By Gerardo Arbaiza SAN SALVADOR, July 26 (Reuters) – El Salvador’s opposition parties have named Maytee Iraheta, a former lawmaker, as well as doctor and union leader Rafael Aguirre to run against President Nayib Bukele in the next presidential election, scheduled for February. Iraheta announced her
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 (Reuters) – Nur is a 12-year-old Rohingya Muslim refugee in Malaysia who has stopped going to school since June, after two men threatened to beat her on her way to class. “Why do you want to go to school? Do you want to take over our country?” they asked, acco
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, July 27 (Reuters) – Ship traffic through Bab el-Mandeb fell on Sunday after Yemeni Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast, while transit through the Strait of Hormuz stayed low over the weekend, shipping data from Kpler showed on Monday. Eleven co
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, July 27 (Reuters) – The approval rating of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration slumped in July to the lowest level since she took office last year, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, a sign that rising living costs were hitting her popularity. The sl
Guterres in Damascus: UN Reaffirms Support for Syria’s Recovery, Reconstruction, and Sovereignty By Rizik Alabi / The Media Line Staff United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed the UN’s support for Syria’s recovery and reconstruction efforts during a visit to Damascus on Saturday,
Netanyahu: Iran Must End Nuclear Program Even if Diplomacy Succeeds By The Media Line Staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s objective in confronting Iran is to ensure the country can never obtain nuclear weapons, declaring that Tehran’s nuclear program must be eliminated regardless o
July 27 (Reuters) – Twelve people, including two children, were injured in drone attack on the Russian city of Belgorod, close to Ukraine’s border, the regional authorities said in a Telegram post early on Monday. Several flats in a residential building and over 15 cars caught fire, the post added.
LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) – Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, will welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as his first international visitor on Monday, in a move that underscores London’s steadfast support for Ukraine, Burnham’s office said. • The two leaders are expected to meet
HONG KONG (AP) — After spending more than five years in Hong Kong’s prison, former pro-democracy lawmaker Wu Chi-wai finally got to embrace his wife and son in London last week. They wept with joy. But he could be sent back to the Chinese territory this week, far earlier than planned. Wu, former cha
July 26 (Reuters) – Syria is seeking to reach a security agreement with Israel, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview with Al Jazeera on Sunday. He said a deal could pave the way for comprehensive peace between the two countries without compromising Syria’s right to the Golan Heights
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Sunday that it recalled its ambassador to Argentina after President Javier Milei insulted Brazilian officials while in their country. The decision comes a day after Milei was in Sao Paulo participating in an event where Brazilia
July 26 (Reuters) – An international cargo vessel sank off the coast of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Sunday, a week after Ukrainian officials said it had been struck by Russian forces. Ukraine’s ports authority said the Golden Leo, sailing under a Guinea-Bissau flag, had sunk near the port.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania shot down a suspected Russian drone after it crossed into its airspace on Sunday — the third such incursion in three days in the Eastern European nation that’s both a European Union and a NATO member, the country’s president said. Two Romanian F-16 fighter jets scra
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government on Sunday appointed a group of international experts to investigate the recent sinking of a state ferry that killed dozens of passengers in the country’s worst maritime disaster on record. The 87-year-old MV Barima capsized in Atlantic waters on June 18
July 26 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will propose that conservative parliamentary director Steffen Bilger replace Patrick Schnieder as transport minister as part of an ongoing cabinet reshuffle, a government spokesperson said in a statement on Sunday. Two people familiar with the mat
BERLIN, July 26 (Reuters) – Berlin police shot dead the suspect being sought over the Pride attack in the German capital, they said on X, after he tried to attack them with a bladed weapon at an allotment garden complex in the suburb of Spandau. “According to initial findings, he ran towards officer
July 26 (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel “cannot go unanswered”. Iran said the attack in the Caspian Sea resulted in an explosion that killed one sailor and injured another. Araqchi made the comments in calls with EU
BERLIN (AP) — For Ali Darwich, the deadly attack on the Berlin Pride Festival was an attack on the city of Berlin and everything it stands for: its diversity, its tolerance and its belief in freedom. On a personal level, it also was an attack on everything the Berliner embodies. “Born a Muslim, livi
By Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO, July 26 (Reuters) – Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires after Argentine President Javier Milei used a trip to the country to criticize its leaders and judiciary, two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday. In his second visit to the country,
July 26 (Reuters) – Israel’s security cabinet has approved allowing a proposed international force for Gaza enter parts of the enclave that are not under Israeli control, according to an Israeli official. The proposed International Security Force is part of the U.S.-backed plan for Gaza proposed in
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Two mosques in the Israeli-occupied West Bank were set on fire overnight in an apparent Israeli settler attack, officials said Sunday, after a spate of deadly violence that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers. Palestinians and the Israeli opposition accuse Prime
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba held a traditional rally on Sunday to commemorate one of the revolution’s most important anniversaries but former President Raúl Castro was conspicuously absent. It was the first time in at least 30 years that 95-year-old Castro did not attend the event, and no explanation was giv
Pinar del Rio, Cuba, July 26 (Reuters) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel issued a sharp condemnation of Washington’s oil embargo and hardened sanctions in a speech on Sunday, calling the policy of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration “political genocide.” Diaz-Canel criticized a recent U.S
NEW DELHI, July 26 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday the creation of a task force headed by tech entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani to overhaul India’s examination system, following days of youth protests about exam paper leaks. “Our examination system should be trustworthy, sho
By Parisa Hafezi and Raphael Satter DUBAI/WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) – Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its latest pause on air strikes, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday, after President Donald Trump abruptly called off his two-week-old bombing
SARAJEVO, July 26 (Reuters) – Five Bosnian climbers are feared to have died on Russia’s Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe, after being caught in a violent storm, a Bosnian climbing rescue service said on Sunday, as Russian rescuers continued to search for the bodies. Russia’s Emergencies
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv early on Sunday, setting off fires and wounding at least three civilians, while attacks on other parts of Ukraine later killed at least two people, local officials reported. The strikes come as Ukraine’s successful drone attacks have stalle
LONDON (AP) — A power outage at a water treatment plant in south east England left toilets out of order and forced the closure of restaurants at Gatwick Airport on Sunday. The airport, south of London, apologized on X for the inconvenience to passengers using both terminals. SES Water said it was wo
July 26 (Reuters) – Russia considers it premature to comment on reports that the United States and Ukraine are discussing a possible halt to aerial attacks as part of efforts to end the war, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday. A Ukrainian source told Reuters that Ukrainian and U.S. offic
WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has paused attacks on Iran to allow more room for diplomacy, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Sunday. “He’s giving talks some space, he’s giving it a little bit of room,” Mike Waltz told the “Fox News Sunday” program. Waltz
