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
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The European Union is closely watching how membership candidate Serbia will handle the funeral of the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who was convicted of genocide by a U.N. court but remains a hero to many Serbs, an EU official said on Friday. The EU’s Enlar
Denmark said it hoped to begin sending rejected asylum seekers to non-European Union “return hubs” as early as 2027, ahead of a Friday meeting of five countries leading European efforts to establish such centers outside the continent. In June, European lawmakers voted to allow member states to set u
Israel has released four more Lebanese civilians who had been detained by its forces in southern Lebanon. Ship traffic remains low on the Strait of Hormuz days after the U.S. and Iran exchanged attacks for the first time in a month. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wi
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court ordered the arrest of Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday over charges that she publicly threatened to have the president and two other people assassinated. Duterte was already impeached by the House of Representatives in May on the same charges as wel
By Laurie Chen and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Sep 4 (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping is preparing a large business delegation to accompany him on his visit to Washington, two sources said, an unusual move given U.S. scepticism towards Chinese investment and Beijing’s strained ties with private enterp
By Ben Blanchard and Yi-Chin Lee TAIPEI, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung condemned China’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy at this week’s forum of Pacific Islands leaders, and said Chinese officials had also engaged in espionage at the event. This year’s meeting of the Pacific Isla
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Brazil’s wealthiest captured a record share of national income under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, tax-return data show, offering a striking counterpoint to the leftist leader’s effort to convince voters that gains have been widely shared under hi
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Four prisoners from Lebanon held in Israel were released and handed over to Lebanese authorities via the International Committee of the Red Cross Friday as part of a deal between the two countries. In return, Lebanon agreed to search for the bodies of Jewish Lebanese citizens wh
DAKAR, Sept 4 (Reuters) – A new Ebola case has been recorded in an area controlled by AFC/M23 rebels in eastern Congo, the group said, more than two months after it declared the outbreak over in the territory it holds. • The Rwanda-backed AFC/M23 rebels, who control large parts of North and South Ki
MOSCOW/KYIV, Sept 4 (Reuters) – U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who have spearheaded efforts to broker a Ukraine peace agreement, will visit Russia and Ukraine on Saturday and Sunday, Russian news agency TASS reported, citing a source. There was no immediate confirmation. Witkoff a
By Maya Gebeily and Rami Ayyub BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Israel’s military has cleared Hezbollah fighters holed up in tunnels under the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday, though the Iran-backed group did not immediately c
LAGOS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – At least 37 people died after inhaling fumes as they tried to tap an oil pipeline in southern Nigeria, an environmental group said on Friday, though authorities have not confirmed the toll. The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre said the incident happened at around mi
COPENHAGEN, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Denmark said on Friday it expects to be ready by the end of 2027 to send migrants without legal residency to a return hub outside the European Union, as five EU countries prepare to finalise plans for such facilities. Immigration and Integration Minister Morten Bodskov
VLADIVOSTOK, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Igor Sechin, chief of Russia’s top oil producer Rosneft, said on Thursday that China, not OPEC, has stabilized global oil markets by reducing crude imports by 5.5 million barrels per day this year. Sechin, the most influential Russian energy manager and a long-standin
FRANKFURT, Sept 4 (Reuters) – German police reacted to two fresh suspected attempts against the country’s electricity grid, newspaper Bild reported on Friday, heightening the nation’s state of alert after an attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport that Berlin has blamed on Russia. Bild cited local
PARIS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said on Friday that there were around 7,000 excess deaths recorded during the blistering heatwaves that hit the country this summer as of late July, adding that final data will be available in the coming weeks. The country’s health agen
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s leader To Lam is planning to visit Russia, France, the United States and Canada this month, several people familiar with the plans said, as the Communist-ruled country seeks to deepen ties with major partners to combat trade uncertainty hang
HELSINKI, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Finland’s Border Guard authority said on Friday it is investigating whether a surveillance drone found on the shore of its southern coast had violated of the Nordic country’s territory. • Investigation seeks to determine where, when and how the aircraft entered Finnish t
By Gopal Sharma and Saurabh Sharma KATHMANDU, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Two people were pulled out alive on Friday from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on the Trishuli River in Nepal, nine days after an ice, rock and mud slide swept through its valley, killing more than 1,200 people and displacing
ROME (AP) — Beneath the splendor of its monuments and ruins, Rome is taking aim at a modern-day chariot: the golf cart. Hundreds of them have started carrying tourists through the historic center. Even rolling along at a moderate speed, these golf carts have so far outpaced regulation. But the city
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For much of the war, Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv followed a particular rhythm. They almost always came at night. The warnings would begin on monitoring channels on Telegram in the late evening. They announced drones moving south, missiles being launched, air defens
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a tunnel Friday during an ongoing operation at the Trishul 3A tunnel, officials said. Nepalese lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane posted about the second rescue on his Facebook page shortly after army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Bas
By Doyinsola Oladipo Sept 4 (Reuters) – Several air traffic controllers on duty when two Qantas aircraft nearly collided at Sydney airport in July had been flagged as facing a high risk of fatigue, according to internal records and a call recording obtained by Reuters, a staffing situation one shift
KATHMANDU, Sept 4 – Property, housing and infrastructure worth at least 387.5 billion Nepalese rupees ($2.56 billion) was lost in Nepal’s catastrophic floods last week, the country’s disaster authority chief told Reuters on Friday. In the first four months of early recovery, the estimated cost to bu
Sept 4 – One person has been rescued alive from a tunnel in Nepal, nine days after catastrophic flooding, while another is also being brought out, a lawmaker said on Friday. (Reporting by Gopal Sharma, writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
Sept 4 (Reuters) – China’s southern coastal provinces of Fujian and Guangdong braced for further torrential rain on Friday, after severe downpours linked to Typhoon Saudel triggered flooding in urban and rural areas, swamping vehicles and causing a three-storey brick building to collapse. In Fujian’
By Heejin Kim SEOUL, Sept 4 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will pay a state visit to France from September 6 to 9 for a summit with French President Emmanuel Macron and for a joint discussion on the film industry, Lee’s office said on Friday. Lee and Macron will co-chair the one-d
By Renju Jose SYDNEY, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Pacific Island leaders expressed concern about China’s Pacific missile test at their annual summit, though Nauru formally dissented, in a meeting largely overshadowed by Beijing’s objections to Taiwan’s presence. Summit host and Palau President Surangel Whipp
By Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) – SpaceX founder Elon Musk has spent more than $800,000 in recent days on over a dozen key congressional races through his super PAC, funding direct-mail and other campaign materials for Republican candidates who face close races in the midterm elections. M
