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
DAKAR, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Mali’s army said 82 of its soldiers who had been held prisoner since nationwide attacks in April by al Qaeda-linked militants and a rebel group were freed on Thursday. • The regional al Qaeda affiliate, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM), and Tuareg-led rebel group
By Nelson Bocanegra and Julia Symmes Cobb CALI/PEREIRA, Colombia Aug 13 (Reuters) – Hopes of finding more survivors from the powerful earthquake that rocked Colombia early this week were fading on Thursday as rescue workers narrowed their searches, while families in the worst-hit areas waited for ne
WARSAW, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Poland has arrested a Russian man who was hired by Moscow to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday. The Russian was detained on August 7 and had been recruited to kill a man who was “inconvenient to the Putin regime
By Nika Khutsieva MOSCOW, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The leader of Russia’s only registered anti-war party said he will stay in the country and keep pushing for change, despite increased pressure from the authorities that has led to the party’s exclusion from upcoming parliamentary elections. On Monday, the
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones struck a major refinery deep inside Russia, military officials said Thursday, the fourth in three days in Kyiv’s ongoing campaign to choke Moscow’s vital oil sector. Russia is one of the world’s biggest energy producers, with oil providing an economic mainstay a
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A team of local volunteers on Thursday recovered the body of a Pakistani climber who was among 10 mountaineers killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak nearly two weeks ago, officials said. The body of Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi had been missing since July 30, when a 10-member inter
By Tibisay Romero , Mariela Nava and Marianna Parraga VALENCIA/MARACAIBO/LA GUAIRA, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Less than two months after devastating twin earthquakes left more than 6,000 dead, Venezuelans are being called by the government to save power and water. With a drought looming, many read this as
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians, including a senior police official, in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, in the first reported fatalities in more than a week as the Israeli military scaled back its targeted attacks in the enclave under U.S. pres
BEIRUT, Aug 13 (Reuters) – A Lebanese official denied on Thursday a Reuters report that Beirut had agreed with Israel to a shortlist of countries that could send troops to Lebanon to verify the disarmament of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and said it was following up on the issue with Washingto
By Emily Giles, Elwely Elwelly and Melory Ghazi DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Iran’s state media has mocked U.S. President Donald Trump after new details emerged about his secret aircraft switch during a visit to Turkey, saying it showed just how nervous he is about the Islamic Republic’s power. “Again,
AMSTERDAM, Aug 13 (Reuters) – An explosion at The Netherlands’ Rotterdam port has caused one death and wounded several others, a Rotterdam police spokesperson said on Thursday, adding that the cause of the explosion was still unclear and was currently being investigated. (Reporting by Charlotte Van
BRUSSELS, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The Antwerp diamond sector has rejected allegations there was a link between an 18-carat gold ring encrusted with 321 diamonds recently gifted to U.S. President Donald Trump and the exemption of Europe’s diamond industry from new tariffs weeks later. “The discussion abou
By Forrest Crellin PARIS, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Europe’s fifth heatwave this summer is expected to trim French nuclear power production by about 15% of the nuclear fleet’s total capacity on Friday, with six reactors expected to be fully offline, data from operator EDF showed. Temperatures in Europe hav
MOSCOW, Aug 13 (Reuters) – A Russian military officer was killed on Thursday in what authorities described as an assassination in Sevastopol, the largest city in Russian-annexed Crimea, regional governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said. He said a woman had been arrested on suspicion of carrying out the att
By Maximilian Heath and Oliver Griffin BUENOS AIRES/SAO PAULO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Latin America is bracing for what experts say could be the strongest El Niño on record, raising questions about how the climate phenomenon will affect the world’s top food-exporting region. El Niño, characterized by un
By Ayose Naranjo HAVANA, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Cuba on Thursday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro amid one of the most severe economic and political crises in its history, exacerbated by Washington’s oil embargo and hardened sanctions. More than 1,500 activi
JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Israel on Thursday condemned a siege by Israeli settlers of a Palestinian American family’s home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, calling it a “horrific act of terror.” Mike Huckabee’s remarks on X represented an unusually sharp rebuke from the Trump adminis
By Ali Sawafta QUSRA, West Bank, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Israel’s military said on Thursday it had sent more troops to a West Bank village where settlers have trapped Palestinian families inside their homes, a siege the Palestinians say is aimed at forcibly displacing them from their land. The siege bega
FRANKFURT, Aug 13 (Reuters) – German police said on Thursday that they are investigating a potentially explosive object found on rail tracks in the town of Treuchtlingen in southern Germany. Experts are analysing X-ray images they have taken of the object and the public have been urged to steer clea
ZURICH, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The Swiss government on Thursday recommended that parliament reject an initiative aimed at blocking a new agreement between Switzerland and the European Union that would mark the biggest overhaul in bilateral economic relations in a generation. Backed by the billionaire fo
CATANIA, Sicily, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until early Friday because of ash from Mount Etna’s ongoing volcanic activity, which has forced hundreds of flights to be cancelled or rerouted over the past week. All arrivals and departures at the island
ANKARA, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will form political and military mechanisms under a defence pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkey’s defence ministry said on Thursday, adding the alliance would also deepen defence industry cooperation. The three countr
DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The Strait of Hormuz is “under Iran’s control and management”, the head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary unit, Hossein Taeb, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. The remarks came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social pla
DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Iran will soon join the New Development Bank, the development lender established by the BRICS group of nations, central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said in a state media report published on Wednesday ahead of a BRICS finance meeting in India. Iran remains under sweepin
WOLPHAARTSDIJK, Netherlands (AP) — A cloud of dust billows behind Maarten Janse’s tractor as he spreads a mixture of compost, straw and manure over a field to nourish the parched soil. Janse’s farm on the fertile land of the Netherlands’ southwestern Zeeland Province is drying out despite his effort
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — For the second time in two months, the ground was shaking in South America. Once again, families flooded social media with pleas for help finding missing loved ones under flattened buildings. Once again, governments across political divides and continents pledged aid.
By Ananda Teresia GORONTALO, Indonesia, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Loan sharks are circling a kitchen that stands on stilts above the waters of Tomini Bay, off the coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island in the remote fishing village of Torosiaje. The kitchen, which cost 1.8 billion rupiah ($100,000), was buil
ADELBODEN, Switzerland (AP) — There’s barely any snow in sight above Adelboden in the intense August sunshine, never mind skiers. But the Swiss resort may have a new way to put its snowmaking equipment to work as Europe bakes through hot summers: helping douse forest fires. Glaciers in Switzerland a
By Aditi Shah and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Hours after India made public assurances last week that its ethanol-blended petrol was safe, the country’s main auto lobby withdrew a complaint about fuel contamination it had sent to the government a week earlier. The group said some figu
