Sept 9 (Reuters) – Russian drones hit a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova overnight, Ukraine’s border guard said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. The attack caused deaths, injuries and fires, the post said. Russia also attacked the Ukraine capital Kyiv overnight, causing fires but no casua
BEIJING, Sept 9 (Reuters) – China on Wednesday marked half a century since the death of Mao Zedong, founder of the People’s Republic, who brought roughly a quarter of the world’s population under Communist Party rule and whose spectre still haunts China’s future. Mao’s death on September 9, 1976, at
By Enas Alashray and Idrees Ali CAIRO/WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used by the U.S. military and attacked 10 ships on Wednesday, after the U.S. said it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers, in a sharp escalation of t
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Any conflict across the Taiwan Strait would have a bigger impact on the global economy than World War Two, and the upcoming U.S.-China summit is an opportunity to avoid miscalculations, the top U.S. diplomat in Taipei said on Wednesday. While the U.S., lik
By Renju Jose SYDNEY, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Australia said on Wednesday it sees no risk to its relationship with the United States after reports that the Trump administration criticised Canberra’s plans to target social media algorithms, which critics say would curtail free speech. On Tuesday Australia
SINGAPORE, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Six commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, down from nine a day earlier and below the 10-day average of about 12, preliminary shipping data showed on Wednesday. The figures could change as some ships typically switch off their transponders during t
By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, Sept 9 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed cooperation on security and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz during a summit in Paris on Tuesday, but the talks did not concern troop deployment, Seoul’s presid
SEOUL, Sept 9 (Reuters) – South Korea’s military said on Wednesday it was closely monitoring North Korean activity, including incursions across the military demarcation line separating the two Koreas, and maintaining a firm state of military readiness. The statement came in response to a report by n
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday that evidence recovered from a flight data recorder suggested the pilots of an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane involved in a deadly crash considered aborting the landing after the aircraft touche
By Gwladys Fouche, Claudia Greco and Leonhard Foeger OSLO, Sept 9 (Reuters) – King Harald V of Norway will be laid to rest on Wednesday, in a series of ceremonies marking the culmination of 13 days of national mourning following his death at the age of 89. Harald, a reformer who spent more than thre
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration stepped up pressure on Iran Tuesday after the U.S. military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in response to attacks targeting American warships, signaling that Washington will not allow Tehran to threaten U.S. forces or disrupt a vital global sh
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Two Australian F-35A stealth fighter jets are in New Zealand for joint exercises with the New Zealand Army and Air Force, underscoring deepening defence ties between the neighbours as they move towards sharing personnel and maintenance roles. The two mi
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump attributed the win of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a state election to existing immigration rules and regulations that he cast as “horrible.” “Wow! The Populist Party in Germany just had a really big night. They
Sept 8 (Reuters) – U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday that its forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers on September 8 after attempted missile attacks on a U.S. Navy warship over the past two days. (Reporting by Jasper Ward and Christian Martinez; Editing by Chris Reese) Brought to you by
By Idrees Ali and Joe Brock WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday it had captured a U.S. uncrewed submarine at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, offering a rare glimpse into how underwater drones are being used in military operations. Iranian state media said
SEOUL, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin used messages marking North Korea’s 78th founding anniversary to reaffirm close strategic ties with Pyongyang, North Korean state media KCNA reported on Wednesday. KCNA said Xi told North Korean leader Kim Jo
By Humeyra Pamuk, Kristina Cooke and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration resumed processing immigrant visa applications from Hungary and Poland last week while maintaining a temporary pause on immigrant visa appointments elsewhere, four people famil
Israel Closes British Consulate, Imposes Countermeasures Over UK Sanctions By The Media Line Israel announced Tuesday that it will close the British Consulate in Jerusalem, remove British representatives from a Gaza support center and bar 12 British elected officials and nationals from entering the
Herzog: UK West Bank Sanctions Would Be ‘Grave Miscalculation’ By The Media Line Staff Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned Tuesday that expected British trade sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank would be a “grave miscalculation,” arguing that the measures would economically ha
Yemeni Government Vows To Retake Sanaa as Houthi Strikes Injure at Least 73 in Saudi Arabia By The Media Line Staff The Yemeni government declared that it intends to retake the Houthi-held capital Sanaa as fighting intensifies with the Iranian-backed group, while Houthi missile and drone attacks on
A Mecca Pact Without a Playbook Puts India on Alert Kuwait invoked the UN Charter’s self-defense provision after Iranian attacks, while the Mecca alliance’s mutual-defense clause has not been publicly tested By Jacob Wirtschafter / The Media Line [ISTANBUL] The newly established Mecca Defense Allian
Who in Israel Is Struggling Most After Oct 7? Dr. Michal Cohen said that while the “regular population” generally began to bounce back over time, certain groups appeared to take longer to recover By Maayan Hoffman / The Media Line There is no uniform psychological response to the trauma of October 7
KYIV, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Ukraine is contracting a supply of around 1,000 missiles for U.S.-designed Patriot air-defence systems with the help of allies and through a European Union loan, Kyiv’s defence minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Yevhenii Khm
Nauru Opens Embassy in Jerusalem, Democratic Republic of Congo To Follow By The Media Line Staff The Pacific island nation of Nauru opened its first embassy in Israel on Monday, becoming the ninth country to establish an embassy in Jerusalem. Last week, The Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zai
By Simon Lewis, Julia Symmes Cobb and Humeyra Pamuk BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The United States was hoping to wrap up “good, solid” trade deals in the foreseeable future with Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, as he began a tour of the t
STOCKHOLM, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Norway on Tuesday to attend the funeral of King Harald V, the office of Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said. Tens of thousands of people as well as leaders from around the world are expected to be in Oslo fo
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong ’s first post-colonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa, who struggled to cope with an Asian financial crisis and growing protests for democracy in the early years under Chinese rule, has died at age 89. His office said in a statement that Tung passed away peacefully in the presence
By James Pomfret HONG KONG, Sept 8 (Reuters) – “For the first time in history, we, the people of Hong Kong, will be master of our own destiny.” On July 1, 1997, Tung Chee-hwa delivered his first speech as chief executive of the territory, following its handover from the United Kingdom to China. “The
By Robbie Corey-Boulet DAKAR, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Police in Equatorial Guinea pulled firearms on migrants deported there from the United States, according to three witnesses and video footage shared with Reuters, intensifying concerns about the treatment and safety of people sent to the Central Afric
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Portugal’s parliament on Tuesday rejected a no-confidence motion filed by the far-right Chega party against Prime Minister Luis Montenegro’s centre-right minority government, as other opposition parties sought to avoid fresh political instability. It wa
