MOGADISHU, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Somalia’s federal troops and armed opposition groups clashed in heavy fighting in Baidoa city centre on Monday, a local resident and an army officer told Reuters. The administrative capital of South West state, Baidoa is home to international peacekeepers and humanitar
By Anton Zverev LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Binance last year handed Russian authorities details of cryptocurrency donations to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns that were used as evidence to bring terrorism financing charges against a Russian IT specialist, law enforcement documents show. While it is
BEIJING, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Top Chinese officials led by President Xi Jinping gathered in the Great Hall of the People on Monday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of late leader Jiang Zemin, who led China in a pivotal phase in its rise from a marginal economy to a global growth engin
HANOI, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s aviation authority said warnings of a tail strike on the runway and low tyre pressure were triggered shortly after a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 took off from Munich on Sunday, prompting the aircraft to return to the German airport at the weekend. The Hanoi-bound
REO, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of people were still waiting for aid on the Indonesian island of Flores as the country celebrated its 81st Independence Day on Monday, days after a powerful earthquake killed at least 54 people, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of homes and other buildings. Many re
(Corrects lede to ‘military-backed government’, not ‘military government’) Aug 17 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military-backed government has verified that nearly 309,000 displaced people in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of the troubled Rakhine State, but repatriation will proceed only after sec
Aug 17 (Reuters) – At least six people died and several were injured in an incident police suspect was triggered by a falling electricity pole that alarmed a crowd of worshippers at a temple in India’s eastern state of Bihar, officials said on Monday. • Authorities were checking the cause of the inc
By Ananya Palyekar Aug 16 (Reuters) – American actress Hayden Panettiere, famed for roles in television shows such as “Nashville” and “Heroes,” has died aged 36, her family said in a statement issued by her publicist on Sunday. No cause was stated, but the death of the nominee for a Grammy and two G
LONDON (AP) — The BBC asked a U.S. court for help in getting documents and testimony from members of U.S. President Donald Trump ‘s family in connection with his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster, a court document showed. Lawyers for the BBC argued that Ivanka Trump, her
SEOUL, Aug 17 (Reuters) – A landslide in South Korea killed one person and injured three, media reports said on Monday, as heavy rainfall lashed the country’s southern region. The landslide struck a residential apartment building in Geoje, South Gyeongsang province, burying the first floor, the Yonh
FRANKFURT, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The EU intends to significantly expand sanctions against Russia in the coming months, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told a German newspaper. “EU sanctions have already cost Russia dearly, depriving Russia’s war machine of over €1 trillion ($1.16 trillion) and for
By Costas Pitas and David Lawder WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” 10 days of joint military exercises with South Korea as they were about to get underway, citing the cost of the drills and Seoul’s refusal to take p
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta by land and sea were arrested by Moroccan security forces, Moroccan state television reported Sunday, as authorities tightened security along the border following calls for a new mass crossing. Moroccan stat
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. negotiator and President Donald Trump ‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief on Sunday in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. Kushner will meet on Monday with Israel’s prime minister, who is under pressure after reje
When Sons Go to War, Who Takes Care of Their Mothers? Mothers of combat soldiers are not formally recognized by the state as a group requiring support, leaving many with few resources to help them cope with the psychological effects of having a child repeatedly sent into combat By Maayan Hoffman / T
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s two main presidential candidates kicked off their campaigns on Sunday, rallying supporters in their political strongholds ahead of what is expected to be a tight October election. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke with nostalgia to more than 10,0
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked his ally U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs to help the South American nation recover from a powerful earthquake that killed at least 289 people. De la Espriella took office earlier this month just days befor
Aug 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. government has discussed new sanctions against Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The U.S. sanctioned Justice Moraes last year in July under the Global Magnitsky Act, punishing
By David Latona and Maria Alejandra Cardona MADRID, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants who recently entered Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta staged a protest on a popular urban beach on Sunday, urging Spanish authorities to grant them asylum instead of sending them back to Morocco. They w
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Search teams worked through the rubble of collapsed buildings in western Colombia on Sunday, nearly a week after a powerful earthquake devastated cities and towns across the country’s west, killing hundreds and leaving many more missing, injured or hom
LUSAKA, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema was well ahead in counting for national elections on Sunday with nearly half the constituencies declared, the electoral commission said. Hichilema had 54.82% or 1,056,812 of the declared votes, figures showed, putting him on track for
ATHENS, Aug 16 (Reuters) – An elderly couple died and several other people were injured on Sunday as fast-moving wildfires swept through the Greek island of Salamina west of Athens on the biggest holiday weekend of the summer, authorities said. Across Europe, successive heatwaves have intensified dr
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s envoys meet with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday, a diplomatic source said, in a bid to advance the U.S. president’s Gaza peace plan, even as Israel pressed on with airstrikes in the enclave. Hamas officials were
DHAKA, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Bangladesh signalled on Sunday it wants a more favourable diplomatic environment before it can agree to a top-level visit to India, as Dhaka presses New Delhi to extradite its ousted former leader and other fugitives. Relations between the neighbours plummeted in 2024 when
LONDON (AP) — In central London, near where tourists and business travelers board Eurostar trains to Paris, lies the burial place of Benjamin Franklin’s eldest son — a man whose life and family relationships were upended by his stance on the American Revolution. William Franklin was buried at the gr
MILAN (AP) — Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily while crowds gathered across town for the traditional Assumption holiday celebrations, cultural officials and Italian media s
Aug 16 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s national police service said in a post on X on Sunday that the death toll from a boat accident on Lake Kariba on August 11 had risen to 80 after eight more bodies were found. (Reporting by Alexander Winning) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Pope Leo called on Sunday for an end to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, amid a surge of attacks by militant settlers and a siege in the territory’s village of Qusra. Israeli settlers encircled houses after cutting off water and elec
DUBAI, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Iran’s parliament approved on Sunday the general principles of a bill that would criminalise interviews and other communications with media deemed hostile to the Islamic Republic, including U.S. or Israeli media and outlets financed by either country, Iran’s Shargh newspape
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — It’s not all about short-legged speed when 150 corgis gather for an international race celebrating the little dogs. There’s a costume parade, the “smartest nose,” and — of course — the loudest bark. The fifth Corgi Race Vilnius drew dogs and their owners to the Lithuanian c
