SYDNEY, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous city Sydney baked in a burst of sweltering spring heat on Saturday, raising the risk of bushfires and prompting authorities to issue a ban on lighting fires. The heat comes as a powerful El Nino weather pattern in the Pacific, expected to be among
LA PAZ, Sept 4 (Reuters) – At least two people were killed and dozens injured on Friday after an explosion at a military barracks in the Bolivian municipality of Viacha, about 30 km (20 miles) from La Paz, Defense Minister Ernesto Justiniano said. His ministry said in a statement that 14 people were
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger size, a culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups. Friday’s resolution, which was sponsored by Togo and backed by members of the African Uni
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court plunged further into an institutional crisis on Friday, with two of its best known justices now requesting major sanctions against each other. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, 57, became a household name after leading the case that put former President Jair Bolson
NIAMEY, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Niger has blamed France for inciting an attack on a key military airbase by mutinous soldiers last week, according to a government statement read on TV on Friday. • Mutinous soldiers in the West African country attacked the airport and the presidency in the capital, Niamey
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY, Sept 4 – A member of Congress from Mexico’s ruling Morena party was found dead from a gunshot wound in the eastern state of Veracruz on Friday, less than a year before local and federal elections. Zenyazen Escobar, a federal legislator representing the coastal state — ho
Sept 4 (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Friday it struck southern Lebanon after Hezbollah launched a drone attack towards Israeli soldiers. Three people were killed and 23 were injured in Israeli strikes on south Lebanon, according to the country’s health ministry. The wounded included medic
(Corrects following WHO advisory on date in paragraph 1 and adds clarification on the date in paragraph 3) By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Sept 4 (Reuters) – One of the World Health Organization’s main warehouses storing humanitarian medical supplies in Ukraine was struck during an air attack overnigh
By Angelo Amante ROME, Sept 4 (Reuters) – A record period of government stability has strengthened Italy, which is no longer viewed within the European Union as “a case to monitor”, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday as her administration became the longest-serving of the postwar era. In a
WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that the United States may hit Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain very soon. Pickaxe Mountain, located near Iran’s heavily damaged Natanz uranium enrichment facility, is a heavily fortified site that hosts two deeply buried t
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Ecuador defended on Friday U.S. operations that intercepted and sank three Ecuadorean vessels this week, saying they were the product of joint investigations to disrupt drug trafficking. The sinkings are the latest in a broader U.S. military campaign k
KUHESTAK, Iran (AP) — Women with their children were gathered in the house and yard, waiting for the bride and groom to arrive to kick off a wedding celebration in this small town in southern Iran. Then an explosion turned the scene to carnage. The town of Kuhestak is still reeling from a barrage of
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Drug cartels across Mexico are increasingly turning to car bombs, explosives-laden drones and improvised explosive devices, a trend that could further strain Mexico’s already tense relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly threatened military action against
TUNIS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Tunisian police on Friday arrested prominent journalist Mohamed Yousfi, an outspoken critic of President Kais Saied, the head of the journalists’ syndicate told Reuters, in a move critics said was aimed at stifling dissenting voices. Police arrested Yousfi as he was prepari
SAN JOSE, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez said on Friday that U.S. ground operations in the Central American nation would be “very beneficial for national security”, while emphasizing that nothing concrete was in the works with Washington and any such move would require legi
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian prosecutors on Friday indicted social media influencer Andrew Tate on charges of trafficking minors, sex with a minor, and money laundering. Tate, 39, and his brother Tristan Tate, 38, were first arrested in Romania’s capital, Bucharest, in late 2022. Tristan is in
By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately reflecting countries’ true size, a resolution sponsored by African states to counter perceptions that the continent is periph
By Laurie Chen BEIJING, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. and China are gearing up to discuss AI safety risks during a dialogue planned for mid-September, two sources briefed on the discussions told Reuters, as rapidly advancing frontier AI capabilities reach a global tipping point. The talks, the first o
LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Russia fired a drone into the headquarters of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in central Kyiv on Friday, in what Ukrainian authorities condemned as the latest in a string of escalations in the war. Here are some key facts about the organisation. WHAT IS THE SBU? The
LONDON (AP) — In a primetime rallying call to the nation, Argentine President Javier Milei has resurrected Argentina’s long-standing claim to the nearby U.K.-held Falkland Islands and in the process conjured up memories of the bitter war the two countries fought 44 years ago. With an election in Arg
By Francois Murphy and John Irish VIENNA/PARIS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The United States, Britain, France and Germany are seeking a resolution by the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board next week reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, according to diplomats and the propose
By Ismail Shakil, David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday it imposed new Iran-related sanctions on a small Turkish investment bank and two subsidiaries as part of the Trump administration’s effort to increase economic pressure on Iran
By Yuliia Dysa KYIV, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Ukraine sees a growing appetite among European allies to renew a serious discussion on the use of Russian frozen assets, a senior government official told Reuters, following an informal EU foreign ministers’ meeting on Wednesday in which Kyiv took part. Ukrain
CAIRO (AP) — Clashes in southern Sudan have killed at least 21 people, including women and children, a doctors’ group said Friday. Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks violence throughout the war in Sudan, said that the rebel group Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, or SPLM-N, launched an atta
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Opposition from the United States and Russia has raised doubts that countries meeting in Geneva will on Friday agree on a document that could pave the way to international rules on the use of autonomous weapons, three diplomats said. The 128 states th
BANGKOK (AP) — It’s been more than a week since deadly flash floods killed hundreds and left thousands missing along the China-Nepal border — and practically nothing is known about the victims on the Chinese side. The disaster, which has killed more than 1,000 people and left more than 4,500 missing
By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Two Israeli ministers floated proposals this week for the mass removal of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, resurfacing an idea voiced repeatedly by right-wing politicians over the past three years as they seek to rally supporters ahead of an election. The
BIRMINGHAM, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Jordan Bardella, president of France’s far-right National Rally party, said on Friday that if his party won power in 2027 it would seek to ensure migrants could no longer travel from France to Britain. Speaking at the annual conference of Britain’s populist Reform UK p
MUMBAI, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Rescuers pulled two survivors from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on Nepal’s Trishuli River on Friday, nine days after a glacier collapse caused a torrent of ice, rock and mud that killed more than 1,300 people and left over 5,600 missing. Below is a list of some
KAMPALA, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The body of Uganda’s King Oyo Nyimba, who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch when he took the throne at the age of three in 1995, arrived back in the country on Friday after his death from cancer, and ahead of burial on September 12. King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Igur
