By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. fighter jet has been shot down over Iran and a search-and-rescue operation is underway for any survivors, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, in the first such known incident since the war began nearly five weeks ago. The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command di...

PEORIA, Ill. - The National Weather Service in Lincoln confirms high winds, downed power lines and hail accompanied severe storms that rolled through Central Illinois Thursday night. In Elmwood, 63 mph winds and power lines were reported down on McClellan Road around 6:30 p.m. In Laura, power poles were down on Rt. 150...

Franz Wagner went for 18 points in just 17 minutes, Wendell Carter Jr. led the way with 28 and the Orlando Magic used balanced scoring to easily overcome Cooper Flagg's historic 51 in a 138-127 triumph over the host Dallas Mavericks on Friday night. D...

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN, April 4 (Reuters) - Five European Union finance ministers are ​calling for a ‌tax on windfall profits of energy companies in reaction to rising fuel prices due ‌to ​the Iran ⁠war, according to ⁠a letter from the ministers to th...

AMSTERDAM, April 4 (Reuters) - Dutch police on Saturday said they ​were investigating ‌reports of an explosion overnight at the Israel Centre in the ‌central ​Dutch town ⁠of Nijkerk. There ⁠were no reports of injuries and the damage at the ​site, run b...

OG Anunoby shot 70% from beyond the arc and had a game-high 31 points and Mitchell Robinson added 17 points and 11 rebounds as the host New York Knicks jumped out to a 20-1 lead and ​never looked back in a 136-96 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thurs...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, April 4 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund urged the Bank of Japan to continue raising interest rates, even as the Middle East war posed "significant new risks" to the country's economic outlook. The proposal comes amid ...

Konnor Griffin, baseball's No. 1 prospect, doubled and drove in a run in his major league debut, propelling the host Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles in their home opener on Friday. Griffin, 19, recorded his first major leagu...

MOSCOW, April 4 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone and missile attack on southern Russia ​killed at least one ‌person, injured four others, and sparked a blaze aboard a foreign-flagged vessel, Russian officials said on ‌Saturday. (Reporting by Reuters; Edit...

MOSCOW, April 4 (Reuters) - Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on Saturday ​Russia's attempt ‌to block Virtual Private Networks triggered a problem with a domestic payment system, ‌adding ​that tens ⁠of millions ⁠of Russians were now resisting the digit...