By Brad Brooks and Nathan Layne Sept 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail-in ballots is unlikely to stop his attacks on voting by mail, voting-rights advocates and election officials said on Tuesday, though they are more confident now tho
Sept 16 (Reuters) – Several explosions were heard on Iran’s Qeshm island, Iranian official IRNA news agency reported, citing local sources as saying, adding the sounds appeared to have come from the direction of the sea. (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba and Enas Alashray; Editing by Chris Reese) Brought to
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Police in Congo fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse hundreds of people demonstrating against constitutional changes they said could allow President Felix Tshisekedi to seek a third term in office. The opposition coalition C64 organized demonstrations in the capital, Kinshasa, a
SAO PAULO (AP) — Indigenous lands face the greatest threat from the expansion of gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the nonprofit Amazon Environmental Research Institute, known as IPAM. The area affected by gold mining across the Amazon was 20 times lar
By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is expected to appear in public for the first time on Wednesday since being transferred to the International Criminal Court 18 months ago to face murder charges related to his war on drugs. Du
BRASILIA, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court postponed on Tuesday a decision on whether to open an investigation of fellow court member Justice Alexandre de Moraes over allegations he advised a banker accused of leading a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme. Justice Flavio Dino asked for more t
Sept 15 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine was carrying out tests on a new weapon to intercept drones and had recorded a successful hit overnight. “Another development is undergoing testing. It’s a Ukrainian development and it scored a hit, the ‘shahed’ was destro
Sept 15 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to meet United States President Donald Trump for the first time next week in New York, The Times reported on Tuesday, citing a source. The meeting is expected to take place at the United Nations general assembly, the report said. Reuters
Sept 15 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview broadcast on Tuesday that Russian drones attacked Moldovan airspace twice while he was in the country aboard his aircraft in transit. Zelenskiy told the U.S. television network CBS that he was in Moldova on Ukraine’s we
By Kanishka Singh and Bhargav Acharya WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday the U.S. was announcing a new visa restriction policy targeting some foreign nationals from South Africa as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to cool ties with the cou
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius signed a letter of intent with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday aimed at deepening cooperation between weapons makers in both countries at a time when defense stocks have dwindled. Pistorius told r
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO/GAZA, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes killed at least five Palestinians, including two children and a Hamas armed commander, in northern and southern Gaza on Tuesday, health officials and Hamas sources said. Israeli airstrikes on a vehicle killed at least two Palest
By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel Sept 15 (Reuters) – A Colombian-born businessman with close ties to ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a U.S. corruption case, as federal prosecutors prepare separately to take Maduro to trial next year. Alex Saab entered the ple
ROME (AP) — Italy on Tuesday extended for another 15 days border checks on visitors from Spain that it imposed after more than 72,000 migrants poured into Spain’s North African territory of Ceuta from Morocco in late July. Spain, which had responded to Rome’s sanctions with its own border checks on
SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — A Paris court on Tuesday awarded 1 euro ($1.15) to Kim Kardashian for having been the victim of an armed robbery in the French capital in 2016, the amount of compensation she had asked for, according to a lawyer involved in the case. Kardashian has sought to move on sinc
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to sell to Israel a munitions package worth $2.8 billion, which will include tens of thousands of highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs, according to a U.S. official familiar with the sale. The planne
By Michael Holden LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – A British public inquiry concluded on Tuesday that hospital managers could have prevented nurse Lucy Letby killing more babies in her care had they taken action against her sooner. Letby is serving life in jail after being found guilty of murdering seven
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Representative Thomas Massie filed articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, accusing him of abusing his office by executing an order for hostilities against Iran without approval by Congress. The i
By Cassell Bryan-Low PARIS, Sept 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force chief’s acknowledgment this week that the Pentagon has weapons in orbit is a “landmark” moment in the rising militarization of space aimed at deterring aggression against Washington’s allies and economic interests, a U.S. official sa
Sept 15 (Reuters) – More than 300 South Korean workers who were detained in last year’s immigration raid at a Hyundai electric-vehicle manufacturing plant in Georgia are challenging the U.S. government, CNN reported on Tuesday. Hundreds of workers, most of whom are South Korean nationals, were arres
KINSHASA, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Police in Democratic Republic of Congo dispersed opposition protests in several cities on Tuesday against proposed constitutional changes that critics say could allow President Felix Tshisekedi to seek a third term, with Reuters witnesses reporting tear gas and warning
ISTANBUL (AP) — Police on Tuesday detained dozens of demonstrators who staged a protest outside a courthouse in Istanbul to demand the release of LGBTQ+ activists taken into custody during a sweeping crackdown days earlier. Police surrounded the demonstrators outside the Caglayan courthouse before d
WASHINGTON—(SRN NEWS) President Donald Trump is pushing back against what he calls exaggerated warnings about artificial intelligence, arguing that sweeping government regulation could undermine American innovation and give China an advantage in the global technology race. In a series of social medi
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli documentary about the civilian death toll in the war in Gaza has sparked fierce backlash at home after being awarded the special jury prize last week at the Venice Film Festival, drawing anger from top officials and even calls to strip the filmmakers of Israeli citizenshi
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A woman’s body was found on Tuesday in the same area east of Johannesburg in South Africa where the discovery of several other victims in the past two months has sparked fear of a potential serial killer at large and led to a public warning by the police. According to South Afric
By Andreas Rinke BERLIN, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Germany’s governing conservatives have called a special meeting for Sunday, where senior party figures are expected to discuss recent electoral setbacks and rally behind embattled Chancellor Friedrich Merz, a party source said on Tuesday. Merz is under gr
LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it would upgrade its diplomatic relations with Venezuela, appointing an ambassador to the country, in a move which it said would strengthen its ability to play a role in supporting a transition to democracy. “This decision is part of a broader inte
SAO PAULO, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva would beat right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro if they were in a second-round runoff in next month’s election, according to a CNT/MDA poll released on Tuesday. • If there was a runoff, Lula would receive 47.3% of voter supp
By Angelo Amante ROME, Sept 15 (Reuters) – A contested reform of Italy’s electoral law won Senate approval on Tuesday amid fierce opposition criticism, as rivals accused Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of changing the rules to improve her chances of winning re-election next year. Meloni’s conservative
ISTANBUL, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Turkish authorities detained at least 150 people on Tuesday after police intervened at a gathering outside Istanbul’s Caglayan courthouse, where demonstrators had planned to protest about recent detentions targeting LGBTQ+ groups, witnesses said. The detentions marked t
