BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s president signed a constitutional amendment into law on Saturday that ends his term in office, bringing to a close a dispute between him and the country’s new government that was seeking to oust him as part of a purge of officials appointed during the reign of Vikt
MANCHESTER, England, July 18 (Reuters) – Incoming British prime minister Andy Burnham will scrap the government’s troubled plans for a digital ID scheme when he enters office on Monday, a spokesperson for the new Labour Party leader said. Resources devoted to the scheme, deemed a “fiasco” by a cross
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Islamic militants and a separatist group ambushed a Malian army convoy in the country’s hard-hit north on Saturday, resulting in the killing or capture of scores of soldiers, the rebels said. The Malian army confirmed the attack, saying in a statement that armed groups ambushed t
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will attend Sunday’s World Cup final after an invitation from her U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, their first meeting since December after months of verbal sparring. Sheinbaum did not attend the World Cup’s opening match in Mexico City,
July 18 (Reuters) – British police said on Saturday they had found no evidence to charge anyone with a terrorism offence linked to a suspected threat against an Islamic event in eastern England last weekend. Thirteen people had been arrested between Sunday and Thursday after police became aware of a
July 18 (Reuters) – A Lebanese soldier was killed and an officer and another soldier were wounded when a suspicious object exploded in an army vehicle in the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri, the Lebanese army said on Saturday. The Israeli military said on Saturday the vehicle had driven over an e
July 18 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is preparing to unveil a series of grants in Europe and beyond to support Maga-aligned initiatives in pursuance of a dramatic overhaul of U.S. foreign aid priorities, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. The proposed grants include $2 million to “cou
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in Gaza City on Saturday killed at least nine Palestinians, including three children, hospital officials said. A strike on an apartment in the Nasr neighborhood killed at least five people, including the children between the ages of 8 and 18, said Moh
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST, July 18 (Reuters) – Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok has signed a constitutional amendment passed by Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s ruling Tisza party that ends his term as head of state, Sulyok said in a statement on Saturday. The legislation was part of Magyar’s drive t
July 18 (Reuters) – The Israeli military said it struck a Hezbollah cell near Tebnit in southern Lebanon on Saturday after soldiers identified a Hezbollah drone in the area. The air force located fighters that had been operating drones and taking cover near Israeli troops, the military said in a sta
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian prosecutors have released video of what they say is the bombing in Monaco that seriously injured tycoon Vadym Yermolaiev and his family. The June 30 attack deeply shook the discreet and ultra-wealthy principality on the Mediterranean coast. The motive remains unclear.
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice late on Friday rejected a request from lawyers of former President Jair Bolsonaro for him to be visited under house arrest by Argentine President Javier Milei. The encounter was intended to take place in the capital, Brasilia, on July 25. Justice Al
CARACAS (AP) — The death toll from the two powerful earthquakes that shook Venezuela last month rose to 5,069 late on Friday, local authorities said. The interim government of President Delcy Rodriguez added in a statement that the number of injured remains unchanged at 16,740, as in the past 11 day
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities said Sunday they have executed a man convicted of killing a member of security forces during the 2022 nationwide protests that erupted after the death of a woman in custody of the country’s morality police. Authorities said the fatal shooting to
July 18 (Reuters) – The Canadian military was preparing on Saturday to evacuate a remote community of 600 people threatened by forest wildfires that have spread, choking smoke across a broad swath of the United States. Federal Emergencies Minister Eleanor Olszewski said late on Friday that the armed
BERLIN, July 18 (Reuters) – Jens Spahn, a senior member of Germany’s ruling conservatives, resigned on Saturday after having a baby born to a surrogate mother in the United States, a move at odds with his own party’s opposition to surrogacy, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Spahn, 46, the parl
Nine people were killed and more than 60 others were wounded in Russia by Ukrainian drone attacks overnight and later on Saturday, Russian officials said. Kyiv’s forces are continuing their relentless aerial campaign against energy infrastructure and military targets inside Russia, aiming to undermi
July 18 (Reuters) – Delayed orders from senior military commanders, a lack of basic equipment and overall confusion were among the issues that hindered the deployment of Venezuelan troops in the crucial first days after two devastating earthquakes struck the country’s coast last month, eight sources
DRAMMEN, Norway (AP) — The largest residential fire in modern Norwegian history destroyed more than 100 homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate, authorities said Saturday. The fire in southern Norway started in a townhouse in the city of Drammen around 3:30 p.m. Friday, police said. It then
FRANKFURT, July 18 (Reuters) – Germany is upgrading its security stance to a “high threat level” from a previous “abstract threat level” based on increasing reports and intelligence, the country’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said in a German newspaper interview published on Saturday. • “Thi
By David Ljunggren and Wa Lone OTTAWA, July 17 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Canada for wildfire smoke spreading across the United States and said he would add the “incalculable cost” of dealing with the pollution to existing tariffs on Canadian goods. Heavy smoke from hundreds
LITOCHORO, Greece (AP) — Snow-capped for much of the year, Mount Olympus, mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, has captured the imagination through the millennia. Rising to 2,918 meters (9,573 feet) from a base practically at sea level, the ancient Greeks believed the throne of Ze
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police forcibly transferred a prominent activist to a hospital in New Delhi on Saturday after his health deteriorated during a 20-day hunger strike tied to India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party movement for education reform. Authorities tightened security around New Delhi’s Jantar Man
MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) – Waves of Ukrainian drone attacks killed seven warehouse workers and injured dozens more, while another attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in the wider capital region, regional governors said on Saturday. Governor Evgeniy Pervyshov said 25 people were injured after Ukra
By Gopika Gopakumar and Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU, July 18 (Reuters) – Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace on Saturday launched the country’s first privately developed orbital rocket, a key test of national efforts to compete for a bigger share of the global commercial launch market. The V
