WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said there were no conversations taking place with Iran, and none were scheduled, adding that the Strait of Hormuz was open. “There are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Naval
BUDAPEST, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Hungarian prosecutors said on Tuesday they were seeking the continued detention of a Polish bus driver suspected of falling asleep at the wheel, resulting in a crash that killed 12 people and injured dozens in eastern Hungary early on Sunday. A Polish bus carrying 57 pil
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged for more than a week confronted Israeli settlers on Tuesday and demanded Israeli forces remove them from his property. But on his first day back at his home in the village of Qusra, Loui Ridi w
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned the Japanese ambassador to protest Tokyo’s condemnation of President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Kuril Islands, the Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that is claimed by both countries. Last week, Putin visited Iturup, one of the four south
By Emma Farge GENEVA, Aug 18 (Reuters) – The portion of women in Afghanistan’s workforce has fallen to just 5% since the Taliban takeover five years ago, according to the International Labour Organization, which called for measures to address their “severe exclusion”. • Female labour force participa
By Feras Dalatey DAMASCUS, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Eight Israeli airstrikes hit an airbase in northwestern Syria early on Tuesday, Syrian state media said, in what the U.S. envoy for the region called an “unnecessary escalation”. Syria state-run Ekhbariya, citing a military source, said the attack struck
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed into law a measure that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants as part of a government peace effort with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. The measure was published in the Official Gazette on
MADRID, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Tourist access to the medieval Alhambra complex was restricted on Tuesday after three more earthquakes shook Spain’s southern Granada province, causing some damage to buildings in the region and forcing the closure of some museums and sport facilities. At least three peopl
LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday that Britain would continue to support Ukraine “100%” against Russia’s invasion after Moscow warned London of consequences over reports British-made drones had been used in strikes on Russian territory. “This is the UK doing what
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces staged one of their biggest drone attacks on Russia since Moscow’s invasion more than four years ago, firing almost 800 drones just two days after launching a similar salvo, officials said Tuesday. Meanwhile, a Russian missile strike on a village in Ukraine’s no
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A hand grenade attack near a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday afternoon wounded multiple children, authorities said. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said late Monday that “a number of children” had been wounded, and said an investigation was underway. He di
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – China’s Unitree Robotics – among the world’s biggest producers of humanoid and quadruped robots – based designs for its most successful robot dogs on innovations funded by the U.S. military, according to a former U.S. defense technology official and
Aug 18 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered authorities to move former Prime Minister Imran Khan to hospital from jail, where he has been lodged for the last three years, his lawyer and party said on Tuesday. Since he lost power in a no-confidence vote in 2022, Khan has faced multiple cases
By Bernadette Christina JAKARTA, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Wildfires burned nearly 95,000 hectares of land in Indonesia in July, almost doubling the damage done in the previous six months as the El Niño weather pattern intensified, data provided by the forestry minister showed on Tuesday. Here are some det
A ship was hit by a projectile early Tuesday as it was sailing out of the Strait of Hormuz, according to the British military’s UK Maritime Trade Operations center. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the attack highlights the ongoing danger of attempting to transit the waterway as Ir
DUBAI, Aug 18 (Reuters) – The Strait of Hormuz will remain shut until the U.S. meets the conditions of an interim deal signed with Iran in June, the top Iranian negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said in comments published by state media on Tuesday. These conditions include the U.S. lifting its block
MOSCOW, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Russia delivered a strong protest to Japan’s ambassador to Moscow on Tuesday over what it called anti-Russian remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in a dispute over a group of Russian-controlled islands off northeast Japan. Moscow’s summoning of envoy Akira Muto is the
TRIPOLI, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Nine bodies of migrants have been recovered in the past two days from the shores of an eastern suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli after their boat capsized, the Tripoli Red Crescent branch said. The Red Crescent branch said in a statement late on Monday that the bodies
Aug 18 (Reuters) – A Russian missile attack killed 10 people on Tuesday in a village in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, Ukrainian authorities said. “This morning the Russians launched a brutal attack on a busy intersection in Pechenihy, Kharkiv region – a location with a post office and store
(Corrects first graphic to show missing data from latest poll, edits third graphic to remove extraneous word from headline) STOCKHOLM, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Sweden’s centre-left opposition holds a 10 percentage point lead over the ruling right-wing coalition ahead of a September 13 election, making a c
Aug 18 (Reuters) – The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered on Tuesday that former Prime Minister Imran Khan be moved to hospital from jail, local media reported. (Reporting by Ariba Shahid; Editing by YP Rajesh) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
LAMBA LEDA, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of people remained displaced on the Indonesian island of Flores on Tuesday, three days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 68 people, injured more than 200 others and damaged thousands of homes. The disaster left many children struggling with fear and t
LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Russia warned Britain on Tuesday it would face consequences for supplying drones to Ukraine which are used to attack targets on Russian territory. Russia’s embassy in London was responding to a report in the Times newspaper on Saturday which said British-made drones had be
By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to scale back joint military drills with South Korea has revived one of the most contentious issues from his first term, underscoring how his deal-focused approach continues to test the more than 70-year-old alliance. Her
MANILA, Aug 18 (Reuters) – The Philippines does not expect a reduction in military activities with its treaty ally the United States amid redeployment of some U.S. defence assets to the Middle East, an official said on Monday. The movement of assets including the USS George Washington aircraft carri
By Mahmoud Issa and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO, Aug 18 (Reuters) – As children walked into the zoo near Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, they found a lion barely looking back at them through the bars of its cage and chimpanzees sitting listlessly in their enclosure. Many of the animals were malnouris
GOREE ISLAND, Senegal (AP) — As a child, Ndeye Awa Diop was so shy she couldn’t look people in the eye. Raised in rural Senegal, she learned to embrace what was traditionally expected of girls across the predominately Muslim West African nation. They should be seen but not heard. They should obey th
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Ayoub Akbili needed money for his mother’s surgery. Hamza Haibouri wanted a shot at a professional soccer career. Abdelouahed Iken was chasing the glossy life a friend posted about on Facebook from Italy. So when they heard rumors that Morocco’s border with Spain was open,
KANDERSTEG, Switzerland (AP) — An unstable mountain rock formation looming above the Swiss village of Kandersteg threatens a landslide that could rival the disaster that destroyed nearby Blatten last year, a collapse scientists linked to thawing permafrost and glacier dynamics. The 1,300 residents o
The new sensation among some Chinese moviegoers is an animated film whose characters appear to have been created with rudimentary 3D animation and have been described as “ugly” and “eerie.” But it is the scathing online reviews that seem to have prompted interest in “Niu Lai,” an animated film about
