NASA's oldest active astronaut Don Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday with two astronaut crew members overnight Saturday, evacuated from the International Space Station and regressed to Earth in the reentry heat to end the 220-day expedition. Pettit, Suiz MS-26/72S commander Alexey Ovchinin and flight engineer Ivan Vagner canceled from the Russian Rassvet module at 5:57…
The United States and Iran held The second round of negotiations Saturday in Tehran above Rome A fast-forward nuclear programOfficials said. US Middle East envoy and billionaire Steve Witkoff met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Oman embassy near Camilluccia in Rome. The negotiations were mediated by Oman's Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi. “Today,…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced again on Saturday that Israel had “no choice” but would continue to fight in Gaza and would not end the war before destroying Hamas, freeing hostages and ensuring that the territory would not pose a threat to Israel. The Prime Minister also repeatedly vowed to ensure Iran never obtained…
From Friday night to Saturday night, on Jewish weekend, the Israeli military continued dozens of air strikes in the Gaza Strip. The military said on Saturday that the Air Force carried out about 150 attacks on “terrorists and terrorist infrastructure.” Over the past seven days, 300 targets have been attacked in the battle against the…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Russian artillery fires have not subsided despite the Kremlin’s declaration of Easter ceasefire, according to his supreme commander. “As of now, according to the Commander-in-Chief's report, Russia's attacks continue in multiple front-line departments and Russian artillery fire has not yet subsided,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media platform…
On Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gathered in the sponge-like church in the Holy Cemetery to spend a hundreds of years of ritual called the Holy Fire. Holding bright candles, they squeezed into the sprawling 12th-century cathedral, built on the site, and according to tradition, Jesus was crucified and buried. In the near-complete darkness,…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed doubts about the unilateral Easter ceasefire announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. “As for Putin's sirens for air strikes in many areas of Ukraine, it's sounding right now,” Zelensky wrote on Platform X. It is reported that 45 minutes before the ceasefire came into effect, Ukraine saw Russian…
The U.S. Supreme Court suspended President Donald Trump's administration earlier Saturday as lawyers said they were in danger of dismissal without the judicial review previously requested by the judiciary. The judges said in a brief, unsigned ruling: “The government was instructed not to evacuate any presumptive detainee class members from the United States until further…
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary “Easter truce” in a three-year conflict in Ukraine that will last until midnight on Sunday. “On the grounds of humanitarianism, the Russian side announced an Easter truce today from Sunday to Monday,” Putin said in a televised statement issued by the Kremlin. The statement has been translated. “During…
A Tunisian court has sentenced a group of senior politicians, businessmen and lawyers to long-term imprisonment, on charges of conviction and terrorism. The defendant received a verdict of up to 66 years. These include leaders of the Savior Front, a major opposition coalition nation, arrested in 2023. Human rights groups describe the trial as an…