U.S. failed to stop release of oil tanker, says Iran envoy in London
The Iranian ambassador in London accused the United States of desperately trying to stop the authorities in Gibraltar from releasing the Grace 1 Iranian oil...
Gibraltar decides to free seized Iranian tanker, paving way for ship swap
Gibraltar decided on Thursday to free the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1, detained off the British overseas territory six weeks ago by Royal Marines, paving...
Israel bars visit by U.S. Democratic lawmakers
Israel will bar a visit by two of its sharpest critics in the U.S. Congress, Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, who planned to tour...
Retrial to resume of Salvadoran woman on homicide charge after delivering stillborn son
The retrial of a Salvadoran woman convicted of aggravated homicide after having a stillbirth was scheduled to resume on Thursday, offering a possibility to overturn...
Russian pilots land plane in cornfield, earn Kremlin praise
Two Russian pilots safely landed an airliner carrying 233 people in a cornfield outside Moscow after striking a flock of birds, prompting the Kremlin to...
‘Recreating Woodstock’: how festival came together, and almost fell apart
Mick Richards was among the 450,000 people at Woodstock in 1969, but he did not think much about his “uneventful” 24 hours there until years...
U.S. FDA proposes new health warnings on cigarette packs, advertisements
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed new health warnings for cigarette packages and advertisements, as small size and lack of an image...
Astronaut plays first ever DJ set from International Space Station
DJ Luca Parmitano became the first astronaut to play a live DJ set while in orbit....
China’s Minmetals says to close rare earth unit after pollution violations
The rare earths arm of state-owned China Minmetals Corporation said one of its units would halt production with immediate effect from Thursday after failing to...
FDA proposes new health warnings on cigarette packets
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed new health warnings for cigarette packages and advertisements that it said could be the most significant...