Aug 28 (Reuters) – Russian attacks have destroyed Nova Poshta sorting centres near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and in the northern city of Sumy, the Ukrainian private postal and courier company said on Friday. Nova Poshta said on the Telegram messaging app that four guided aerial bombs hit its Sum
By David Lague and Yimou Lee PENGHU, Taiwan, Aug 28 (Reuters) – In the pre-dawn darkness on an island in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese troops earlier this month pulled long, gleaming 105mm shells from their green plastic canisters. After all the ammunition had been checked and safely loaded through h
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea, the U.S. and Japan will go ahead with a trilateral military drill next month to better deal with North Korean nuclear threats, officials in Seoul said Friday, a day after North Korea vowed to retaliate against what it called U.S. hostilities. The development fu
JAKARTA, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Transport authorities in Indonesia’s capital suspended or diverted some rail and bus routes on Friday following street protests that local media said had turned into late night rioting. Demonstrations by various groups started on Thursday morning near parliament amid heav
By Panu Wongcha-um CHANAE, Thailand, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Security guard Ni-arfan Doloh was taking a routine photograph for his nightly report on Saturday when five masked men carrying rifles emerged from inside a government office in Thailand’s southern Narathiwat province. “I was shocked,” said Ni-a
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Six months after the airstrikes that began the war and propelled a badly wounded Mojtaba Khamenei into the role of Iran’s supreme leader, he remains entirely unseen and unheard by Iranians — a vacuum at the heart of his country’s leadersh
SINGAPORE, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Seven commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, down from 17 a day earlier and below the 10-day average of 15, preliminary shipping data showed on Friday. Among the seven vessels that transited were two medium-range tankers, one very large gas carrie
Aug 28 (Reuters) – Four people were injured after drones hit a five-storey apartment building in Sevastopol in the Russian-held Crimean peninsula, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor, said on the Telegram messaging app on Friday. Drones and their debris have also hit a hotel, a kinder
BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) – China is racing to reduce the risk of more flooding at the disaster-stricken border crossing linking its Tibet region to Nepal after hundreds were killed in a flash flood on Wednesday. Nepal and China both warned on Thursday of fresh risks of flooding in the Himalayas, wi
QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Quebec’s governing party launched its election campaign Thursday by naming an unusual adversary: U.S. President Donald Trump. “My opponent is named Donald Trump,” Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Fréchette said as campaigning began for the Oct. 5 vote to choose Quebec’s Na
Aug 28 (Reuters) – The death toll from a flash flood that occurred earlier this week in Nepal has reached 469, Nepal police said on Friday. (Reporting by Gopal Sharma; Writing by Hritam Mukherjee; Editing by Christopher Cushing) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
By Makiko Yamazaki and Leika Kihara TOKYO, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday that she would attend next week’s meeting of the Group of 20’s finance leaders in Asheville, North Carolina. “I would like to contribute in discussions around the global economy an
SEOUL, Aug 28 (Reuters) – South Korea supports U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea and will actively back confidence-building measures and the restart of talks between the two sides, South Korea’s national security adviser said on Friday. Seoul believes the resu
By Saurabh Sharma and Gopal Sharma NUWAKOT, Nepal, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Rescue teams using heavy machinery dug through mud and debris in Nepalese towns devastated by a flash flood two days ago, as hopes of finding survivors faded and officials worked to reduce the risk of further catastrophic flooding
By Elwely Elwelly and Enas Alashray DUBAI/CAIRO, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Iran war mediators have placed renewed emphasis on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran agreeing to draw up a list of conditions to restore normal traffic after a Qatari emissary pressed the Iranians to respect freedom of nav
By Jack Queen August 27(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, the latest turn in the Claude maker’s high-stakes fight with the military over AI safety on the battlefield. Anthropic’s lawsuit in California federal court alleges that Defense Secretary Pe
SEOUL, Aug 28 (Reuters) – South Korea, Japan and the United States will conduct joint military drills from September 9 to 11 to test readiness against North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons threats, South Korea said on Friday. The annual Freedom Edge drills, which are defensive in nature, will be
By David Lawder WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – The Trump administration aims to have finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies agree next week on steps to boost economic growth, reduce global imbalances and tackle sovereign debt challenges while pressing them to cut off Iran’s economic li
BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Typhoon Saudel made landfall in Taizhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province, at 8.05 a.m. (0005 GMT), the national forecaster said on Friday. Authorities have issued a red alert for the typhoon which they expect to lash Zhejiang and neighbouring Fujian province with hea
SEOUL, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Two crew people were killed on Thursday after a fire broke out aboard an oil products tanker off South Korea, the Yonhap News Agency reported, citing the Coast Guard. The 7,333-ton vessel was carrying 18 crew members, including seven foreign nationals, Yonhap said. The two
SYDNEY, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Australia will provide $3.6 million in aid for communities hit by floods along the Nepal-China border and deploy extra consular staff to the area, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Friday as the number of missing Australians rose to 39. Flash flooding triggered by a glac
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Police in Zambia detained the country’s main opposition leader Thursday over alleged treason after he handed himself over for questioning after having sought refuge at a United Nations building following a disputed election two weeks ago. Brian Mundubile, who challenged Preside
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights office said on Thursday the Trump administration’s designation of the Palestine Action group as a terrorist organization was “a disproportionate and unnecessary restriction” on free speech rights that amounted to an expansive use
By AJ Vicens Aug 27 (Reuters) – Australian police announced charges on Thursday against two men accused of participating in a cybercrime syndicate that targeted widely used open-source software to compromise thousands of global businesses. The Australian men face a combined 14 charges for their alle
Aug 27 (Reuters) – Iran is preparing a list of conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz after mediators asked Tehran to set them out, said Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, adding that ending the regional war was among them. Rezaei said Iran had agreed with O
By Ayose Naranjo HAVANA, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Cuba will kick off the school year next week as planned despite a severe ongoing crisis that has affected transportation and electricity and led to falling teacher numbers and a lack of supplies such as uniforms. Nearly 1.4 million children and adolescents
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Pentagon on Thursday pressed U.S. allies at NATO to prove they are stepping up their defense of Europe as Washington shifts its attention to security challenges closer to home and in the Indo-Pacific region. The U.S. has begun cutting the forces it has stationed in Europe — aroun
DUBAI, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Iran’s Security Chief Mohsen Rezaei said a report about a potential plot to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump’s youngest son is a lie, in an interview broadcast by Lebanon’s Al Manar TV on Thursday. The U.S. Secret Service said on Tuesday that it was aware of a video
A fire broke out at the Amur Gas Chemical Complex in Russia’s Far East earlier this week, killing 15, the plant’s management said Thursday. Video shared on social media showed crowds of workers fleeing for safety when the fire began at the complex on Tuesday. All of those killed were employees at th
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s National Police faced mounting criticism Thursday over why authorities failed to prevent a recent gang attack in which 47 people were killed and more than 50 kidnapped. Police spokesperson Garry Desrosiers took only a handful of questions from journalists at a ne
