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
July 20 (Reuters) – Russian strikes have killed 28 people in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region in July, the regional governor said on Monday. “If you take since the beginning of July, the Odesa region was under constant daily shelling. There were days when 13-15 air raid alerts had been announced in t
BEIJING, July 20 (Reuters) – Rescue teams in southwestern China used explosives on Monday to blast through heavy boulders hampering efforts to reach 34 people reported missing for three days after a landslide during torrential rain in an area famed for natural beauty. China is one of the most landsl
BUCHAREST, July 20 (Reuters) – Water levels of the Danube river in Romania fell to their lowest since 1996 over the weekend, prompting irrigation restrictions for farmers and partially disrupting shipping and tourism along its banks. Waterways across Europe have been affected by prolonged heatwaves
MOSCOW, July 20 (Reuters) – Ukraine targeted Moscow and the surrounding region with 400 drones overnight, wounding two people and setting buildings ablaze, Russian officials said on Monday. “Overnight, air defence forces and electronic warfare systems repelled a drone attack on Moscow region. The ma
(Corrects first bullet point to change “Southern” to “southern”.) NICOSIA, July 20 (Reuters) – Cyprus marked the 52-year anniversary of Turkey’s 1974 invasion on Monday as the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities prepared for a renewed effort from the United Nations to break years of deadlock in pe
NEW DELHI, July 20 (Reuters) – Indian social activist Sonam Wangchuk may be pushing 60, but he has become the face of a Gen Z movement demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s education minister over exam paper leaks, drawing wider support after he was forcibly taken to hospital f
ESINELE, Nigeria (AP) — Aliyu Saheed feared he might not see his three young sons again. For nearly two months after al-Qaida-linked fighters carried out a mass abduction of schoolchildren in an area of Nigeria formerly free of such attacks, he could hardly sleep at night. He wondered what the boys
DONNAS, Italy (AP) — The iridescent green beetles native to Japan have become a growing menace in Italy, swarming through orchards and vineyards and leaving behind devastating lattice patterns in leaves that weaken the plants and reduce production. The Popillia japonica, or Japanese beetle, is a fam
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korea’s foreign minister and thanked Pyongyang for supporting his war against Ukraine, in the latest high-level diplomacy between the countries, Russian state media reported. The visit by North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son
MOSCOW, July 20 (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui an the Kremlin on Sunday, thanking her for help in what Moscow calls the special military operation, the Kremlin said. North Korean troops helped Russia repel a major Ukrainian incursion int
NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of supporters of the youth-led Cockroach movement gathered Monday to march to India’s Parliament, demanding the resignation of the education minister despite police denying permission for the protest. Scores of police surrounded the barricaded protest site in the heart of
SINGAPORE, July 20 (Reuters) – Singapore’s Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Faishal Ibrahim has resigned from office over his interactions with a woman, local media outlets Straits Times and Channel News Asia reported on Monday, citing a statement by the prime minister. (Reporting by Xing
By Joseph Campbell YAWATA, Japan, July 20 (Reuters) – The mayor of a small Japanese city became the first sitting mayor in the country to take maternity leave on Monday, a decision that has drawn some criticism at home and attracted international media attention. Shoko Kawata, mayor of Yawata, a cit
By Trevor Hunnicutt JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, July 19 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Qatari-donated jet that serves as an Air Force One plane will soon be sent away for upgrades, following questions about the plane’s security features. Trump started flying aboard
By Nayera Abdallah, Eman Abouhassira and Enas Alashray DUBAI/CAIRO, July 20 (Reuters) – U.S. forces struck Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Monday as the number of confirmed American military deaths in the renewed fighting rose to three and concerns grew over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military said early Monday it began a new round of airstrikes targeting Iran. The U.S. military’s Central Command announced the strikes, now into their ninth straight night. Activists in Iran began reporting explosions around 2:30 a.m. local time. “The str
MATARO/MADRID, July 20 (Reuters) – Thousands danced in the streets, set off fireworks and launched red flares in Madrid as the party went on into the early hours of Monday after Spain beat Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup. Waving red and gold flags, Spaniards and fans from around the world watched
By Elizabeth Piper LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – Andy Burnham, dubbed the ‘King of the North’, becomes Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday, promising to “rewire” the nation to better focus on issues people care about, such as a cost-of-living crisis and poorly performing services. A
By Karolos Grohmann EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, July 19 (Reuters) – Spain needed an extra-time goal by substitute Ferran Torres to edge past 10-man defending champions Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup on Sunday. • Torres broke the deadlock early in the second half of extra time, firing home on th
BUDAPEST, July 19 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday that he would ask Judit Polgar, widely regarded as the greatest female chess player of all time, to take up the largely ceremonial role of Hungary’s next President. Magyar said in a Facebook post that Polgar, 49, could represen
KYIV, July 19 (Reuters) – Russian forces struck an international cargo vessel in the Black Sea off the coast of Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa, killing at least five crew members, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. The Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship had left port loaded with corn and was carrying a c
July 19 (Reuters) – A U.S. service member was killed on Saturday “during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance” in northern Iraq, U.S. Central Command said. The unexploded ordnance was from a “downed Iranian one-way attack drone,” Central Command said in a statement released Sunday. (Report
By Amy Tennery and Rosalba O’Brien EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, July 19 (Reuters) – And then there were two. After nearly six weeks of heroics and heartache, thrills and spills, heat, rain and rowing, New York New Jersey stadium was preparing on Sunday to host the crowning event of the World Cup tou
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Andes region of Peru, killing at least six people, injuring more than 30 and displacing 300, authorities said Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake struck on Saturday at 9:24 p.m., with its epicenter located 2 kilometers (1.24 mi
By Abhijith Ganapavaram, Arpan Chaturvedi and Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI, July 19 (Reuters) – Police in India have denied permission for a march on parliament by supporters of the youth-led “Cockroach” movement on Monday, risking a standoff as calls grow for the sacking of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
By Diana Novak Jones July 19 (Reuters) – In the wake of multiple fatal shootings involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the agency will require its officers to record vehicle stops with at least one body camera, Trump administration border czar Tom Homan said Sunday. “They exon
GEORGETOWN, July 19 (Reuters) – A ferry carrying 116 passengers sank off the coast of Guyana in South America late Saturday with 67 people, including 15 children, rescued so far, according to Guyana authorities. An air traffic control tower received a distress call at 11:01 p.m. Saturday night from
By Ryan Patrick Jones and Maria Cheng July 19 (Reuters) – The Canadian government said on Sunday it would deny entry to any foreigner who has been to Congo within the past 21 days as part of new, temporary border measures to combat the spread of Ebola. The ban contravenes advice from the World Healt
LONDON (AP) — Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami after U.K. prosecutors said they brought further rape and sex trafficking charges against them. Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said the new charges relate to four further victims and were brought after aut
