LIMA, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Heavy rains linked to the El Niño weather phenomenon caused flooding in Peru on Wednesday that disrupted access to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, closed roads due to landslides and flooded homes in the capital Lima. • Peruvian authorities ordered the Inca Trail, a
MONROVIA, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and other offenses as part of an investigation of a transnational narcotics network, the West African nation’s attorney general said in a statement on Wednesday. The arr
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Albert Ramdin, secretary general of the Organization of American States, said Wednesday during a trip to Haiti that the country needs help fighting gangs and seizing back territory as it prepares to hold general elections for the first time in more than a decade. Ramdin
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — At least 36 humanitarian workers and contractors have been killed in South Sudan since January, surpassing the 31 killed in all of 2025, as violence persists in the country that’s one of the most dangerous for aid workers, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator there said Wednesd
SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) – South Korea will flag off on Saturday a container ship bound for Europe via the Arctic, testing whether a route opened by melting sea ice can be commercially viable, but risking friction with Western allies, as the voyage requires Russian cooperation. If successful, the tri
Aug 19 (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed when an artisanal gold mine collapsed in Central African Republic, an official at a local mining association said on Wednesday. The mine collapse happened on Tuesday in the village of Zamboye, near the border with Cameroon. A prosecutor in the town
BEIRUT (AP) — A Canadian government official condemned what he called Israel’s “unlawful invasion” of Lebanon, saying Beirut should govern its own space and have sovereignty over its lands. Randeep Sarai, Canada’s secretary of state for international development, visited Lebanon to announce new huma
LUSAKA, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile said on Wednesday that he would challenge this week’s presidential election result in court, alleging vote fraud in the contest that handed President Hakainde Hichilema a second term in office. “Our campaign has documented serious
By Steve Holland and Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he planned to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and said the Asian nation held 57 “very powerful” nuclear weapons. The remarks come as Trump ordered Pentagon officials to cut sho
LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – A Palestinian-British couple and their daughter died on Tuesday after getting into difficulty in the sea off the southern coast of England, while a second daughter remains in critical condition. The victims were identified on Wednesday by police as Hassan El-Khawas, 55, hi
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Deadly airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday cast more doubt on whether new U.S. efforts can advance a tenuous ceasefire in the Palestinian territory. Just two days after U.S. negotiators reportedly asked Israel to draw down attacks in the Gaza Strip, at least 10 people we
ISTANBUL (AP) — For centuries, Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar has been more than a marketplace. Behind its crowded passageways, generations of craftspeople have made, repaired and restored the objects that eventually emerge for sale. In workshops and in narrow streets surrounding the bazaar, casters shape
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United Nations human rights chief said Wednesday he is concerned over the arrest of opposition officials in connection with last week’s troubled election in Zambia. Zambian law enforcement agents raided a property on election night last Thursday where the country’s
By Anna Voitenko KYIV, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 103 prisoners of war each, officials from both sides said on Wednesday, with Ukrainian intelligence saying another swap was expected before the end of the month. Kyiv and Moscow have carried out regular POW exchanges through
PARIS, Aug 19 (Reuters) – French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot condemned on Wednesday violence in the West Bank by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, and added that this justified France’s recent sanctions against Israel’s far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. • “What is happening today
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A Turkish delegation had visited an air base in northern Syria the day before it was hit by Israeli airstrikes, Syrian officials said. The Israeli strikes hit the Abu Duhur base early Tuesday, hours after the delegation had left, causing damage but no casualties. Israeli Prime
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military on Wednesday announced its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in the war in Gaza, focusing on the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and of 15 Palestinian paramedics. The military said it would not launch criminal investigations into thr
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to review or withdraw an order requiring imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to receive a medical exam at a private hospital of his choice. The government’s legal challenge could fuel anger among his supporters over
Iran rejected the United Arab Emirates’ accusation that it fired two ballistic missiles that landed in the Persian Gulf, as Tehran’s parliament speaker and chief negotiator landed in neighboring Iraq for a three day visit. Meanwhile, France announced that it will expel two Iranian diplomats in respo
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Luxury tour agency &Beyond told Reuters on Wednesday that a helicopter carrying its guests had crashed in Kenya’s Samburu County. The company did not give the number of guests on board and said the crash was under investigation by local authorities. The helicopter wa
KYIV, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Here are some of the obstacles that would need to be overcome for Ukraine to hold wartime elections as demanded by the country’s sacked Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. WHAT ARE THE SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS? President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he was prepared to hold ele
BERLIN (AP) — A Ukrainian man wanted in Germany in connection with the 2022 undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines was arrested on a European warrant in Croatia on Wednesday, Germany’s federal prosecutor said. The German prosecutors said that the suspect was a “trained scuba
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Wednesday slammed the latest U.S. sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its president, as a “flagrant attack” on the global tribunal’s independence and vowed to continue seeking justice for atrocities around the world. The S
JERUSALEM, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Israel’s military will open internal criminal investigations over its troops’ killings of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in January 2024 and fifteen emergency and aid workers in March 2025, the military said on Wednesday. The military said the investigation decisions follo
DUBAI, Aug 19 – The United Arab Emirates’ decision to suspend all financial and economic transactions with Iran until further notice, citing a military escalation by Tehran with a missile threat, has refocused the spotlight on fraught ties between the major Gulf Arab oil producer and Iran. The UAE,
SAO PAULO, Aug 19 (Reuters) – At least 21 people died and four others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in the BR-373 highway in Brazil’s southern state of Parana, the road operator said on Wednesday in an X post. All the fatal victims were on the bus, Via Araucaria added
Aug 19 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament approved the appointment of Yevhenii Khmara as new defence minister on Wednesday. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy nominated Khmara, whom he had earlier appointed as acting minister, after the ousting of Mykhailo Fedorov in July. The appointment was backed by 312
MADRID, Aug 19 (Reuters) – At least 10 earthquakes struck Granada in southern Spain overnight, authorities said on Wednesday, continuing seismic activity that began in the region five days ago and has caused light injuries and damage to buildings. Many shops, churches and museums were closed while t
BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) – A pioneer of China’s aerospace programme, Liu Jiyuan, died in Beijing aged 93 after an illness, the main space contractor said on Wednesday. • In a career of nearly four decades from 1960, Liu worked on, and led development of, control systems for China’s first generation
ANKARA, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Turkey firmly rejected on Wednesday what it called “untenable allegations” by Israel regarding its military position in Syria, after Israel bombed a Syrian air base near the Turkish border and said Syria was on the verge of permitting Turkish troops to deploy there. Israel
