Feb 15 Iran's state media reports foreign minister will attend indirect talks with the U.S. By Associated Press Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his delegation left for the Swiss city of Geneva after the first round of indirect talks took place in Oman last week. Continue reading
Feb 15 Trump's border czar says smaller force of ICE agents will remain in Minnesota amid drawdown By Ben Finley, Associated Press He also said agents will keep investigating fraud allegations as well as the anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a church service. Continue reading
Feb 15 U.S. forces board another sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean By Associated Press The Defense Department says U.S. forces boarded the Veronica III overnight. It is a Panamanian-flagged vessel under U.S. sanctions related to Iran, according to the website of the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control. Continue reading
Feb 15 Europeans reject U.S. claims after Rubio's address in Munich By Emma Burrows, Geir Moulson, Associated Press A top European Union official has rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration. It came a day after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a somewhat reassuring… Continue reading
Feb 14 Four astronauts arrive at International Space Station to replace NASA crew By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Last month’s medical evacuation was NASA’s first in 65 years of human spaceflight. One of four astronauts launched by SpaceX last summer suffered what officials described as a serious health issue, prompting their hasty return. Continue reading
Feb 14 How the Homeland Security shutdown is impacting travel in the U.S. By Rio Yamat, Associated Press Transportation Security Administration officers are expected to work without pay while lawmakers remain without an agreement on DHS' annual funding. Continue reading
Feb 14 Iran and U.S. to hold nuclear talks in Geneva, Swiss minister says By Associated Press The Trump administration has maintained that Iran can have no uranium enrichment under any deal. Tehran says it won’t agree to that. Continue reading
Feb 14 Rubio tries to reassure skeptical European allies but pushes Trump's vision for reshaped alliance By Matthew Lee, Emma Burrows, Geir Moulson, Associated Press Rubio addressed the conference a year after Vice President JD Vance stunned the same audience with a harsh critique of European values. Continue reading
Feb 14 Love is in the air at the Winter Olympics on Valentine's Day By Fernanda Figueroa, Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press MILAN (AP) — At the Milan Cortina Olympic Games, winning medals isn't the only thing making hearts swell. From the ice rinks to the snowy hills, love is in the frozen air. Some competitions already seem to have Cupid in… Continue reading
Feb 14 U.S. targets Islamic State in Syria with series of airstrikes By Associated Press The strikes were carried out in retaliation of the December ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter. Continue reading