July 27 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s air defences intercepted and destroyed drones launched from Iraq that attempted to target oil facilities in the kingdom’s Eastern Province and Riyadh, the Saudi Defence Ministry said on Monday. The ministry said the drones were launched by Iran-backed armed groups
JERUSALEM, July 27 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed to Washington on Monday, where he said he would meet U.S. President Donald Trump for their first face-to-face talks since the start of their conflict with Iran. It will be Netanyahu’s eighth meeting with Trump since th
WARSAW, July 27 (Reuters) – Poland asked the United States on Monday to extradite fugitive former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who faces 26 charges mainly related to the alleged misuse of money from a crime victims’ fund for political purposes, prosecutors said. Poland is seeking to prosecute Z
ABUJA, July 27 (Reuters) – At least 30 people were killed when armed men attacked a village in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna state early on Monday, two residents said. Dogon Rana, secretary to the village head, said gunmen stormed the community shooting randomly and burning houses. Eight children we
July 27 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a simulated second-round runoff for October’s presidential election, a Nexus poll commissioned by lender BTG Pactual showed on Monday. • Leftist Lula would defeat the son of former right-wing Presiden
MANILA, July 27 (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday he was “not the president of my family” and “not the president of my friends” as he vowed to press ahead with an anti-corruption drive that could see multiple charges filed against his cousin, former House Speaker M
NEW DELHI, July 27 (Reuters) – India’s federal government on Monday introduced a bill in parliament to amend the law governing public examinations, days after protests by the “cockroach” movement forced the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Here is a look at how the movement grew
NEW DELHI, July 27 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government introduced a bill in parliament on Monday proposing changes to India’s law governing public examinations, the latest in a series of steps to reform the system after paper leaks in May triggered weeks-long youth protests. Here i
BERLIN, July 27 (Reuters) – The 21-year-old suspect in a weekend attack on the Berlin Pride celebration in which one person was killed and more than two dozen wounded was shot dead by police on Sunday after a nationwide manhunt. The suspect has been identified as Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with
LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at a naval base in England on Monday, a visit Burnham said is intended to signal the U.K.’s “unwavering” support for Ukraine. Zelenskyy’s trip is the first by a foreign leader since Burnham took
By Nayera Abdallah and Elwely Elwelly DUBAI, July 27 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it was still in control of the Strait of Hormuz and not seeking to resume peace talks with the United States, after President Donald Trump halted a two-week bombing campaign that his top brass told him had run its c
SEOUL, July 27 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un paid respects at war memorials marking the 73rd anniversary of the Korean War armistice, state media KCNA reported on Monday, with his daughter joining him for the first time at the commemorations. Kim visited cemeteries, met veterans and la
MOSCOW, July 27 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that it had not seen any specific information regarding new proposals for a peace settlement in Ukraine ahead of a meeting in Washington between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Trump and Zelenskiy are due
July 27 (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Antofagasta, Chile on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 93 km (57.79 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Alexandra Hudson) Brought to you by www.srn
MOSCOW, July 27 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones killed a couple in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don in an overnight attack, regional governor Yuri Slyusar said on Monday, saying apartment blocks, warehouses and a shelter for homeless people had been damaged. Slyusar said that air defence forc
BERLIN, July 27 (Reuters) – A second suspect detained in connection with a deadly car-ramming attack on Berlin’s Pride celebrations over the weekend has been released, the German federal prosecutors’ office said on Monday. “We continue to investigate broadly,” the prosecutors’ office told Reuters an
July 27 (Reuters) – Russian drone attacks on port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv region early on Monday and on Sunday killed one person and damaged three civilian vessels, a local official said. Acting Regional Governor Heorhii Reshetilov said on the Telegram messaging app that a 48 y
GDYNIA, July 27 (Reuters) – The centre of the modernist Baltic port city of Gdynia, built almost from scratch during the two decades between World War One and World War Two, was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Monday as the city celebrates its centenary year. Nestled north of the historic c
By Jatindra Dash and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, July 27 (Reuters) – Indian authorities have suspended a policeman for firing rounds in the air from an assault rifle to disperse student protesters in an eastern state over the weekend, the latest flashpoint in a wave of youth protests that forced the f
LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron called a crisis meeting Monday focusing on monster, uncontrolled wildfires that have forced more than 250,000 people to flee their homes, amid a first glimmer of hope that the spread of the largest blaze may have slowed. In the Gironde
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean President President Yoon Suk Yeol was convicted of making false statements during his presidential campaign in the latest verdict after he was removed from office last year over his brief imposition of martial law. Yoon denied the charges and appealed, w
ROME, July 27 (Reuters) – Police authorities have seized more than 2.6 tonnes of cocaine, with an estimated street value of €500 million ($570 million), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal, Italy’s border and customs police said on Monday. • The drug was found aboard an “ultra-fast ocean
JAKARTA, July 27 (Reuters) – The approval rating of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto fell to 51.1% in July 2026, a poll showed, with respondents pointing to the state of the country’s economy more than a year and a half into his term of office. Prabowo’s approval rating stood at 81.2% in Novemb
By Yuliia Dysa KYIV, July 27 (Reuters) – Ukraine wants a prototype for a European anti-ballistic system codenamed Freyja to be ready within the first half of next year, a senior official said, as Kyiv pushes its allies to help deliver a weapon capable of downing Russian missiles. Davyd Aloian, deput
SYDNEY, July 27 (Reuters) – An Australian court on Monday rejected an appeal from right-wing leader Pauline Hanson to overturn a ruling that she racially discriminated against a Muslim senator by telling her to “piss off back to Pakistan”. The three-judge panel of the Full Federal Court of Australia
SEOUL, July 27 (Reuters) – A South Korean court on Monday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, after finding him guilty of violating the election law by making false statements during his 2022 presidential campaign. The sentence, if upheld throu
BORDEAUX, July 27 (Reuters) – Firefighters battled throughout the night and into Monday morning to tackle huge wildfires threatening the French city of Bordeaux. About 220,000 people have been evacuated in France, while in neighbouring Spain more than 75,000 people have been evacuated and a further
HONG KONG, July 27 (Reuters) – China evacuated stranded tourists from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Jiuzhaigou on Monday after mudslides triggered by heavy rain, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as authorities issued the highest flash-flood alert for parts of the country in the wake of Typhoon N
(Corrects to add Reuters to the dateline with no changes to the text) July 27 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military has sharply escalated attacks on civilians since a new administration took office in the war-torn country, a conflict monitor said on Monday, even as regional governments ramp up diplomatic e
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea remain separated by one of the world’s most heavily armed borders. It’s a lasting reminder that the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the countries technically still at war. More than seven decades after the confli
