Mortgage rates fell slightly last week despite a big jump in bond market volatility. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.65% this week through Wednesday, down from 6.67% a week earlier, according to Freddie Mac. The small drop came during a very unstable week for the bond market. Long-term US government bond yields moved … Read more
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a new wave of sanctions targeting Cuban entities on Thursday, including the country’s Ministry of Construction, in the latest bid to cripple the communist government. US targets more Cuban entities, including Construction Ministry Several state-owned enterprises working in the metals and mining sector, which “sustain the regime’s repressive … Read more
US authorities charged a woman who allegedly supported the Islamic State group with a terrorism offense Thursday after she told an FBI informant she “wanted to destroy” the New York State Capitol buildings, court filings showed. US charges woman with IS-inspired plot to blow up New York State Capitol Located in Albany near the Canadian … Read more
DAKAR, Senegal — Twenty migrants deported from the United States arrived in Liberia on Thursday, the first group of an eventual 1,200 deportees that the West African country says it will receive from the U.S. under a new deal. US has sent deportees to many African countries, the latest one being Liberia. Here’s why Under … Read more
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for parts of Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia until 10 p.m. EDT Thursday. Severe storms are expected across the Baltimore metro area on Thursday evening. (UnSplash) The storms could produce a few tornadoes, damaging winds of up to 70 mph … Read more
TORONTO — The premier of a Canadian province launched a blistering attack on U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, calling him a “bad person” and “not to be trusted” and urging Canada to keep fighting rather than rush to make concessions in trade talks with Washington. Canadian premier says Trump is a ‘bad person’ as … Read more
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Six million people in Somalia are facing acute food insecurity while the World Food Program has only a tenth of the resources it had in 2022 when it helped avert famine in the drought- and conflict-stricken East African nationthe head of the U.N. agency told The Associated Press. Somalia faces another hunger … Read more
Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi on Thursday said the integration of the Kurdish administration within Syria’s state institutions was complete, marking the end of the Kurds’ long-held dream of autonomy. Syrian Kurds announce completion of civil, military intergration with Damascus The announcement follows months of negotiations between the two sides after a January agreement that … Read more
TUNIS, – Activists and opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied took to the streets of Tunis on Thursday, calling for his departure and the restoration of democracy in the latest protest against his governance amid growing political and economic discontent. Tunisia opposition protests against president amid economic discontent Hundreds of protesters said they reject “one-man … Read more
On Thursday, the district magistrate of Albany, New York, announced the arrest of a 35-year-old local woman with an alleged Islamic State (ISIS) link for plotting attacks on the New York State Capitol. The New York state Capitol is seen from the steps of the State Education Building in Albany. (Representational image) (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) … Read more