LONDON, Aug 24 – U.S. threats to impose “the toughest sanctions in history” to force Iran to buckle to its demands after nearly six months of war have raised the prospect of a new round of escalation in the Gulf. How could Iran respond to the economic pressure? CAN IRAN STOP MORE OIL GETTING OUT OF
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Military amputees and war veterans in Ukraine marked Independence Day on Monday by finishing a grueling endurance race that took them more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) around the country. At a lake outside the capital, Kyiv, athletes removed their prosthetics and pulled on
MEXICO CITY, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday it was “not appropriate” for Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha to return to his post after accusations of drug trafficking by the United States. Rocha, 77, a member of the ruling Morena party, dramatically returned to offi
NAIROBI, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed in an ambush while on a patrol in South Sudan’s Jonglei state on Monday, the U.N. mission said in a statement. Seven others were injured when unidentified armed men attacked the patrol as it travelled to Pajut, the United Nations Mission
CAIRO, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a vessel off Saudi Arabia’s port city of Yanbu in the Red Sea, the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a televised speech on Monday. Saudi Arabia’s national shipping company Bahri later said one of its vessels, the “Amzan
By David Shepardson and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump sought to boost pressure on Canada on Monday, warning that U.S. tariffs on all cars, trucks and automotive parts from the U.S.’ northern neighbor would be increased to 50% starting January 1 after trade t
By Ahmed Kingimi and Hamza Ibrahim MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Aug 24 (Reuters) – An armed group has posted a video showing what residents said were about 600 women, children and older people abducted in an attack on a mosque in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State last week. The video, posted on Sunday on F
ROME, Aug 24 (Reuters) – A documentary examining Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza was added to the Venice Film Festival line-up on Monday, the second year running that a highly charged work about the conflict has competed for the prestigious Golden Lion. Festival organisers said “NAZA”, directe
MOSCOW, Aug 24 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday handed the Russian state the authority to take control of critically-important infrastructure facilities if they are deemed to be poorly protected from Ukrainian drone attacks and other threats. The special powers, set out in a presidenti
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Four suspects in the killing of former world champion boxer Zolani Tete were arrested, South African police said Monday. Tete was in his car outside his home last week when men wearing balaclavas opened fire, police said. A woman who was in the vehicle was injured and has since b
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch broadcaster announced Monday it is boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest for a second year, calling it a “platform for division” because of tensions over Israel’s involvement. The decision by AVROTROS comes after broadcasters in the Netherlands, Iceland, Irelan
By Daniel Wiessner Aug 24 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented fee of more than $100,000 on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers that has been blocked by the courts. The fee, first temporarily imposed by
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Department plans to increase H-1B visa fee to $103,265, according to a notice posted in the Federal Register on Monday. (Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis; writing by Susan Heavey; editing by Katharine Jackson) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
By Tarek Amara TUNIS, Aug 24 (Reuters) – A hospital in the southern Tunisian city of Ben Guerdane has received at least 19 bodies of migrants recovered from the sea over the past two days, the head of a migrant rights group said on Monday, following the sinking of a boat at the weekend. The sinking
DAKAR, Aug 24 (Reuters) – A mission to observe implementation of a ceasefire between Congolese forces and Rwandan-backed rebels began on Monday in eastern Congo, the first field deployment under a monitoring mechanism established by a Qatari-mediated peace deal signed last year. • The deployment of
By Miranda Murray QUEDLINBURG, Germany, Aug 24 (Reuters) – The sound of thousands of engines filled the festival grounds of the medieval German village of Quedlinburg on Sunday as Ulrich Siegmund, the far-right AfD’s charismatic candidate in a key vote next month, led out a motorcade atop a blue mop
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A former Islamic religious leader was sentenced to life in prison on Monday in the latest Syrian court trial of officials affiliated with the rule of ex-President Bashar Assad. Former grand mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, an Assad loyalist who was vocally in support of the gov
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia on Monday intensified ground and aerial firefighting operations as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country scorched thousands of hectares of forests and peatland, created a choking haze that blanketed cities and crossed borders. Indonesian authorit
PARIS, Aug 24 (Reuters) – French far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon is seen as the most likely rival to far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in next year’s presidential run-off, a Monday poll showed, underlining a deeply polarised electorate as Emmanuel Macron’s presidency draws to a close. • Melenchon
SAO PAULO, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are in a technical tie in a potential runoff ahead of October’s presidential election, a Nexus poll commissioned by lender BTG Pactual showed on Monday. • In a simulated second-round r
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s currency hit a record low Monday as Washington prepared to announce new sanctions it said would put more pressure on an economy already battered by previous sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade. The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the U.S. dollar as trading opened on curren
ISLAMABAD, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, according to three Pakistani sources, days before Munir was expected to hold talks in the Iranian capital Tehran on Monday. The call, which has not been previously reported, came as the U
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European leaders joined President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday for official celebrations marking Ukraine’s Independence Day as Russia pushes on with its 4-year-old invasion of the country. One of President Vladimir Putin’s key goals in starting a war with Russia’s neigh
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The health of King Harald of Norway deteriorated over the weekend, the royal palace said. The 89-year-old monarch, who has been on sick leave for several weeks, was admitted to the National Hospital a week ago. He has been on sick leave for several weeks. He is now receiving anti
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has unveiled a proposed law banning children younger than 16 from using social media platforms, citing what he said Monday was “harm being done to a generation” of young people. However, the bill hasn’t yet attracted enoug
(Corrects time of press conference in paragraph 2) BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Monday Beijing will closely watch developments and do what is necessary to protect its rights as the U.S. prepares to unveil new Iran sanctions that are expected to target Tehran’s trading
LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Andy Burnham told European Council President Antonio Costa that London should be bolder in pursuing closer ties with the European Union, with a UK-EU summit this year providing such opportunity, his office said on Monday. Burnham met Costa late on Su
Aug 24 (Reuters) – Iran has issued a warning that vessels violating its arrangements for transiting the Strait of Hormuz could face restrictions, including fines, detention, or confiscation, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority wrote in a post on X. The warning heightens risks for the charterers and sh
By Nora Buli and Nerijus Adomaitis STAVANGER, Norway, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Norway will continue developing its oil and gas resources in the Barents Sea regardless of the European Union’s support for a moratorium on Arctic hydrocarbon supplies, and no longer sees itself as Europe’s “green battery”, Ene
ALMATY, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Adilet, a newly-formed pro-government party in Kazakhstan, has won just over 71% of the vote in a parliamentary election held on Sunday, the electoral commission said on Monday, in a result likely to consolidate President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s power. Adilet was founded i
