JAKARTA, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will present his 2027 budget proposals on Friday in the face of falling approval ratings and growing investor scepticism over plans to control commodities exports and other ambitious policies. The former special forces commander took
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali PANAMA CITY, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday threatened to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, ratcheting up economic pressure on Tehran as ceasefire talks have floundered, global oil supply is dropping and regional tensions are rising. Def
SEOUL, Aug 14 (Reuters) – North Korea on Friday denounced major U.S.-South Korean military drills and said they were more provocative than last year’s, according to state media. It said U.S.-Japan-South Korea military cooperation is turning into a nuclear alliance, and the country will respond to a
(Refiles to remove stray word from byline, no change to text) By Aigerim Turgunbaeva BISHKEK, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov said on Thursday he planned to seek a second term in an election next January in the Central Asian state. “I intend to run for another term and contin
An enduring conspiracy theory has resurfaced on social media after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit western Colombia on Monday, with users blaming a research program in Alaska for the disaster. Posts falsely claim that the earthquake, which has killed at least 270 people and left widespread damage, wa
By Nelson Bocanegra PEREIRA, Colombia, Aug 13 (Reuters) – With his lean, sinewy frame, and standing just over 5 feet (1.6 meters) tall, Julio Cesar Pineda feels he was destined for the work of burrowing into the debris of shattered buildings to find survivors — first when a quake hit his native Colo
By Andrew Hay Aug 13 (Reuters) – The Utah man on trial for the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk should not face the death penalty because he hit his “intended target” and did not endanger anyone else, defense lawyers said this week. Attorneys for Tyler Robinson, 23, laid out their argume
HANOI (AP) — Authorities in Vietnam have announced a major seizure of ivory they say was illegally shipped from Africa, Vietnamese media reported Thursday. The haul of 221 pieces of elephant ivory weighing 1,193 kilograms (2,630 pounds) was announced and displayed to the media on Wednesday at Quy Nh
Aug 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the results of Russian parliament elections next month in occupied areas of Ukraine would be invalid because the polls are illegal. Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and annexed four regions of the
By David Shepardson and Allison Lampert Aug 13 (Reuters) – Bird remains were found in the engine of a Ryanair Boeing 737 NG plane where a passenger was partially sucked through a broken window shortly after takeoff from Greece in July, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.
By Erin Banco WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. has received several warnings from Israel over the past year that Iran intended to assassinate President Donald Trump, including before a secret Air Force One ruse in Turkey, that U.S. intelligence officials could not independently verify, accord
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — One of the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Brazil’s capital was vandalized on Thursday as tensions between the countries remained high. Police said they detained one man in connection with the case but that he has already been released. The messages against the U.S. government s
By Ryan Patrick Jones and Jasper Ward Aug 13 (Reuters) – The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted on Thursday to inscribe President Donald Trump’s name on the building, Democratic U.S. Representative Joyce Beatty said, setting up a potential clash with a federal judge wh
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Costa Rica has extradited two alleged drug traffickers to the U.S. to face charges, Costa Rica’s attorney general said on Thursday, identifying the suspects as Gilbert Bell Fernandez, known as Macho Coca, and Gabriel Lozano, nicknamed Compadre. They are
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Mourners gathered in a Zimbabwe fishing town Thursday to bid farewell to dozens of people who were killed when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba this week, as police said the death toll rose to 46. Dozens of mourners, including cabinet ministers, gathered at Kariba’
ROME (AP) — The remains of an ancient bridge have emerged in Rome’s Tiber River, near St. Peter’s Basilica, as weeks with virtually no rain caused water levels to plunge. The bridge — known as Nero’s Bridge, named for the former Roman emperor — once connected Rome’s city center with the Tiber’s righ
ROME (AP) — An explosion sparked by a fire at an ammunition factory sent up a towering plume of smoke Thursday in the town of Colleferro near Rome but no injuries were reported, local officials said. The blast took place at a plant owned by KNDS Ammo Italy, which produces ammunition and other defens
TOKYO (AP) — Record-breaking heavy rain pounded eastern Japan Thursday, flooding roads and homes, paralyzing traffic and causing power outages to tens of thousands of homes near Tokyo, officials said. At least one person was found dead. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its most severe warning
LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) – A major grass fire in Stourbridge, central England, has affected six properties and left two people suffering from the effects of heat and smoke, emergency services said on Thursday. Aerial pictures from a Sky News helicopter showed at least three properties ablaze close t
MOKHA, Yemen (AP) — Crew members of a Yemeni commercial ship who survived a deadly attack by Houthi rebels earlier this week said a second missile struck the vessel just as rescue efforts from the initial strike were underway, causing even more chaos and casualties. In all, three ballistic missiles
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Separatists in northern Mali have released 82 soldiers, including some taken captive during a nationwide attack on government forces in April, the Malian military and a rebel spokesperson said Thursday. A statement from the Malian Armed Forces said that the “freed soldiers are no
CALI, Colombia (AP) — With arms raised and fists clenched, rescuers in Colombia called for silence Thursday as they listened for signs of life in the rubble left by a deadly earthquake that has killed more than 270 people and left hundreds more missing. The call for quiet was part of last-ditch effo
By Yuliia Dysa and Daniel Flynn KYIV, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine has sent Russia an offer suggesting they both halt attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea, a source said, as both countries warned about threats to global food supplies following weeks of intensified strikes on vessels and ports.
Aug 13 (Reuters) – Yemen faces its most serious threat of a return to large-scale war since a U.N.-brokered truce in 2022, U.N. envoy Hans Grundberg warned on Thursday, as the world body said more than half the country’s population was experiencing acute food insecurity. The warning follows an escal
By Phil Stewart PANAMA CITY, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. military has enough assets to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday, adding ships could be rotated in and out of the region as needed. Hegseth’s comments suggest he is advising U.S. Pre
Aug 13 (Reuters) – Tourists and residents fled villages in the Halkidiki region of northern Greece by land and sea on Thursday as a wildfire fanned by strong winds engulfed houses and trees near resorts during the heart of holiday season. Videos published on local media showed people boarding dingie
BEIJING, Aug 13 (Reuters) – An explosion at a shipyard in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian on Thursday killed one fire and rescue worker, local authorities said. • A fire broke out at 1:09 p.m. local time (0509 GMT) in the Huahai shipyard in the city of Fuan, and the city’s fire and rescu
BAMAKO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Mali President Assimi Goita has pardoned a French man who was sentenced in June to 20 years in prison for his alleged involvement in a plot to destabilize the country, an official statement said on Thursday. Yann Vezilier was accused by Mali of engaging in the plot last ye
ROME, Aug 13 (Reuters) – A powerful explosion ripped through a munitions factory near the town of Colleferro, southeast of Rome, on Thursday, with the blast heard for kilometres around. Firefighters and police were at the site responding to a fire when the explosion occurred, reports said. “The situ
WARSAW (AP) — A Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by Poland before it could be carried out, the Polish prime minister said Thursday. It was the first time that “someone on the order of Russia” sought to attack an American citizen on the territory of another NAT
