WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) – The United States’ war in Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, an increase of nearly $8 billion since the last public estimate. Hegseth told lawmakers at a hearing in Washington that the figure included certain aspec
CAIRO (AP) — A declared blockade of Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has the potential to widen the Iran war and further disrupt global oil supplies and international trade. The rebels say they have closed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Saudi-linked shipping in retaliation for the kingdom’s blocka
ROME (AP) — The lawyer for five women who say they were sexually and spiritually abused by a former Jesuit priest and internationally known religious artist penned a scathing denunciation Tuesday of the Vatican’s secretive legal system, in which her clients have no right to know any details of the t
By Yuliia Dysa and Olena Harmash KYIV, July 21 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday named a young general, Mykhailo Drapatyi, as the commander in chief of Ukraine’s military, the biggest shake up of country’s military leadership as the war with Russia is in its fifth year. Zelenskiy
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s pro-Western parliament elected businessman and investor Vasile Tofan as prime minister on Tuesday, entrusting a political newcomer with advancing the former Soviet republic’s bid to join the European Union. Tofan, 44, who is backed by President Maia Sandu and her P
PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a bill banning children under 15 from using social media, making France the first country in the European Union to approve a blanket ban on the platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content on kids. Both chambers of
By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU, July 21 (Reuters) – Moldova’s parliament approved a new government led by Prime Minister Vasile Tofan on Tuesday, after he laid out his cabinet’s programme, pledging to revive the economy while keeping the country on its European course. Moldova, one of Europe’s poorest
July 21 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday called on the international community to isolate Nicaragua, after President Daniel Ortega vowed his government would cease to hold elections. • Rubio said Ortega’s declaration “lays bare their true authoritarian nature” and that Nica
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday it is “extremely saddened” after nearly 150 people died or went missing from boats off Mauritania last week while trying to make their way to Europe. The agency said 144 people were dead or missing after two incidents betwe
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, July 21 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from stripping tens of thousands of asylum seekers and immigrants who have Temporary Protected Status of their ability to work in the United States. U.S. District Judge
By Krishna N. Das, Saurabh Sharma and Tora Agarwala NEW DELHI, July 21 (Reuters) – When pent-up youth anger propelled India’s Cockroach Janta Party to online fame in May, its founder said his supporters were disillusioned with both Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party and the opposition for failing
July 21 (Reuters) – An external review conducted for the Gates Foundation has found it engaged with Jeffrey Epstein, but discovered no evidence of payments or participation in criminal activities linked to the late financier and convicted sex offender, the philanthropic group said on Tuesday. The fo
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One is a tech-savvy drone innovator with no military experience who became Ukraine’s youngest defense minister six months ago and was credited with contributing to successes in defending against Russia’s 4-year-old invasion. The other is a seasoned, Soviet-trained general more a
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Prosecutors and investigators with Hungary’s tax authority on Tuesday raided offices housing data servers used by former prime minister Viktor Orbán ‘s Fidesz party as part of a probe into suspected embezzlement and other crimes, a prosecutor’s office spokesperson told The A
LONDON (AP) — Former British politician Ann Widdecombe was struck 21 times on the head with a hammer as she was eating lunch at home, a prosecutor told a court hearing on Tuesday for the man charged in her murder. Joshua Kerry, 28, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London over the killin
CHARITY, Guyana (AP) — One of the survivors of a ferry that capsized in Guyana over the weekend with as many as 179 people aboard said she lost four of her grandchildren in the chaotic disaster and that the ship seemed to sink in an instant. “I was fighting for my life. The boat sunk in minutes, sec
By Charlotte Van Campenhout PARIS, July 21 (Reuters) – A mayor in southern France was whisked from his home during the night and placed in police protection after authorities got wind of a potential attack against him by the country’s top drug gang, officials said on Tuesday. The incident marks a mi
By Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA, July 21 (Reuters) – Turkey’s opposition leader, Ozgur Ozel, said he would form a new party to challenge Tayyip Erdogan, a political splintering that could boost the president’s prospects of extending his 23-year rule at the next elections. A court in May ousted Ozel as
Israel Criticizes Australian Labor for Focusing on Israel While Downplaying Hamas By The Media Line Staff Israel issued strong criticism of the Australian Labor Party’s proposed policy platform ahead of its national conference, saying the draft presents an unbalanced account of the Israeli-Palestini
BERLIN (AP) — The suspect in a shooting in northern Germany last month that left six people dead was found dead in his prison cell on Tuesday, authorities said. The shooting in Stade, west of Hamburg, took place on June 29 at a facility that provides temporary accommodation for pregnant women or you
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The deposed leader of Turkey’s main opposition announced plans on Tuesday to create a new political party to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ozgur Ozel ‘s announcement came months after he was removed as leader of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, by a court orde
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national railway operator said Tuesday that it is banning alcohol consumption at all stations on the network in an effort to improve security and cleanliness for employees and passengers — though there will be exemptions, including for station bars and restaurants. Deutsche B
By Alexander Villegas and Juan Gonzalez FUNDO PIDENCO, Chile, July 21 (Reuters) – After years of reclaiming ancestral lands through occupations, sabotage and clashes with police, militant Mapuche groups are confronting one of their toughest periods in decades as lengthy prison sentences and a crackd
BEIJING, July 21 (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a delegation of European lawmakers in Beijing on Tuesday that China and the EU should promote an “upward dynamic balance” in bilateral trade ties from a long-term perspective, according to a statement from China’s foreign ministry. •
ROME (AP) — Conflicts and disruptions to global energy markets could push millions more people into hunger by driving up fuel, fertilizer and food costs, the head of the Rome-based International Fund for Agricultural Development warned, as a new United Nations report showed global progress against h
BANGKOK (AP) — Southeast Asia-based criminal groups are using increasingly integrated networks and technology to build a rapidly growing illicit economy with tentacles that reach far beyond Asia, with scams alone causing estimated combined losses of $88.3 billion to $114.1 billion in 2025, a U.N. re
MOSCOW, July 21 (Reuters) – Russia summoned the Moldovan ambassador to the foreign ministry on Tuesday after it said employees of its embassy in Chisinau were subjected to “force and threats of detention” by Moldovan police. In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry named two recent incidents in
ANKARA, July 21 (Reuters) – Ozgur Ozel, the court-ousted leader of Turkey’s main opposition party, said on Tuesday he was formally resigning from the party and forming a new one. In May, a Turkish court annuled the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) 2023 congress that elected Ozel as chairman, citing
BUDAPEST, July 21 (Reuters) – Hungary’s opposition Fidesz party said in a statement on Facebook on Tuesday that prosecutors raided the office where the party’s servers are operated from in order to seize the party’s communications system and database. (Reporting by Anita Komuves and Krisztina Than)
DUBLIN, July 21 (Reuters) – A woman in her 50s was seriously injured in a knife attack during a Catholic Church service in the southern Irish county of Waterford on Tuesday, police said. Police arrested a man in his 30s at a house nearby after the assault that occurred just before 1000 local time in
