Author: Press Room

With oil markets paralyzed by the war between the U.S. and Iran, the Trump administration is weighing a military operation to escort ships through a vital maritime chokepoint — a massive undertaking that experts say could already be in the preparatory stages.Since the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran began two weeks ago, more than a dozen attacks have been reported against oil tankers and other cargo ships in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Iranian officials have openly threatened ships that pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that connects the Persian Gulf with the world’s oceans.Fearing…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. figure skating star Alysa Liu revealed extensively why she decided to withdraw from the upcoming World Championships following her successes at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. At a press conference at her Oakland celebration rally on Thursday, Liu said she wanted to go to worlds, but had too many prior commitments. “There’s so many commitments I have and activities that are overlapping with worlds, and also I don’t have much time training,” Liu said. “So I can’t be doing worlds. I don’t think I’d put out my best performance.”   Alysa Liu of Team…

Bobi Wine says he has left Uganda after a disputed presidential election and attempts by soldiers to raid his home.

Wangchuk was jailed for demanding either full statehood for Ladakh or constitutional protections for its tribal communities.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 14 Mar 202614 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoIndia has ended the preventive detention of prominent Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, freeing him six months after he was arrested over protests in the Himalayan region.The Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement on Saturday it had decided to end Wangchuk’s detention under India’s National Security Act (NSA) “with immediate effect” after “due consideration”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listWangchuk, 59, an…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A U.S. judge in Boston on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from ordering colleges to collect and turn over detailed data on race and student admissions, delivering a near-term reprieve to 17 Democratic attorneys general who sued to block the policy from taking force. U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV, a George W. Bush appointee, issued a temporary restraining order Friday that blocked the administration from immediately ordering the detailed information from colleges and universities across the U.S.Trump announced the new effort last August as part of a broader push from the…

Artificial intelligence adoption could lead to significant job struggles for entry-level workers as companies boost productivity, according to ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott.McDermott told “Squawk on the Street” on Friday that unemployment for new college graduates “could easily go into the mid-30s in the next couple of years.””So much of the work is going to be done by agents. So it’s going to be challenging for young people to differentiate themselves in the corporate environment,” he added.The Federal Reserve Bank of New York put the unemployment rate for recent college graduates at the end of 2025 at about 5.7%. The underemployment…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The State Department has cut the fee Americans must pay to renounce their U.S. citizenship by roughly 80%, lowering the cost from $2,350 to $450 under a new rule that took effect Friday.The new fee, first announced in 2023 but not previously implemented, returns the cost to the same level the government charged when it first began requiring payment for citizenship renunciations in 2010.The State Department said in the rule that it lowered the fee as a policy decision to reduce the cost burden on people seeking a Certificate of Loss of…

Perth Wildcats coach John Rillie has no doubt his side are moving in the right direction, despite their season ending in the semifinals for the third consecutive year.After securing their participation in the finals by beating Melbourne United in the play-in game, the Wildcats ultimately proved no match for Sydney Kings in their first-versus-fourth series, with the minor premiers securing a clean sweep by running out 14-point winners in the second game at RAC Arena on Saturday night.Ben Henshall poured in a season-high 20 points but Kristian Doolittle (15) and Jo Lual-Acuil (nine) being below their best left Perth without…

new video loaded: How Migrant Workers Have Been Affected by Iran’s StrikesSince the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran began, Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones in retaliation at Gulf countries. Iranian officials say that they are attacking U.S. military bases and American interests in the Gulf countries, not civilian targets. Our reporter Vivian Nereim talks with Katrin Bennhold about how migrant workers have been affected.By Vivian Nereim, Katrin Bennhold, Leila Medina, James Surdam and Parin BehroozMarch 14, 2026

The United States on Friday said it was offering up to $10 million, and the potential opportunity to relocate, for information on the whereabouts of 10 senior Islamic Republic leaders.The U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice program announced the reward on Friday for information on Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and nine other “key leaders” in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.Khamenei, who issued his first public statement on Thursday, is “wounded and likely disfigured,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday. A missile strike killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials when the war started.In addition to the supreme leader,…