supplies, a senior Iranian Red Crescent (IRCS) official has told RT.The US Central Command has reported forcing 38 ships to redirect and seizing several tankers and cargo vessels.According to Razieh Alishvandi, Director for International Affairs at the IRCS, the Iranian-flagged vessel Touska, which was seized by the US Navy on April 19, was transporting eight containers of raw materials for a company linked…

The Chinese government has officially blocked Meta’s planned $2 billion acquisition of Manus, a Chinese-founded AI startup, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing technological rivalry between the United States and China. CNBC reports that China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) foreign investment review arm issued a decision on Monday to block the sale of Manus to Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta. The regulatory body ordered all parties involved in the transaction to unwind the acquisition, effectively terminating the deal that was announced in late December. Manus emerged as a prominent player in the AI sector when it launched in March of last…

President Donald Trump acknowledged the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday was a “traumatic experience” for first lady Melania Trump. The president made his remarks to members of the press not long after a shooting incident at the Washington Hilton hotel. Flanked by government officials, Trump said, “I want to thank the First Lady. That was a rather traumatic experience for her. There was a lot of action taking place up there very quickly, but again the response time was really incredible,” he told reporters. Video footage caught the moment several loud booms were heard as…

Brussels saw strange lights, screamed “Putin!”, and torched €50 million – only to find a police helicopter in the starring role Hey kids, do you suffer from nightmares about being abducted by aliens? Worried that the fort you make out of your pillows and bedsheets won’t protect you? Well, good news: when you grow up, you can get a job as Belgian defense minister and blow €50 million on your efforts.Bad news for Belgians, though. The aliens haven’t picked your country as their landing pad. Not yet, at least. But this is the second time in my lifetime alone that…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Moscow, Russia, on Monday and is expected to meet dictator Vladimir Putin for discussions on his country’s ongoing conflict with America. Araghchi is concluding an extended travel itinerary that included stops in Pakistan — which has become a key negotiator between Tehran and Washington — and Oman, which previously served in a similar role. Russia has consistently been one of Iran’s closest allies, a leading member of the anti-American BRICS coalition that Iran belongs to, and a consistent antagonist to American interests at the United Nations Security Council. Russian officials this week repeated…

Senate Republicans moved closer to installing Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve chairman after Sen. Thom Tillis said Sunday he would end his weeks-long blockade of the nomination. Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, had refused to advance Warsh or any other Fed nominee while the Justice Department pursued a criminal investigation into current Chairman Jerome Powell over cost overruns in a renovation of the central bank’s headquarters. Critics on both sides of the aisle had called the probe politically motivated.The impasse broke Friday when Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, announced the Justice Department…

The armed suspect at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner “charged from 50 yards away,” President Donald Trump said during a late night press conference Saturday. Trump held a press conference after being whisked away at the WHCA dinner after a gunman charged a magnetometer and shot a Secret Service member in the chest. The agent was wearing a bulletproof vest, and while he was shot at a close distance “with a very powerful gun,” Trump said the “vest did the job” and that the officer is “doing great.” The president provided further details on the shocking incident, contending that…

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — According to the attorney for the six-member family of Mohamed Sabri Soliman, the group was re-detained by ICE on Saturday after their release earlier in the week as a result of a federal judge’s decision. According to a social media post by the family’s counsel, Michigan-based Immigration Attorney Eric Lee, ICE said, “Deportation is imminent.”  Within hours, Lee says the deportation flight turned around after a federal judge issued an emergency stay. On Thursday, Federal District Judge Bred Biery had ordered the release of the six-member family of Mohamed Sabri Soliman, an Egyptian national, who is…

President Donald Trump posted a video of the suspected gunman charging through the Washington Hilton, where the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner was held, on Saturday night. After being whisked away from the premises after a gunman charged a magnetometer and shot a Secret Service member in the chest, Trump held a press conference alongside other officials, all of whom detailed exactly what happened. “Tonight, you saw the very worst and the very best of this country,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said during the press conference. “You saw the very worst by the actions of that coward that…

Pyongyang’s soldiers are “true heroes of our time,” Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has said Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has awarded North Korean troops, who helped liberate Russia’s Kursk Region from Ukrainian forces, with the Order of Courage during his visit to Pyongyang.Last year, North Korean soldiers, acting under the June 2024 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between Moscow and Pyongyang, joined the Russian operation to repel a large-scale Ukrainian incursion into the border region. They also participated in mine-clearing activities in the area.During a ceremony on Sunday, Belousov said that it was “a truly special day in the record of…