Category Archives: National
United Nations arms embargo, other sanctions reimposed on Iran
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran on Saturday following a process triggered by key European powers that Tehran has warned will be met...
Sep 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Members of the U.N. Security Council vote against a resolution that would permanently lift U.N. sanctions on Iran at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
ICE arrests Des Moines public schools superintendent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. immigration officials on Friday arrested the superintendent of the public schools system in Des Moines, Iowa, acting on what authorities said was a prior deportation order. ...
Sep 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts speaks during the Standing Up For Public Education Rally at Goodrell Middle School in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., May 1, 2025. Lily Smith/The Register/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images via REUTERS/File photo
FBI fires agents pictured kneeling during racial justice protest in 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has fired a group of its agents photographed kneeling on the street in an attempt to de-escalate tensions during a racial justice protest in Washington in 2020 in the af...
Sep 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Bureau Investigation seal is seen at FBI headquarters in Washington, U.S. June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
UN sanctions on Iran loom after vote to delay fails
By John Irish, Parisa Hafezi, Rodrigo Campos and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations sanctions on Iran are set to be reimposed on Saturday, Britain's U.N. envoy said on Friday af...
Sep 27, 2025 Members of the United Nations Security Council vote against a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
ICE tactics inflame tensions in New York, Chicago and other cities
CHELSEA, Massachusetts/BROADVIEW, Illinois (Reuters) -A U.S. immigration officer shoving a woman in a New York City courthouse to the floor. Protesters dispersed with tear gas outside a Chicago detent...
Sep 26, 2025 Children react after seeing their mother detained during an immigration enforcement raid in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., September 26, 2025. Their mother was released at the scene because she is reportedly a legal U.S. resident and she was taken to the hospital for evaluation. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
US Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in foreign aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court sided again on Friday with Donald Trump, allowing his administration to withhold about $4 billion in foreign aid authorized by Congress for the current fis...
Sep 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Sinclair to end boycott of Kimmel show on its ABC stations Friday
(Reuters) -Sinclair Broadcast Group said on Friday it will end its preemption of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and the show will return in the evening on Sinclair's nearly 40 ABC-affiliated stations. Sinclair ...
Sep 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Jimmy Kimmel arrives at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, U.S., September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
Netanyahu condemns support for Palestinian state at UN after scores walk out
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply denounced Western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood, accusing them of sending the message that "murder...
Sep 26, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Trump slaps new US tariffs on drugs, trucks and furniture
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping new import tariffs, including 100% duties on branded drugs and 25% levies on heavy-duty trucks, set to come into force n...
Sep 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are seen at the port of Oakland in Oakland, California, U.S., May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Trump signs order declaring TikTok sale ready and values it at $14 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday declaring that his plan to sell TikTok's U.S. operations to U.S. and global investors will address the national secur...
Sep 25, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order on a deal that would divest TikTok's U.S. operations from ByteDance from its Chinese owner ByteDance, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 25, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
