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At least three commercial vessels flying under the flags of India and the United Kingdom came under fire today.
“After Iran's military, reimposed its restrictions on the straight-up for moves.”
No fires or casualties reported, do we be scared and reports?" United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operation Center said one oil tanker was approached by two
gunboats, belonging to Iran's revolutionary guard corps, which fired on the ship.
In a statement released to Iranian state media, the country's national security council said that Iran is "determined to exercise supervision and control over traffic through the straight of our moves until the war is definitively end it and lasting peace is achieved in the region." Regional countries are still pushing for the U.S. and Iran to extend a shaky ceasefire
to make time for renewed peace negotiations. In remarks to reporters, U.S. President Trump said that "very good conversations were going on between the U.S. and Iran, and that they got a little cute. Friend-parent news, I'm Gary Buscarin, in Vaughan, Turkey." The U.S. Treasury Department says it's extending a one-month pause on sanctions against
Russian oil to tamp down global energy prices amid the war with Iran. The decision revertes an announcement earlier this week by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ruling out such a move. NPR's Charles Mainz reports from Moscow. The Trump administration first introduced the sanctions waiver in March, part of an attempt
to level out global energy prices amid the war in Iran. The policy's extension effectively allows countries to legally purchase previously sanction Russian oil for the second month in a row. The Kremlin's U.S. envoy, Krill Demetrius, said the move amounted to an acknowledgement
“of the crucial role of Russian energy in maintaining the stability of the global economy.”
Demetrius predicted more than 100 million additional barrels of Russian oil would soon reach
global markets, critics of the U.S. sanctions waiver say it provides the Kremlin with a windfall for its war in Ukraine at a moment when the Russian economy had otherwise been struggling. Charles Mainz and PR News, Moscow President Trump signed an executive order this morning that could make certain psychedelic drugs more available for treating mental health conditions
such as depression and anxiety. NPR's Daniel Kurtz-Lavin has more in the story. Trump said the order directs the FDA to expeady the review of certain drugs like psilocybin and ibogaine. Speaking in the Oval Office, the President touted the drugs effectiveness in studies on military
and veteran populations. Currently psilocybin and ibogaine are listed as schedule one drugs, meaning they have no accepted medical uses and a high potential for abuse. Trump said the order would expeady the rescheduling of those drugs if they are FDA approved. A study published in the journal over the American Medical Association in 2025 found some
psychedelics have shown success in treating depression and anxiety. Daniel Kurtz-Lavin and PR News. This is NPR News in Washington. The U.S. has imposed sanctions against three individuals and two companies for allegedly recruiting Colombian mercenaries to fight with a paramilitary group in Sudan.
The rapid support forces or RSF have been fighting the Sudanese military since 2023. The United Nations says the conflict has created a huge humanitarian crisis. Some migrants expelled from the U.S. have begun to arrive in Canchasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo. It's part of a migration pact signed by the two countries and at Livingstone reports.
The first group of migrants deported from the United States arrived in Canchasa Friday with
other groups expected to follow soon. The Congolese government said 15 people had arrived so far and that their state will be temporary, the U.S. government will foot the bill. Otherwise very little is known about the migration deal signed between Congo and the U.S., but it comes as Washington is trying to broker and end to the conflict in eastern Congo
and it also follows an economic agreement signed between the U.S. and mineral rich Congo last year. The deal has come under fierce criticism in Congo where millions of people have been displaced by conflict. For NPR News, I'm Emmett Livingstone in Canchasa.
Duorman's strike in New York City has been averted. The Union representing thousands of dormant, portars, and superintendents across the city says as a reached a tentative agreement with the group that represents building owners. Members had threatened to walk off the job Tuesday over wages and health care in the first strike since 1991, in terms of the agreement have not been made public.
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