STOCKHOLM, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Swedish prosecutors have apprehended a second person suspected of involvement in last week’s attack at a school in which a 17-year-old girl was killed and three people were injured by a man wielding a sword, they said on Wednesday. On Friday, police arrested an 18-year-
By Claire Fu SINGAPORE, Aug 26 (Reuters) – The European Union is finding support on an opponent’s turf ahead of trade talks with Beijing, as Chinese workers vent on social media about excessive overtime that critics say gives exporters an unfair advantage. Europe, which last year ran a trade deficit
Netanyahu Reveals Censored Iranian Plot To Assassinate His Son By The Media Line Staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Iran tried to assassinate one of his sons, revealing an alleged plot that Israel’s military censor had previously prohibited media outlets from reporting. Netanya
Syrian Court Sentences Assad-Era Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun to Life in Prison By Rizik Alabi / The Media Line [DAMASCUS] The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus on Monday, August 24, sentenced Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, Syria’s former grand mufti under Bashar Assad, to life imprisonment after convicting
Dominican Republic Adopts IHRA Antisemitism Definition at Latin America Summit By The Media Line Staff The Dominican Republic will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, President Luis Abinader announced at a major regional conference in San
JERUSALEM (AP) — The enormous doors were pushed shut, the clanking bolts secured from the outside and several clergy, pilgrims and one journalist — me — were locked for the night inside one of Christianity’s holiest sites in Jerusalem. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher was built over the spots where
IDF Condemns Israeli Lawmaker’s Destruction of Palestinian Monument By The Media Line Staff Member of Knesset Tzvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism) and several aides used sledgehammers Tuesday to damage a Palestinian memorial in Madama, near Nablus, during an Israel Defense Forces-guarded visit that Sukko
By Federico Maccioni DUBAI, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Dubai International Airport saw passenger traffic fall 31.3% in the first half of the year, its operator said on Wednesday, as the Iran war heavily disrupted traffic across the Gulf including at the busy international travel hub. DXB welcomed 13 million
Aug 26 (Reuters) – An overnight drone attack started a large fire at a warehouse of Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries in Russia’s Tambov region, officials said on Wednesday, as Ukraine pushes ahead with its campaign to hurt the economy by targeting online retailers. Tambov Governor Evgeniy Pervys
Syrian Druze Leader Says Community Is ‘Inseparable Part of Israel,’ Hints at Developments in As-Suwayda By Rizik Alabi / The Media Line [DAMASCUS] Hikmat al-Hijri, a spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community, sparked widespread controversy Tuesday after describing the Druze as an “inseparable part
By Kate Holton and Francesca Halliwell LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – If Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were hoping the press would give them an easier time on their return to Britain, the frenzied reporting around her potential new acting role may indicate how they, and their brand, will fare. With m
By Vitalii Hnidyi and Dan Peleschuk KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Seeing two wounded fighters stranded on the battlefield — one of them still strapped to a land drone immobilized by a Russian strike — Ukrainian commander Vladyslav Polskyi knew he had to do something. The 29-year-old —
KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — As Penina Zawadi was wheeled to the operating room for a cesarean section, she gave her mother her jewelry for safekeeping, along with a reassuring word: She would have a safe delivery. An hour later, a nurse handed Esther Bendera her newborn grandson. But her daughter did not r
Aug 25 (Reuters) – Retired teacher Dan J. Sullivan advanced to the general election for U.S. Senate in Alaska, according to U.S. media projections on Tuesday, creating potential voter confusion with incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan, who also advanced. (Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal and Michelle Nichols
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Log Cabin Republicans, a conservative gay rights group, said it is ending advocacy and support for transgender causes, with the decision coming at a time when Republican President Donald Trump’s administration has acted to limit transgender rights. •
BEIJING, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Top Chinese lawmakers this week began their first review of a draft cross-border anti-corruption law aimed at beefing up the country’s legal toolbox to pursue, repatriate and convict alleged corrupt officials currently abroad. The ruling Communist Party had called for the
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Australia’s Yindjibarndi Indigenous group said on Wednesday it had lodged an appeal with the federal court over the amount of compensation awarded against Fortescue for mining on their lands without an agreement since 2012. The Yindjibarndi people brou
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Tuesday he did not support an upcoming event in his city featuring the leader of the Hindu nationalist group that is the ideological parent of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Mohan Bhagwat, chief
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26 (Reuters) – At least 15 infants were killed when a fire broke out at a state-run hospital in Pakistan’s capital city Islamabad, triggered by a fault in air conditioning systems, local broadcaster Geo TV reported on Wednesday. The fire, which broke out at the Pakistan Institute of M
TAIPEI, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung will attend events related to a major summit of leaders from Pacific islands nations in Palau starting next week, his office said on Wednesday. China’s test-firing in July of a missile into the Pacific alarmed regional powers but faile
BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese artist Gao Zhen was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday for “infringing upon the reputation of heroes” through his satirical works of art, including statues of China’s former leader Mao Zedong. The U.S.-based Gao, who was part of an artistic duo known internationally as
By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, Aug 26 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for greater police accountability after public outrage over the handling of a series of missing-person cases on Jeju island, as reforms are set to give the force a bigger role in criminal investigations. “Police a
HONG KONG, Aug 26 (Reuters) – China’s coastal areas and southern regions are preparing for days of intense precipitation, with tens of thousands of people evacuated as Typhoon Narra tracks inland and another storm churns toward the country’s eastern seaboard. Narra made landfall as a tropical storm
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – South Carolina Republicans on Tuesday nominated Darline Graham to run in November’s general election for her late brother’s U.S. Senate seat, as she defeated Representative Ralph Norman in a primary runoff. Here are some takeaways from the result: TRUM
BANGKOK (AP) — The buzziest film in China this year was shot almost entirely in a southern Chinese dialect that most Chinese viewers need subtitles to understand. Yet “Dear You” has become China’s second-highest-grossing film of the year. Now it is heading overseas, part of a broader wave of Chinese
By Kanishka Singh and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – A Nicaraguan immigrant taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents while his son, a U.S. Navy sailor, was deployed at sea aboard an aircraft carrier during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, was freed from detention, his family said on
By Yomna Ehab CAIRO, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Iran said it had restarted talks with neighbor Oman to manage the Strait of Hormuz as it faces heightened economic pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump in the wider conflict. Iran and Oman have been in on-and-off talks for weeks about controlling traffic
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Tuesday four people were killed in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, the latest in a series of attacks that Washington says target “narco-terrorists” but human rights groups condemn as extrajudicial killings. FURTHER
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has issued a pause on visa appointments for applicants around the world during an ongoing immigration crackdown by the U.S. government in the Republican leader’s second term in the White House. A U.S. State Depa
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has sent Congress a proposed agreement with Saudi Arabia on civil nuclear energy while insisting the pact will only go into effect if the kingdom normalizes relations with Israel, a U.S. administration official told Reuters on
