BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat said Wednesday that an attempted attack on a German airport blamed on Russia appears to be “state sponsored terrorism,” as EU countries weighed their response. The German government on Tuesday blamed Russia for the attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle A
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish cargo ship with 10 crew aboard sank Wednesday after a collision with a tanker off Istanbul, Turkish authorities said. A lifeboat and other debris belonging to the Tugberk Imamoglu have been found but there is no sign of the crew, the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs
BERLIN, Sept 2 (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Wednesday that the European Union will work on imposing further sanctions on Russian individuals in the coming weeks. “The EU has imposed extensive sanctions on Russia, but we will certainly continue to work on imposing sanct
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Some tourists previously reported missing in Nepal have made contact with authorities, officials said Wednesday, as search efforts continued following catastrophic floods that killed at least 1,118 people and left more than 3,900 missing. Nepal’s Foreign Ministry said 324 for
OSLO, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Sweden’s ruling right-wing coalition has nearly caught up with the centre-left opposition bloc ahead of a September 13 election for parliament, a new opinion poll showed on Wednesday, pointing to a close vote in which either side could win. The country’s four centre-left par
Sept 2 (Reuters) – Russian attacks damaged infrastructure and residential buildings in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa on Wednesday, Serhiy Lysak, the head of the city’s military administration, said on Telegram, adding that eight people were injured. A 24-storey apartment building and a numbe
By Kirsti Knolle NAUMBURG, Germany, Sept. 2 (Reuters) – For Rainer Huppenbauer, as for many in eastern Germany, decades of living with Soviet troops led to a familiarity that has shaped their attitudes to a fault line that has divided German politics since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A wine mercha
Sept 2 (Reuters) – Sixteen people were killed and 28 injured in a bus accident on Egypt’s Dahab-Nuweibaa road in South Sinai on Wednesday, the health ministry said in a statement. (Reporting by Nayera Abdallah; Editing by Tom Hogue) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
FRANKFURT, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Germany faced a second sabotage attempt on its electricity grid, with local police saying on Wednesday they are investigating an attack on a substation near the western city of Bergheim. A police spokesperson said they are investigating an act of premeditated vandalism
SINGAPORE, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Global temperature rises are set to exceed the key threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) “within a few years”, the UN’s environmental body said on Wednesday, creating more extreme weather and intensifying pressure on ecosystems, glaciers and low-lyin
SCARDOVARI, Italy (AP) — Italian fishermen for two years incinerated most of the invasive Atlantic blue crabs caught in the Po River Delta south of Venice. Few Italians had an appetite for the alien predator blamed for decimating their prized Manila clams. While experiments in containment continue,
PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) — There’s no getting around the fact that Thailand’s seaside resort of Pattaya has a lingering reputation for sex tourism, even though that’s only part of the story for the city that’s an expected shore leave destination of crew members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Pattaya,
By Gopal Sharma and Saurabh Sharma KATHMANDU, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Hopes of finding more survivors among the thousands still missing in Nepal were fading, authorities said on Wednesday, a week after a glacier collapse in the Himalayas unleashed flash floods that devastated the mountainous nation. At l
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — When a wall of water, rocks and mud tore through her remote village in Nepal last week, Pema Tamang and her neighbors fled uphill to a Buddhist shrine that had been rebuilt the previous year after a 2015 earthquake. The steep mountain folds of the Himalayas, already prone to
HONG KONG (AP) — Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that has effectively stifled the city’s once-thriving pro-democracy movement. It was the second pros
By Alasdair Pal and Kanishka Singh SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – The United States and Australia on Wednesday announced a combined $580 million in funding for the Pacific Islands, as both nations battle China for influence in the region. Australia will offer a A$600 million ($430 million) pa
WASHINGTON/CAIRO, Sept 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Iran found themselves back in a war footing on Wednesday after the most significant exchange in weeks, with Washington threatening even more devastating strikes while Iran protested an attack that it said killed five and wounded dozens of civilians a
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Dozens of young people gathered recently on a beach in Peru’s capital to dance, pose and show off their most creative moves — all in pursuit of one thing: aura. They were taking part in a so-called “aura battle,” a real-world spin on the Internet trend known as “aura farming” that
By Greg Torode HONG KONG, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge of collusion with foreign entities, a national security crime that carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Wong, 29, rose to international prominence as a tee
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he plans to nominate Hung Cao to become the next U.S. Navy secretary. “The Senate needs to confirm this Warfighter, ASAP, so he can continue the fantastic work he has been doing over the past 4 months,” Trump wrote on Truth S
Sept 1 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov will discuss humanitarian issues in the Ukraine conflict with papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi later this month in Russia, Ushakov was quoted by media as saying on Tuesday. “I will receive him at the end of Se
By David Brunnstrom Sept 1 (Reuters) – France said on Tuesday the U.N. Security Council will vote this month on renewing the mandate of a panel monitoring sanctions on Iran, setting up a potential showdown with Russia and China, which oppose the sanctions regime and oversight mechanisms. The mandate
Saudi Arabia Names Woman Diplomat Manal Radwan Special Envoy for Peace Efforts By The Media Line Staff Saudi Arabia has named Manal Hassan Radwan, a diplomat with experience at the United Nations and in Washington, as a special envoy charged with handling negotiations and peace efforts for Foreign M
By David Lewis and Charlotte Van Campenhout LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – A Brussels court has ordered Belgian biometrics company Semlex and 13 other defendants to stand trial over alleged corruption, money laundering and tax fraud linked to a contract to produce passports in the Democratic Republic of
By Laura Garcia and Sarah Morland TEGUCIGALPA, Sept 1 (Reuters) – A Honduran court has dropped charges against former President Juan Orlando Hernandez over fraud and money laundering, judiciary authorities said on Tuesday, nine months after he was freed from prison in the United States. Judiciary sp
US Strikes IRGC Targets in Strait of Hormuz, President Trump Warns Iran Against Retaliation By The Media Line Staff The US military launched a wave of strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday after Iran attempted to attack merchant vessels a
Israel Arrests Hamas Intelligence Chief in Gaza Operation By The Media Line Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Tuesday that a senior figure in Gaza had been arrested, later identified as Moein al-Arabid, head of Hamas’ General Security and the official responsible for the terrorist organ
MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Russia’s embassy in Germany said on Tuesday that German allegations that Russia was responsible for an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport last month were an absurd and baseless provocation which stood to benefit Ukraine, the militaristic wing of the Europe’s e
Sept 1 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned airlines and insurance companies on Tuesday that the presence of Ukrainian drones had made Russian skies dangerous to use and were effectively closed. “Today, we want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, ev
PARIS, Sept 1 (Reuters) – French singer and actor Patrick Bruel, one of France’s best-selling recording artists, on Tuesday cancelled a series of concerts he had planned from October following protests against him after he was placed under formal investigation for sex crimes in June. He says he is
