By Nayera Abdallah and Timour Azhari DUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that threatens to escalate the conflict in the region and disrupt global energy supply and trade beyond the Gulf. The Houthis’ armed
By Sarah Young FARNBOROUGH, England, July 20 (Reuters) – Plans for the new Global Combat Air Programme fighter jet to be in service by 2035 will not change even if a new country joins the British, Italian and Japanese programme, the chief executive of the joint venture designing the plane said on Mo
PINGTUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Heads bowed, experts offered their respects on Monday ahead of an excavation aimed at recovering the remains of Japanese soldiers from World War II in southern Taiwan. The site is linked to the sinking of a military transport vessel and other ships in the Bashi Channel after
DUBLIN, July 20 (Reuters) – Ireland will raise the minimum age for the use of electric scooters to 18 from 16, and require riders to be licensed and wear helmets, the government said on Monday, although it stopped short of a total ban Prime Minister Micheal Martin had said he was leaning towards. Ir
WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) – Authorities arrested a person after an incendiary device was thrown at FBI headquarters in lower Manhattan, CNN reported on Monday. Video footage from the news network showed a person being taken into custody and smoke arising from the area. FBI headquarters at 26 Fed
BUDAPEST, July 20 (Reuters) – The lawmakers of Hungary’s ruling Tisza party unanimously support chess legend Judit Polgar for president and will make a final decision about the nomination at their next meeting, the parliamentary group’s leader Andrea Bujdoso said on Monday. Prime Minister Peter Magy
NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Supporters of India’s youth-led “cockroach” movement faced police batons and tear gas as they tried to march to Parliament to demand the education minister’s resignation. The Cockroach Janta Party emerged in May after a Supreme Court judge compared unemployed youth to “cockro
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military said Chinese coast guard personnel aboard a motorboat repeatedly struck a Filipino sailor on the head with a wooden baton Monday in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, injuring him and damaging his smaller vessel. The assault was captured on vi
By Matteo Negri ROME, July 20 (Reuters) – On the outskirts of Rome, an EU-funded regeneration project is seeking to improve the lot of 4,500 people living in a 1970s housing development, betting that protection from climate change and social inclusion can go hand in hand as rising temperatures put p
SAO TOME, July 20 (Reuters) – Sao Tome and Principe President Carlos Vila Nova has won a second five-year term, according to preliminary results from the election commission announced on Monday. Vila Nova, a former public works and infrastructure minister, won Sunday’s election with more than 55% o
DUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) – Mediators have passed Iran a proposal to de-escalate the war with the U.S. that would offer a 10-day ceasefire to find ways to revive an interim deal reached last month, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday. (Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
MADRID, July 20 (Reuters) – A wildfire raged out of control across Spain’s central Guadalajara province on Monday, burning for a fifth day and becoming the largest blaze of the year, as forecasters warned an approaching heatwave would raise fire risks across much of the country. Spain and southern E
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
