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
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Doctors in Kenya on Tuesday threatened to join a walkout by nurses that is now in its sixth week, citing an increased workload in hospitals as they cope with the impact of the strike. The nurses have been calling for the implementation of a collective bargaining agreement that
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man wanted by British police over the killings of his wife and two daughters pleaded guilty Tuesday to firearms offenses in South Africa, where he was arrested in July while on the run. Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma’s guilty pleas to charges of illegal possession of a firearm and il
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian Supreme Court Justice André Mendonca on Tuesday removed the head of the country’s federal police and its intelligence chief from their posts, deepening a crisis at the top court and drawing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government into the turmoil ahead of October
BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping struck a positive tone in a phone call with Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Tuesday, saying that Beijing and London share greater common interests than differences. Xi said there was a need to “overcome differences, seek common gr
By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Tuesday that he wanted a swift end to the war in Ukraine, which would allow U.S.-Russia ties to be fully restored, the Kremlin said, adding that Putin had supported the U.S. president’s view.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — A far-right Belgian party was likely not entitled to use IKEA’s trademarks to promote an anti-immigration campaign and may have caused “significant detriment” to the furniture giant’s reputation, the European Union’s highest court ruled on Tuesday. In 2022, the Belgian far-r
Russian authorities said Tuesday they have detained a suspect in last week’s shooting that wounded a senior military officer, the latest in a series of attacks on personnel and figures linked to the war in Ukraine. The Federal Security Service said a 21-year-old Moldovan national was detained for be
PARIS (AP) — Thieves stole four valuable Renoir paintings on Tuesday from a small museum on the French Riviera, but abandoned two of them as they fled, the local mayor said. Police are searching for the perpetrators. A group of “well-equipped” and “well-informed” thieves entered the Renoir Museum in
TEL AVIV, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Tuesday said that it was closing Britain’s consulate in East Jerusalem, accredited to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, after London announced it was imposing sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements. Saar also said Br
Sept 8 (Reuters) – Germany will send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine from its national stocks, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday, warning that Russia was likely to intensify its air campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure as winter approaches. Speaking at a videoconference o
BANJUL, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Police used tear gas to disperse protesters who gathered overnight in multiple locations in Gambia, including near President Adama Barrow’s official residence, to denounce what they described as prolonged power cuts, residents and a Reuters witness said. In and around the
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Bosnia expelled two Serbian diplomats on Tuesday and suspended plans to sign a regional cooperation accord in protest over Belgrade’s decision to hold a lavish public funeral for former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic. Mladic died on August 27 in Th
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was directly warned by the president of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was planning a major offensive just days before the militant group attacked on Oct. 7, 2023, according to an Israeli newspaper report. UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed spoke
By Tim Hepher PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – France is pressing ahead with a space summit shunned by the U.S. tech giants and hampered by a lower-than-expected turnout from European leaders as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a stronger role for Europe in the competitive maelstrom of space. Organisers had
NAIROBI, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Burundians flocked to their embassy in Nairobi on Tuesday to get travel documents to return home, saying they feared violence even after Kenya announced a temporary amnesty for undocumented East Africans in the country. Many said they had faced threats after K
Sept 8 (Reuters) – South Korea has sent an inspection team to assess the security situation in the Strait of Hormuz but no decision has been taken on sending troops, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. The announcement follows a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump in August to scale back U.S.-
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A U.N. commission investigating Syria said on Tuesday it was deeply alarmed over Israel’s military activity inside Syrian territory, warning that some actions including the detention of civilians could amount to war crimes. Presenting an update to the
TUNIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Tunisian journalists protested on Tuesday to demand the release of prominent journalist Mohamed Yousfi, whose arrest has become a new flashpoint amid accusations that President Kais Saied is cracking down on the country’s remaining independent voices. The protesters, who al
ROME (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday unveiled what is believed to be the largest fresco and mosaic complex of ancient Rome, a 1st-century AD depiction of a maritime city in what became the largest bath complex in the world. Mayor Roberto Gualtieri presented the recently restored “Painted City” fresco
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, were surprised by the way Buckingham Palace released a letter that made clear they remain non-working members of the royal family even though they have returned to the United Kingdom. The letter, sent on behalf of King Charles III to senior government
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Cluster munitions killed or wounded at least 1,063 people in 2025 — most of them in Ukraine — in the third-highest annual toll on record, according to a report released ahead of a conference reviewing a treaty banning the weapons. The vast majority of
BUDAPEST, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Hungary expelled 10 Russian diplomats on Tuesday, saying they had acted in ways incompatible with their status, in a clear signal that the pro-Russian era of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban is over. Russia said it would retaliate against what it called an “extremely u
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to consolidate Israel’s fractious right-wing parties ahead of a Tuesday deadline in order to avoid an election loss forecast by opinion polls. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, is seeking a
By John Irish PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – France will launch a process to ban products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Tuesday, amid rising settler violence that has further undermined prospects for a two-state solution with the Palestinian
By Gwladys Fouche and Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, Sept 8 (Reuters) – U.S. engagement with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has succeeded in freeing hundreds of political prisoners but has not changed the nature of his authoritarian rule, Belarus’ most respected human rights figure told Reuters.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A “flying doctor service” helicopter carrying five people, including medical staff, crashed in Malaysia on Tuesday near an airport on Borneo island, authorities said. • Officials had yet to confirm any casualties from the crash in Sarawak state. Malaysia’s Health Min
WARSAW, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Polish-Belarusian journalist and activist Andrzej Poczobut has returned to Belarus on a visit, a Polish newspaper reported on Tuesday, nearly five months after he was freed from a Belarusian prison and transferred to Poland in a prisoner exchange. Poczobut, a member of Bel
By Jarrett Renshaw and Ernest Scheyder Sept 8 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is seeking greater U.S. access to Venezuela’s minerals, including gold, as it expands its push to gain control and influence over the South American country’s vast natural resources beyond oil, according to three sour
SAO PAULO, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A Nexus poll commissioned by BTG Pactual on Tuesday showed for the first time Brazilian right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro slightly ahead of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a simulated second-round runoff for next month’s election, though they remain loc
