ROME, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government took office in October 2022 and will become the longest-serving administration in the history of the Italian Republic on September 4. Here are some of the main legislative efforts undertaken by her coalition, which have achieved var
ROME, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is due to set a record as leading Italy’s longest-serving administration on September 4. Yet the country’s revolving-door cabinets have often masked a more stable political system than first meets the eye. Below are some facts and figures about
MOESER, Germany (AP) — An election in eastern Germany on Sunday could produce the first far-right state governor in the country’s post-World War II history as Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his unpopular national government struggle to dispel what he calls “widespread moroseness.” Several polls show
US Strikes Iranian Launchers Preparing To Fire Sea Mines Toward Hormuz By The Media Line Staff US forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island on Sunday after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel were allegedly seen preparing to fire rockets carrying sea mines toward the
The Plan for Post-Hamas Gaza Has a Palestinian Authority Problem While Israel may accept an arrangement, provided Hamas fully disarms, sources told TML that the technocratic government, even if not in name, is effectively the Palestinian Authority By Maayan Hoffman / The Media Line Any agreement tha
NICOSIA, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Nearly 20 people were missing on Monday after a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus, killing at least eight, as divers joined search teams scouring deep waters for any survivors. The double-hulled ferry with 267 aboard took in water and flipped over on Sunday just off the
British Activist Held on Assault Suspicion; FPA Condemns Attack on NBC Crew By The Media Line Staff A British activist remained in Israeli police custody Sunday on suspicion of indecently assaulting a minor in the southern West Bank village of Umm al-Kheir, while the Foreign Press Association (FPA)
Iraq Considers Currency Overhaul To Expose Looted Funds Hudhaifa Ebrahim / The Media Line The Iraqi government is considering introducing a new currency that would remove three zeros from the dinar to simplify transactions and bring funds looted through corruption under government control, Iraqi Com
SEOUL, Aug 31 (Reuters) – A South Korean court on Monday found Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja guilty in a case concerning political funds law violations and bribery tied to alleged efforts to cultivate influence with former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s administration. (Reporting by Jack KimEditin
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese markets are booming with new public stock offerings, energized by the craze for artificial intelligence and other advanced technology and a growing preference to list shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In the latest big stock listing, shares in China-founded e-commerce and fa
The leaders of China, Russia and India are among the heads of state gathering in Kyrgyzstan this week for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a group billed as a counterweight to U.S. global influence. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime M
Aug 31 (Reuters) – Iran’s army said it attacked the United Arab Emirates’ Al Minhad Air Base with drones early on Monday, Iranian state TV reported, citing a statement from the army. The army said the attack targeted locations where U.S. forces and helicopters were stationed at the base. It said the
IMO Chief Calls for Action To Restore Navigation Through Hormuz By The Media Line Staff International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez called for renewed international cooperation and practical measures to restore freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, whe
By Jekaterina Golubkova Aug 31 (Reuters) – Russia sees NATO activity in the Arctic as a direct security threat, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an article published on Monday, as the alliance members boost their presence in the region in the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine. In February, NATO
HOHENFELS, Germany (AP) — On a moonless and rainy night, a group of soldiers emerged from a ramshackle building meant to resemble a church. The alpine terrain loomed over them as they quietly set off for the tree line of the German countryside a short distance away. The soldiers are members of the P
By Phil Stewart and David Lawder WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Iran’s energy hub of Kharg Island is being blown to smithereens, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday, after forces hit two rocket launchers on another island in the first known American strikes on the Islamic republic since late
By David Lawder ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Aug 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department is likely to unveil weekly new secondary sanctions aimed at increasing economic pressure on Iran, with an initial focus on banks, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters on Sunday. After imposing pe
Aug 31 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday that it launched an attack on the King Hussein and Al Azraq U.S. bases in Jordan with ballistic missiles in response to the U.S. attack on Larak Island, Iranian media reported. (Reporting by Yomna Ehab; Editing by Tom Hogue) Brought to yo
Aug 31 (Reuters) – A missile attack killed two people and injured another 16 in the city of Belgorod close to the Russian border with Ukraine on Sunday evening, acting governor Alexander Shuvayev said on the Telegram messaging app. He said two were killed after Ukraine hit a commercial facility, wit
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Pacific leaders started to gather in Palau on Monday for the annual Pacific Islands Forum, but the absence of several heads of government has cast a shadow over a meeting intended to demonstrate regional unity. Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa and Solomon Islands’
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Iran is attacking U.S. forces stationed in Jordan, Fox News reporter Trey Yingst said on Sunday, citing a U.S. source. There has been no significant impact so far, the reporter’s X post said, adding that nearly all incoming missiles “have been intercepted at this point
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. Vowing to retaliate for what it called a deadly attack, Iran later s
Aug 30 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov is seeking U.S. investment for a defence technology fund, he said in an interview with the Financial Times that was published on Sunday. Fedorov is also seeking Western capital to build and manage weapons development companies tha
BERLIN, Aug 30 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday that a victory for the far-right AfD party in next week’s regional election in Saxony-Anhalt would damage the eastern state and deter foreign companies from investing there. “I cannot imagine international investors attending
By Saurabh Sharma, Devjyot Ghoshal and Sarita Chaganti Singh KATHMANDU, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Three months before a wall of water, mud and rock killed hundreds when it hurtled down a Himalayan valley bordering Nepal and China, experts and officials from both countries met in Kathmandu to discuss the ri
BERLIN, Aug 30 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday Berlin was preparing a response to the suspected drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane in Leipzig this month in coordination with its European and NATO partners. “We are in the process of concluding the investigation. There
DHADING, Nepal (AP) — In one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastrophic floods in Nepal, a group of schoolchildren managed to survive when they happened to leave their classroom for their lunch break. Children attending other classes at the school in Dhading also escaped because teachers tol
BODRUM, Turkey (AP) — At least eight people have died after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus on Sunday, Turkish media reported. Unal Ustel, the north’s Turkish Cypriot prime minister, told Turkish state broadca
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a Russian strike on a warehouse west of Kyiv, the war’s deadliest attack this year, rose to 38 with four people still missing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday. The Friday night strike on the warehouse, which Ukrainian officials said was st
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The devastating flash floods in the Himalayan region swept so many people downstream that authorities in one Nepalese district have begun burying bodies in temporary graves before they can be identified, prompting accusations that Hindu funeral traditions are being ignored. I
