DUBAI – Pakistan stepped up diplomacy on May 21 to hasten peace talks between the United States and Iran even as Tehran appeared to harden its stance over the nuclear issue amid new threats of strikes from President Donald Trump if he didn’t get...
After hours of public comment and debate, the Fort Smith Board of Directors failed May 19 to advance either proposal to place a change to mayor-council government before voters, leaving the issue in the hands of citizen petitioners. The...
When Cuba’s then-President Raúl Castro welcomed President Barack Obama to Havana in 2016, it marked a historic reopening of diplomatic relations announced a year earlier between longtime Cold War adversaries – and a rare window for change.
hour before the discussion, the board debated whether to put the issue on the ballot. The board voted 3-3 to place the question on the 2026 ballot, with a stay. Good, Kemp, and Rego voted no while Settle voted “stay.” Rego pulled his ordinance...
President Donald Trump’s success in unseating a Republican congressman from Kentucky who had bucked him demonstrated his dominance in steering the GOP where he wants the party to go. Yet polls show the president has been leading...