U.S. Treasury yields fell sharply on Wednesday as investors watched for a possible end to the conflict in the Middle East. The 10-year Treasury yield — the benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — was 7 basis points lower at 4.322%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note, which are more sensitive to short-term Federal Reserve rate...

Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, Andrea Mitchell explores Ukraine’s vantage point on the war in Iran. Plus, Sahil Kapur lays out the details of congressional Republicans’...

Trump says he is talking to “the right people” in Iran, but Tehran says no such negotiations are being held. Source link

Authorities in northern Nigeria say armed militants ambushed security forces who were responding to a distress call in the northwestern state of Kebbi, fatally shooting nine soldiers, a police officer and one resident ABUJA, Nigeria — Armed militants ambushed Nigerian security forces who were responding to a distress call in the northwestern state of Kebbi,...

Iran would reject a U.S. ceasefire offer and has laid out its own list of conditions for ending the war, state media in the Islamic Republic reported Wednesday. State broadcaster Press TV, citing a senior political-security official with knowledge of the details of the proposal, reported that Iran’s five-point counteroffer would give Tehran control over...

The Israeli government, military and prison service did not immediately respond to requests for comment, including on whether any charges have yet been made against Abu Safiya, whom the Israel Defense Forces have alleged without evidence held “a rank” within Hamas. The U.N. experts said his detention continued to “appear to be flagrantly arbitrary.” They...

Nations will vote on whether to designate the slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”. Source link