By Karen Lema MANILA, July 21 (Reuters) – Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are likely to cast a shadow over a diplomatic gathering in Southeast Asia this week, injecting additional uncertainty into a region grappling with maritime tensions with China and a faltering regional effort to end Myanmar’
July 20 (Reuters) – The United States is imposing a tariff of 50% on a wide range of Canadian products in response to what it called Canada’s “discriminatory treatment” of U.S. cars, alcohol, and dairy, according to the White House. U.S. President Donald Trump signed three proclamations to impose th
SEOUL, July 21 (Reuters) – North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held their third strategic dialogue in Moscow on Monday, North Korean state media KCNA said on Tuesday. Russia expressed full support for North Korea’s efforts to defend its sovereign rig
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Flash floods in eastern Afghanistan have killed 20 people, injured about 80 more and left more than 100 missing, Afghan authorities said Monday. The floods struck the eastern province of Nuristan, said Yousaf Hammad, spokesman for the Afghanistan National Disaster Managemen
July 20 (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Monday it had begun a pilot programme for safe zones in southern Lebanon in cooperation with U.S. and Lebanese forces, in what a U.S. official called a step toward reasserting Lebanese state authority in the area. The pilot zones are designated areas
By Natasa Bansagi and Pablo Menendez MADRID, July 20 (Reuters) – Dancing and chanting on an open-top bus that read ‘Kings of the World’ and showed two large stars, Spain’s national football team celebrated the country’s second World Cup win on Monday along Madrid’s streets packed with exhilarated fa
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) – The newly announced grounding of President Donald Trump’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet is likely for security upgrades, experts said, though they questioned whether a month was enough time to significantly enhance the aircraft’s defenses. Trump said o
NICOSIA, July 20 (Reuters) – A private intelligence firm’s expose claiming to document corruption in Cyprus may have been part of an effort to harm the Cypriot state, and none of those filmed did anything wrong, an independent investigator said on Monday. The secretly shot video, released on social
PARIS, July 20 (Reuters) – A reconciliation committee of France’s Parliament agreed on a bill on Monday to ban access to social media for those under 15 years of age. French President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants the ban to be in force by the start of the school year in early September. France
DAKAR, July 20 (Reuters) – Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has endorsed former President Macky Sall’s candidacy to become the next United Nations secretary-general, the foreign ministry said on Monday, giving his predecessor crucial backing from his home country despite deep political div
BAMAKO, July 20 (Reuters) – Militants linked to al Qaeda and a Tuareg-led separatist group ambushed a military convoy in northern Mali over the weekend, and a source close to the rebels said more than 50 soldiers and allied Russian fighters were killed and others taken hostage. The attack marked the
By Olena Harmash KYIV, July 20 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met some of Ukraine’s top military commanders on Monday to try to ease growing discontent with the defence leadership that has triggered the largest street protests since Russia’s invasion in 2022. Thousands of people in Kyiv a
By Ryan Patrick Jones TORONTO, July 20 (Reuters) – Wildfires burning across Ontario have grown to 735,000 hectares (1.8 million acres), from 650,000 hectares over the weekend, Premier Doug Ford said on Monday, as air quality from smoke improved in much of the province but remained unhealthy in parts
LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, said on Monday he did not want to leave office having failed to tackle the nation’s social care crisis, pledging to “use some of my political capital” on an issue close to his heart. Speaking to reporters just hours after he ent
LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy left government on Monday after Andy Burnham took over as prime minister. Lammy, who posted a statement on X, was also justice minister. Business minister Peter Kyle also left government, Sky News reported. (Reporting by Muvija M, writ
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) – Opposition to Iran’s clerical rulers has long simmered in the country’s impoverished south. But after bearing the brunt of U.S. strikes this month, many residents are directing their anger at President Donald Trump and an air campaign th
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – Oil transfers between tankers in waters outside the Strait of Hormuz have slowed following a wave of recent attacks on vessels by Iranian forces, according to satellite analysis and sources. Since the start of the Iran war in late February, ship-to-ship (
By Nayera Abdallah and Timour Azhari DUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that threatens to escalate the conflict in the region and disrupt global energy supply and trade beyond the Gulf. The Houthis’ armed
By Sarah Young FARNBOROUGH, England, July 20 (Reuters) – Plans for the new Global Combat Air Programme fighter jet to be in service by 2035 will not change even if a new country joins the British, Italian and Japanese programme, the chief executive of the joint venture designing the plane said on Mo
PINGTUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Heads bowed, experts offered their respects on Monday ahead of an excavation aimed at recovering the remains of Japanese soldiers from World War II in southern Taiwan. The site is linked to the sinking of a military transport vessel and other ships in the Bashi Channel after
DUBLIN, July 20 (Reuters) – Ireland will raise the minimum age for the use of electric scooters to 18 from 16, and require riders to be licensed and wear helmets, the government said on Monday, although it stopped short of a total ban Prime Minister Micheal Martin had said he was leaning towards. Ir
WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) – Authorities arrested a person after an incendiary device was thrown at FBI headquarters in lower Manhattan, CNN reported on Monday. Video footage from the news network showed a person being taken into custody and smoke arising from the area. FBI headquarters at 26 Fed
BUDAPEST, July 20 (Reuters) – The lawmakers of Hungary’s ruling Tisza party unanimously support chess legend Judit Polgar for president and will make a final decision about the nomination at their next meeting, the parliamentary group’s leader Andrea Bujdoso said on Monday. Prime Minister Peter Magy
NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Supporters of India’s youth-led “cockroach” movement faced police batons and tear gas as they tried to march to Parliament to demand the education minister’s resignation. The Cockroach Janta Party emerged in May after a Supreme Court judge compared unemployed youth to “cockro
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military said Chinese coast guard personnel aboard a motorboat repeatedly struck a Filipino sailor on the head with a wooden baton Monday in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, injuring him and damaging his smaller vessel. The assault was captured on vi
By Matteo Negri ROME, July 20 (Reuters) – On the outskirts of Rome, an EU-funded regeneration project is seeking to improve the lot of 4,500 people living in a 1970s housing development, betting that protection from climate change and social inclusion can go hand in hand as rising temperatures put p
SAO TOME, July 20 (Reuters) – Sao Tome and Principe President Carlos Vila Nova has won a second five-year term, according to preliminary results from the election commission announced on Monday. Vila Nova, a former public works and infrastructure minister, won Sunday’s election with more than 55% o
DUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) – Mediators have passed Iran a proposal to de-escalate the war with the U.S. that would offer a 10-day ceasefire to find ways to revive an interim deal reached last month, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday. (Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
MADRID, July 20 (Reuters) – A wildfire raged out of control across Spain’s central Guadalajara province on Monday, burning for a fifth day and becoming the largest blaze of the year, as forecasters warned an approaching heatwave would raise fire risks across much of the country. Spain and southern E
July 20 (Reuters) – Hamas has named Khalil Al-Hayya as its overall leader, according to a statement from the Palestinian militant group on Monday. Al-Hayya replaces Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in combat with Israeli forces in 2024 as Hamas fought a full-scale, two-year war with Israel in the Gaza S
