Migrant fishers and union organizers representing them say StarKist, a dominant canned tuna brand in the United States, buys albacore tuna for the U.S. market caught under working conditions that amount to forced labor, according to a report released Thursday. Source link
Palestinian officials criticized the State Department’s decision to deny visas for members of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization ahead of next week’s U.N. General Assembly, calling it in a statement Thursday “an unjustified measure” that makes it harder to develop Palestinian-U.S. relations and work toward “achieving peace and stability in the region.” Source link
U.S. President Donald Trump talks with members of the media after walking off Air Force One at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Sept. 16, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has said the country is “hopefully” toward the end of its nearly seven-month war with Iran, as fighting continues to escalate between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. “Well, hopefully we are toward the end of the war. They want to make a deal, we’ll see how that works out,” Trump told reporters in North Carolina on Wednesday evening. The U.S. president also said he had spoken with Tehran “directly,” without providing further details. His comments come as the sprawling Middle East conflict, which started on Feb. 28, expands into Yemen, further disrupting energy exports and rattling oil markets. The Houthis have ramped up attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia and launched a lightning ground offensive to exercise control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital oil choke point that connects the Red Sea …
A man reacts to the camera while driving past a monument depicting the clenched fist of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, and a missile at the Islamic Revolution square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP GENEVA — Experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. They also accuse Iran’s theocratic government of carrying out crimes against humanity against its own people in a report published Thursday. The report, while not binding, adds to international evidence gathered about crimes in the war in Iran, and could eventually be used in efforts to reach justice in international courts. The fact-finding mission on Iran, chaired by jurist Sara Hossain of Bangladesh, is made up of independent experts and was created in 2022 by the Human Rights Council, …
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche delivers remarks during a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Justice Department has brought charges against five suspected Russian intelligence operatives for allegedly plotting attacks against the Kremlin’s perceived enemies around the world, including the murder-for-hire of at least one prominent dissident in the U.S. The indictment, which was unsealed in federal court in Manhattan, says the defendants belong to a network that “is one arm of the Russian Federation’s apparatus used to carry out external attacks, including murder, around the world.” The network also allegedly conducted operations against civilian and military targets in European allies of Ukraine. Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and the two countries have been locked in a bloody war since then. Several European allies of Ukraine, including Poland, Germany and Czechia, have accused Russia of conducting sabotage attacks on their soil in recent years. Now, the U.S. is making similar allegations in a criminal …
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the keynote address at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference at the Moscone Center on Sept. 15, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Benjamin Fanjoy | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is expected to attend a state dinner for Xi Jinping when the Chinese leader travels to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump next week, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC on Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private guest list. Huang’s planned attendance at the high-profile event is the latest sign of his alliance with Trump. Those ties appeared stronger than ever this week, as the two men pushed back against other tech CEOs who have issued dire warnings about the risks posed by rapid AI advancement. AI is expected to be a main topic of discussion when Xi meets with Trump. Huang was one of a select group of CEOs who traveled to China with Trump earlier this year. It was not immediately clear who else has been invited to the state …
Stablecoin Tether and Circle’s USDC dominate the market. Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. has filed a civil forfeiture complaint against $61 million in cryptocurrency that it alleges proceeds from black-market sales of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and petroleum products. The complaint, brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, alleged Tehran used a network of cryptocurrency actors in China and elsewhere to launder more than $1.5 billion in illicit oil money intended to benefit the Iranian military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. These proceeds were intended to finance the Iranian government and military components. “Today we are seizing and seeking to forfeit more than $61 million of the Government of Iran’s money, which otherwise would have promoted hostile military action and terrorist attacks against the U.S. and our allies,” Deputy U.S. Attorney Sean S. Buckley said in a statement. Two Chinese companies, named Blessed Trust and Hexa Whale, allegedly used trading accounts at the Binance crypto exchange “to launder the proceeds of black-market sales of …
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Every president likes to take credit for good news on their watch, but most of them have at least a little shame about it. Not Donald Trump. September 10 is typically the peak of Atlantic Ocean hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expected a relatively restrained year, but as the meteorologist and hurricane specialist Michael Lowry writes, the season “has never gone beyond September 11th in the reliable records (since at least 1950) without a hurricane” in the Atlantic Ocean—until this year. There aren’t even any strong prospects forming. Amid spreading violence in the Middle East, warnings of an AI apocalypse, and high fuel prices, it’s a rare piece of good news, and Trump wants credit. Over the weekend, the White House flagged the news, commenting, “Thank you, President Trump!” This is absurd, though maybe no one …
A veiled Iranian schoolgirl, stands next to an Israeli flag, observe the American Global Hawk (R) drone, which was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz in June 2019, as well as an American Reaper MQ-1 drone, as she visits of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) National Aerospace Park in western Tehran, October 11, 2023. Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images Iranian military said it has destroyed an advanced American drone over the Strait of Hormuz, the latest exchange as Tehran and Washington trade warnings and strikes with no sign of de-escalation. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Monday that its “new advanced aerospace defence system” intercepted and destroyed an advanced MQ-1 drone over the Hormuz strait, without providing further details on the drone’s mission. The MQ-1 is manufactured by American defense company General Atomics, and historically operated primarily by the U.S. Air Force and the CIA. The incident followed a series of Iranian operations against U.S. unmanned naval systems in the Gulf as the war, …
Dania Thafer of the Gulf International Forum weighs in on previously scheduled talks between Iran and Gulf states. Shortly before this interview aired, Oman announced that the talks were postponed. Source link
