TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A summer of extreme heat has left many Tunisians short of water and electricity — and full of anger at the country’s leadership. A protest is expected in the capital Tunis on Thursday by a new opposition collective tapping into the growing frustration. The protest has been call
TOKYO (AP) — Four people doing weed control work on a railway track in Japan died after being hit by an express train as it entered a station while they were still working there on Thursday, officials said. The accident occurred at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, on the Tobu Nikko Line, and inv
By Michael Holden LONDON, Aug 20 (Reuters) – A year after he and his wife Meghan announced they were stepping down from royal duties, Prince Harry said the shock move had been driven in part by the actions of a “toxic” British press which was destroying his mental health. “I did what any father or h
MOSCOW, Aug 20 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin inspected on Thursday the open sarcophagus of medieval warrior prince Dmitry Donskoy, whose remains were recently uncovered during restoration work at Moscow’s Cathedral of the Archangel. Lying within the Kremlin fortress, the Orthodox cathedral se
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Syrian police investigator who slapped a man during an interrogation, despite having been warned that he had hemophilia, will face prosecution, officials said Thursday. Syria’s interior ministry launched an investigation earlier this week into the death of Mohammad Ghamira,
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry is coming home to Britain and bringing his wife Meghan and their children for an extended stay that could help repair a rift with the royal family. The bombshell news comes six years after the couple’s tumultuous decision to leave their roles as working members of the fami
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan ‘s government on Thursday proposed a record-high defense budget of 1.12 trillion Taiwan dollars ($35 billion) for next year, signaling intensifying efforts to deter China’s military threats. The administration’s planned increase in military spending came after China step
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A court on the Indonesian resort island of Bali sentenced a Swiss tourist on Thursday to one year in prison for insulting a sacred Balinese Hindu observance. Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, was found guilty of violating Indonesia’s new criminal code by posting social media mes
Iran on Thursday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’ s threats of economic pain and isolation, while Syria’s foreign minister is visiting Pakistan, which is seeking to defuse tensions between the United States and Iran. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle
By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) – More than 150 wallets on Polymarket International may have traded on inside U.S. military information, attracting copycat bets and raising concerns that the market could broadcast signals exploitable by foreign adversaries, according to research pub
MONROVIA, Aug 20 (Reuters) – People deported by the U.S. to Liberia will mostly hail from Latin American countries including Cuba and Venezuela, Liberia’s information minister told Reuters, as authorities prepared to receive the first deportation flight on Thursday. The West African nation announced
DUBAI, Aug 20 (Reuters) – A tanker was boarded by six armed people who took control of the vessel and diverted it towards Somalia, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Thursday. UKMTO earlier said it had received a report of an incident 136 nautical miles east of Yemen’s Muka
BELGRADE, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Serbia has turned to Russia for help in fighting wildfires because of a lack of available planes from the European Union, its interior ministry said. A Russian Emergencies Ministry IL-76P firefighting plane landed in the southern city of Nis on Wednesday evening and was
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s government has arranged for water to be delivered to nearly 72,000 people across seven districts as the country tackles a drought linked to this year’s severe El Niño, a senior official said on Thursday. El Niño is a naturally occurring we
SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) – North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile towards the sea on Thursday, Japan’s government and coastguard said. South Korean media also cited South Korea’s military as saying North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the sea on the east of the Korean Peninsul
By Michael Holden and Lisa Richwine LONDON/LOS ANGELES, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Prince Harry and his wife Meghan plan to move back to Britain this month, six years after they stepped down from their royal duties and relocated to the U.S., a source close to the couple said. The surprise move comes after t
FRANKFURT, Aug 20 (Reuters) – People exiled in Germany under threat or attack from agents of their repressive home countries now have a support line to call, courtesy of the country’s domestic intelligence service. Germany’s BfV, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, on Thursday publish
By Clare Jim HONG KONG, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Mingling with power brokers at the Chinese Communist Party’s centenary celebrations in 2021, a beaming Hui Ka Yan betrayed no sign of the pressure mounting on his property company, China Evergrande Group, the world’s most-indebted developer. Hui, with a ful
(Corrects day to Thursday) DUBAI, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Iran executed a man on Thursday over charges related to January’s nationwide protests, state media reported. State media identified the person as Qaem Hosseini, a foreign national, who, it said, took part in events that led to the killing of secur
SREMSKA MITROVICA, Serbia (AP) — The wreck of a steam tugboat dating from the early 1900s is the latest relic to emerge from shrinking waters in Serbia as Europe’s rivers run dry, with the continent engulfed in prolonged, extreme heat and drought. The rusting hull — once a famed vessel known as the
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile barrage overnight Thursday killed at least 12 people in Kyiv as explosions echoed across Ukraine’s capital throughout the night, local authorities said. At least 33 people were wounded, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service. The air raid alert remained activ
By Crispian Balmer AMATRICE, Italy, Aug 20 (Reuters) – In the early hours of August 24, 2016, Giorgio Cortellesi stumbled through the dust and darkness of Amatrice, fearing his children were dead, buried beneath tons of rubble. His two young sons had been staying overnight with their grandparents wh
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY, Aug 20 (Reuters) – A New Zealand party that could hold the balance of power after this year’s election wants to bring in a basic income for almost all residents that will be funded by a new land tax, with its leader saying on Thursday that the policy would also curb runaway h
HAUTVILLERS, France (AP) — Champagne producers are racing to pick their grapes as the region’s earliest harvest on record gets underway, after extreme heat and drought accelerated ripening, leaving growers a narrow window to preserve the quality of the region’s world-famous sparkling wine. On the hi
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will return to the United Kingdom, seemingly marking the end to a yearslong rift between them and the royal family. The Daily Telegraph reported the couple won’t resume their roles as working members of the royal family, but returning to Britain means
Aug 20 (Reuters) – Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the surrounding region with airstrikes and drones, hitting facilities producing drone components, a military depot and a logistics hub, among other targets, the Russian defence ministry said on Telegram. (Reporting by Jekaterīna Golub
HONG KONG, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The billionaire founder of China Evergrande Group, the world’s most-indebted property developer, was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday by a Chinese court, which ordered all his personal property confiscated. Hui Ka Yan pleaded guilty in April to eight charges, inc
TAIPEI, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government on Thursday formally proposed an 18% rise in defence spending for next year, taking it above T$1 trillion ($31.41 billion) for the first time as Taipei continues to bolster its military in the face of China. The budget details come as China, which views
By Kyu-seok Shim and Jack Kim SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) – South Korea estimates North Korea possesses between 80 and 120 nuclear warheads, its defence minister said on Thursday, citing a range significantly higher than U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent assertion that Pyongyang has 57 nuclear weapon
HANOI, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s government has proposed abolishing the death penalty for six offences, including drug trafficking and the rape of minors, as part of a revision of the country’s criminal code presented to parliament on Thursday, state media reported. Public Security Minister Luong
