Trump Claims All Mines Cleared from Strait of Hormuz

Tuesday marked one year since the US bombed a migrant detention facility in Saada, northern Yemen, killing 68 African migrants, and Amnesty International has reiterated its call for the attack to be investigated as a potential war crime. The strike was part of the Trump administration’s bombing campaign in Yemen dubbed “Operation Rough Rider,” which […]

Judge Blocks Trump Admin's Move To Halt Wind, Solar Approvals Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to halt federal approvals for wind and solar projects. Chief U.S. District Judge Denise Casper in Boston issued a preliminary injunction on April 21, sought by a coalition of renewable energy groups. The injunction blocks five specified agency action measures, including Interior review rules, a wildlife permitting ban, land-use limits, an Army Corps memo, and a legal opinion that had tightened permitting and slowed wind...

Investigators Unveil Charges Against Dismissed Ukrainian Ambassador To The US Another top level Ukrainian official has been booted from office over significant corruption allegations, which comes at a moment of a broad shake-up of military and cabinet leadership initiated by President Zelensky. Olha Stefanishyna was dismissed as Ukraine's ambassador to the United States earlier this week, both local media as as Reuters have confirmed. via Associated Press Reuters writes that she is "suspected of illegal enrichment and failing to declare assets, authorities said on Thursday, the latest high-ranking official targeted in an anti-graft probe"...