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
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Southeast Asia’s top diplomats opened three days of talks in the Philippine capital Tuesday with an agenda topped by their most daunting security problems and a backdrop of unfolding crises led by the resurging war in Iran and a violent skirmish in the disputed South China
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A suspected gas explosion triggered a collapse inside an under-construction tunnel at a hydropower project in India’s northeastern Himalayan state of Sikkim, near the Chinese border, leaving least 10 people dead and 17 others missing, officials said on Tuesday. The blast rippe
LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) – Shipping companies should not load or discharge cargo at Saudi Arabian ports and such activity may result in being targeted “in any location” by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia, according to an email sent to companies by the Houthis. “Vessels are banned from loading o
July 21 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is poised to unleash fresh tariffs on dozens of countries as soon as this week, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, with his temporary 10% global tariff scheduled to expire on Friday. The FT said the most immediate new duties are expected to be on
July 21 (Reuters) – A Liberian-flagged vessel sailing from Egypt to Ukraine has been hit off Romania’s coast in an attack likely linked to Russia’s war on Ukraine, Romanian President Nicusor Dan said on Tuesday. This year, Russian and Ukrainian drones have repeatedly breached the airspace and territ
By Gabriel Stargardter ORLEANS, France, July 21 (Reuters) – In nearly 25 years as a funeral director, Gautier Caton has never experienced anything like France’s record-breaking late-June heatwave, when he rented five refrigerated containers to store bodies arriving at up to three times the normal ra
BEIRUT, July 21 (Reuters) – Lebanese army troops began deploying in the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Tuesday after Israeli forces withdrew from the area, a senior Lebanese security official said, in line with a U.S.-brokered plan. The plan foresees Lebanese army troops confiscati
NEW DELHI, July 21 (Reuters) – India said it had summoned a senior Russian diplomat and expressed “grave concerns” after a missile strike killed four Indians on a Black Sea cargo ship that was leaving a Ukrainian port. Ukraine said Russia hit the Golden Leo – a Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship manned by a
By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI, India, July 21 (Reuters) – Fifteen Indian workers were feared trapped on Tuesday after a blast caused by a suspected gas leak in a tunnel at a hydroelectric project in the rugged state of Sikkim killed ten, authorities said. • Monday’s incident took place at state-owned Na
CAIRO, July 21 (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on Tuesday killed a father, his wife and their four children in Gaza City, while setting their home ablaze, health officials said. Medics said the Israeli strike on the family house in the Sabra neighbourhood killed the man, Firas Al-Masri, his wife, S
By Maya Gebeily and Tom Perry BEIRUT, July 21 (Reuters) – Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to present a plan on how to disarm Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and secure Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon. Aoun, who served as the co
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA, July 21 (Reuters) – In pre-dawn darkness, Ibtisam Al-Helou leaves her tent on Gaza’s seafront on a daily search for fresh water. The Mediterranean lies only a few steps away, but the water she needs to cook, drink and wash will mean a trek across
By Poppy McPherson BANGKOK, July 21 (Reuters) – Scam gangs defrauded Asia-Pacific residents of at least $88 billion in 2025, a United Nations office said on Tuesday, with transnational crime groups rapidly evolving tactics to stay ahead of law enforcement. Criminals in Southeast Asia, an epicentre f
SYDNEY, July 21 (Reuters) – New Zealand and the Philippines have formed a comprehensive partnership, New Zealand foreign minister Winston Peters said on Tuesday. “New Zealand and the Philippines are close friends and trusted partners on the world stage – and today we turn this friendship into concre
MANILA, July 21 (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has appointed Antonio Nafarrete as the new chief of the country’s armed forces, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. Nafarrete served as Philippine Army chief before succeeding Romeo Brawner, who ended his three-year tenure as the
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said late on Monday it finished its latest round of strikes on Iran, saying it hit Iranian military command centers, missile and drone launch sites, maritime capabilities and air defense systems. The U.S. Central Command made the an
HANOI, July 21 (Reuters) – At least seven passengers were killed when a bus caught fire in southern Vietnam early on Tuesday, police said. The bus was traveling from Lam Dong province to the nearby business hub Ho Chi Minh City when at caught fire, with flames quickly engulfing the 24-seat vehicle a
BEIJING, July 21 (Reuters) – Three Chinese nationals were injured during a Ukraine drone attack on Moscow, Chinese state media said on Tuesday. • The Chinese embassy in Russia said two people were receiving treatment at a local hospital and were in stable condition without life-threatening injuries,
TOKYO, July 21 (Reuters) – Japan said on Tuesday it had lodged a protest with China about live-fire drills it says were conducted in its exclusive economic zone, an incident that could further strain relations between Asia’s top two economies. The drills, which also involved Russian vessels, were he
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega said his country won’t be holding elections anytime soon, a statement underscoring the strongman’s efforts to extend his nearly 20-year rule and dashing hopes by the opposition that he might heed their demands for a democratic vote. The announce
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro called Monday on his supporters to protect his government’s social and economic reforms and resist any efforts by the incoming administration to change the nation’s labor laws. The left-wing leader accused Israel and the United State
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI, July 21 (Reuters) – Taiwan will deliberately slow mobile internet speeds for the first time during annual civil defence drills in August, testing how citizens would communicate if bandwidth became scarce in emergencies ranging from disasters to a Chinese invasion. During the 30-
July 21 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Monday condemned what it described as allegations by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis that the kingdom was besieging the Yemeni people, after the group announced it would impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia. The Houthis said on Monday they would impose a naval
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had a “very good conversation” with new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, adding he would be meeting him “in the not too distant future.” Here are quotes and details: • Burnham became Britain’s seventh
By Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO, July 20 (Reuters) – Former Brazilian lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro and an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, told Reuters on Monday that he received permanent U.S. residency, often called a green card. The younger Bolsonaro, who
One Dead, 3 Injured After Balcony Falls in Central Jerusalem By The Media Line Staff A man approximately 80 years old was killed and three other people were lightly injured Monday when a balcony collapsed onto a business in Jerusalem’s Rehavia neighborhood, prompting a large rescue operation and the
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government announced Monday it suspended funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands’ housing authority after an investigation found widespread corruption, as residents still struggle to recover from two major hurricanes that hit nearly a decade ago. U.S. Housing Secret
