ABU SNAN, Israel (AP) — John Malkovich has canceled a planned performance in Israel after promoters circulated a quote attributed to the American actor that he said was completely false. The producer of the show acknowledged the mistake, citing “human error.” Israel has faced growing cultural isolat
STOCKHOLM, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Support for Sweden’s Liberals party has risen further above parliament’s 4% threshold ahead of a general election on Sunday, a Novus survey indicated on Wednesday, pointing to a close race between the ruling right-wing bloc and the centre-left opposition. Until recently
TEL AVIV, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Wednesday that the government does not plan to deport Palestinians from Gaza, after two Israeli ministers this month floated proposals for the mass removal of Palestinians from the coastal territory. • “We are not planning to
Sept 9 (Reuters) – Western powers have submitted a proposed resolution to the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors that would report Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years for breaching its obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Diplomats at
LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – British police said on Wednesday they will carry out a criminal investigation into allegations that the populist Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, breached donation rules, after its officials were filmed by undercover reporters. London’s Metropolitan Police said in a s
SARMADA, Syria (AP) — At least 14 people were killed and 11 others were wounded on Wednesday in an explosion at a weapons warehouse in northwestern Syria, according to state media citing the Health Ministry. The cause of the blast near the town of Sarmada, in Idlib province, was not immediately clea
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham defended his government’s decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, saying that Britain was being true to its roots by taking a stand for justice. “Britain has to stand for fairness against injustice where
BRASILIA, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Flavio Dino ordered the immediate reinstatement of federal police chief Andrei Rodrigues, a court document showed on Wednesday, as the judge argued the removal would affect investigations under his supervision. The ruling came just one day
LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Britain had to “stand for something”, Prime Minister Andy Burnham told parliament on Wednesday in a defence of his government’s decision to block imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Burnham, who has been in the job since July, said Britain had long
DUBAI, Sept 9 (Reuters) – At least 14 people were killed and 11 wounded on Wednesday in an explosion at a temporary site used to store weapons and remnants of war near the Syrian city of Sarmada in Idlib province, state television reported. The Defence Ministry said the weapons and war remnants were
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Yellow tentacles decorated with rhythmic patterns of dots swirl around a room, the patterns echoed on the floor and the walls. Reflections bounce off mirrors, blurring the boundaries of the space at Amsterdam ‘s Stedelijk Museum. The installation — specially created for an exhibitio
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A volunteer firefighter died on Wednesday in Turkey after helping local emergency services tackle a large wildfire in the Mediterranean coastal province of Antalya, an official said. The fire broke out on Monday in Antalya’s Aksu district and, fanned by strong winds, quickly sp
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chided the international community Wednesday for not taking a tougher stance against Russia over its escalating bombardment of civilian areas of Ukraine. At the end of August, Russia launched a week of nighttime and daylight attacks on Kyiv in its h
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday called an early parliamentary election for Oct. 25 after nearly two years of street protests that have rattled his rule. He issued a decree dissolving the 250-member Parliament and paving the way for the vote. He said a snap el
By Maynor Valenzuela SARDINAL, Costa Rica, Sept 9 (Reuters) – In a modest wooden home in Sardinal, about a 20-minute drive from Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, Jose Flores spends his days napping, eating meals prepared by his granddaughter, and arm-wrestling with her. His family and official records ind
MOSCOW, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Russia hopes that U.S.-mediated peace talks on ending the war in Ukraine will resume soon, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. No such talks between Russia and Ukraine have taken place since February, but President Donald Trump sent his negotiators to Moscow
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said Wednesday that Saudi-backed forces had launched dozens of airstrikes overnight across four Yemeni provinces after rebel attacks on Saudi Arabia ignited fires at several oil facilities and wounded dozens of people. Separately, Iranian state media said Irani
BERLIN (AP) — A leader of Alternative for Germany taunted Chancellor Friedrich Merz in parliament Wednesday after it thrashed his party in a regional election. The German leader countered that the far-right party won’t win a majority in the country, assailing its stance toward Ukraine and rhetoric o
BANGKOK (AP) — China on Wednesday accused the Philippines of “stirring up trouble” after harsh words from Philippines Defense Minister Gilberto Teodoro Jr. over Beijing’s increasingly aggressive pursuit of maritime claims in the South China Sea. Teodoro was addressing a defense forum in South Korea
PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — Schools in the capital of Indonesia’s South Sumatra province switched to remote learning Wednesday as worsening haze from forest and peatland fires pushed air pollution to unhealthy levels, adding to disruptions that have already affected more than 1.4 million students ac
BANGKOK (AP) — A gunman shot and killed a kindergarten teacher Wednesday inside a school building in eastern Thailand, where 44 children and three other teachers were evacuated safely, authorities said. The shooting took place around 11 a.m. inside a building at the Nongplalai Municipal Kindergarten
MOSCOW, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Four people including a child were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian city of Novorossiysk, the governor of Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratyev, said on Wednesday. He said another 29 people were wounded in the assault on Novorossiysk, a frequent target of
MINAB, Iran (AP) — The sun set over this southern Iranian city, and Heydar Sadeghi was where he can be found almost every evening: on a bench next to the shattered remains of his grandson’s school. His face was soaked with tears. A banner strung around the rubble showed the faces of children and tea
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway will bid its final farewell to King Harald V on Wednesday with a funeral attended by royalty and leaders from across Europe and beyond, who will pay tribute to the popular monarch’s 35-year reign. Harald, who died on Aug. 28 aged 89, was Europe’s oldest monarch and had mod
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — On the eve of her wedding, Liudmyla Ryzhak pressed her delicately embroidered dress, laid out a full white tulle skirt and her husband’s traditionally patterned shirt, then hung them on the bedroom door. After repeated delays caused by the war with Russia, she was only hours awa
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers searched for eight people who went missing at sea while heading the island of Anak Krakatau to report on a volcanic eruption, officials said Wednesday. A speedboat carrying five photojournalists, two crew members and a route guide lost contact after leav
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Former New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says his Labour party was too slow to grasp the cost-of-living pain in the wake of COVID-19 battles, as he looks to win back urban, middle-income voters who will help decide the November 7 election. Hipkin
SEOUL, Sept 9 (Reuters) – North Korea has built a new uranium enrichment facility at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex that could house up to 28 centrifuge cascades, and started operating an expanded annex at its Kangson enrichment site, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said. The Vienna
TEL AVIV, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Israel has told the British consulate in East Jerusalem that it must close and that diplomats assigned there will lose their accreditation within 30 days, an Israeli official and two sources familiar with the matter said. British representatives assigned to a U.S.-led Ga
CAIRO (AP) — In July, Saudi Arabia and the United States bombed Iran-backed militias in Iraq after blaming them for drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities that had been claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, another Iranian ally. Now, regional officials tell The Associated Press that the Houthis helped th
