BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government said nationwide deforestation increased slightly in 2025 but that it had still surpassed its four-year target to reduce forest loss under President Gustavo Petro, with pressure on the Amazon remaining largely unchanged in the administration’s final year.
CAIRO (AP) — For Palestinians in Gaza, President Donald Trump’s announcement that Hamas had agreed to disarm was a small sign of hope that Israel’s attacks might end, allowing them to rebuild their lives and what remains of their homes. But it also clashed with the reality on the ground, where Israe
TOKYO (AP) — Authorities ended a massive dayslong search-and-rescue operation Saturday at a collapsed shopping mall in southwest Japan following a powerful earthquake that killed 34 people earlier this week. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan’s southern main island of Kyus
CARACAS (AP) — Venezuelans are watching the start of a round of U.S.-backed talks between the ruling party and the opposition on Saturday with cautious optimism after several previous negotiations failed to bring reconciliation. The latest talks follow the January capture of then-President Nicolás M
By Ahmed El Jechtimi and Corina Pons FNIDEQ, Morocco/CEUTA, Spain, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Migrants who swam or jumped over fences to rush into Spain’s African enclave of Ceuta this week were returning home on Saturday, with many saying hunger, exhaustion and hostility from locals had crushed their hopes
BAJAKOVO, Croatia (AP) — Travelers at a popular border crossing between Croatia and Serbia on Saturday faced hourslong waits in scorching temperatures as peak summer holiday traffic clogged one of the major crossings between the two Balkan nations. Motorists traveling from Croatia through the Bajako
LONDON (AP) — Icelandic coast guards and special forces seized a ship operated by a group founded by anti-whaling activist Paul Watson and detained its crew, officials in the Arctic island nation said Saturday. The Icelandic Coast Guard said the crew of whaling ship Hvalur 9 requested assistance on
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people lined Amsterdam’s canals on Saturday to watch the city’s canal boat parade, the highlight of an annual Pride festival that this year comes just a week after a deadly attack on a Pride event in Berlin. Openly gay Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten, dresse
TRANSFAGARASAN, Romania, Aug 1 (Reuters) – In just three hours on a sunny morning on Romania’s scenic Transfagarasan mountain road, at least 20 brown bears emerged from the forest and approached motorists who had stopped to feed them and take selfies. The motorists ignored signs along the hairpin be
MASSANDRA, Crimea, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Under a blazing summer sun, a chef poured oil into huge pots set up on a street in the Crimean town of Massandra, preparing to serve dozens of people queuing for a hot meal after Ukrainian attacks cut power to their own kitchens. Cities and towns across Crimea, w
LE PORGE, France (AP) — Firefighters held a vast wildfire inside its perimeter in southwestern France on Saturday, allowing about 198,000 people to return home after what may have been the country’s largest peacetime evacuation, even as renewed fires forced thousands from their homes elsewhere in Fr
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Celebrated Nepali climber Nirmal Purja, who set a record for the fastest ascent of the world’s 14 highest mountains, died in an avalanche during an expedition in Pakistan, his company said on Saturday. “Today it is with profound sadness and immense heartb
MOSCOW, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian drones hit and sank a civilian vessel owned by Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom sailing in the Black Sea overnight, the company’s head, Alexei Likhachev, said in a statement on Saturday. All 17 crew members survived the attack on the ship, which was t
By Mahmoud Issa and Alexander Cornwell Deir al-Balah, GAZA/TEL AVIV, July 28 (Reuters) – Israel’s military on Saturday killed two Palestinians in Gaza and destroyed two warehouses near a hospital that stored medicine in separate strikes, amid uncertainty over whether Israel has accepted a deal reach
By Michael Francis Gore CEUTA, Spain, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Spain said migrant crossings into its North African enclave of Ceuta had stopped overnight, as police began installing a 500-metre (1,640-foot) floating barrier on Saturday off its border with Morocco following a mass rush that killed at least
CEUTA, Spain (AP) — Spain announced it was installing a 500-meter-long (1,600-foot) containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighboring Morocco after between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants breached the frontier earlier this week. The death toll has climbed
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Rescuers backed by military helicopters resumed the search Saturday for at least six members of a 10-member expedition swept away by an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak, officials said, a day after authorities recovered three of four bodies found so far. A local police official, T
Aug 1 (Reuters) – Lithuania’s embassy in Kyiv was damaged on Saturday when two missiles landed nearby during a Russian attack, the Lithuanian foreign ministry said. There were no injuries from the missiles, but embassy windows broke, solar collectors were damaged and the yard was scattered with debr
By Juliette Jabkhiro, Elissa Darwish and Elizabeth Pineau BISCARROSSE, France, Aug 1 (Reuters) – The order to evacuate came around 8.30 p.m. — just as families were sitting down to dinner. Wildfire flames were bearing down on a campsite in southwest France, and police told manager Hadrien Folliot he
Aug 1 (Reuters) – FIFA faced renewed calls for transparency on Saturday after it abruptly shelved plans to sell a stake in the commercial rights to the World Cup, a proposal that triggered fierce backlash from regional confederations that said they had been blindsided. The swift reversal has exposed
BUCHAREST, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Romania just avoided a downgrade from the last rung of investment grade as its budget deficit narrowed more than expected, but political instability after a government collapse have reduced policy visibility beyond 2026, Fitch Ratings said on Saturday. The agency affirme
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An intense Russian missile and drone attack targeting the Ukrainian capital city Kyiv overnight into Saturday killed several civilians and wounded more than 20 people. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
CEUTA, Spain (AP) — When he heard the border had been breached, Abdulah Buji jumped on his motorbike and raced from his home in northern Morocco toward Ceuta, joining tens of thousands of people trying to swim into the tiny Spanish territory in North Africa. Like many of his fellow countrymen, Buji
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain has a new hub of power: a bland modern office block about 165 miles (260 kilometers) from the prime minister’s official London office and residence at 10 Downing St. The Manchester low-rise is home to “No. 10 North,” the flagship of new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’
By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of revellers will line Amsterdam’s canals on Saturday for the flagship event of WorldPride, promising a boisterous LGBT celebration that organisers say is particularly urgent after last week’s deadly attack on Berlin’s Pr
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched an intense barrage of ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring 22 civilians in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said. The strikes came two days after a major Russian attack killed at least 1
Aug 1 (Reuters) – The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Saturday it had received reports of two maritime incidents off Oman, including one in which a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile. In the first incident, a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile about 11 nautic
SYDNEY, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Australia’s government mounted a defence on Saturday of its world-first ban on social media for children under 16, even as fresh data revealed the scale of the challenge confronting the landmark policy. The defence came a day after the nation’s internet regulator found that
By Che Pan and Ryan Woo BEIJING, Aug 1 (Reuters) – China’s military conducted joint air and naval combat drills around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, the People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater Command said in a statement on Saturday. Here are some key details: • The drills
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Labour Party candidate Bev Craig was elected mayor of Greater Manchester on Friday, after a vote triggered by the departure of Andy Burnham to become Britain’s prime minister. Craig won 66.3% of the votes in a runoff with Sian Astley from the anti-immigration party Reform
