Aug 6 (Reuters) – The United States issued new Cuba-related sanctions on Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department website showed. The U.S. designated six Cubans, including one based in China and another in Russia, as well as five Cuba-based entities, according to the website. Two other Cubans who were
Aug 6 (Reuters) – At least 30 Yemeni government troops were killed in attacks on military camps in Yemen’s Marib and Hadramout provinces on Thursday, government sources said, adding that the death toll could rise. The Iran-aligned Houthis later claimed responsibility for missile and drone strikes ta
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government has issued new guidelines for foreign media organizations operating in the country, formalizing reporting requirements for journalists working for international news outlets outside the country’s three largest cities, a move that has drawn criticism from press
BEIRUT (AP) — Global and Lebanese rights groups on Thursday accused Israel of intentionally targeting and killing Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil earlier this year and obstructing medical workers from reaching her as she lay critically wounded. Khalil, a longtime correspondent for Lebanese newspaper
PROBOLINGGO, Indonesia, Aug 6 (Reuters) – A fire has been raging in Indonesia’s Mount Bromo national park since Monday, destroying at least 60 hectares of land, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said on Thursday. Mount Bromo in the province of East Java is one of several active volcanoes in I
(Corrects second bullet point to show this was first such indictment of an Israeli in seven years, not three years) By Pesha Magid JERUSALEM, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Israeli prosecutors on Thursday charged a Jewish settler over the killing of a Palestinian community leader last year in the West Bank, the
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon President Paul Biya on Thursday reached two months since the last time he was inside the borders of his country, a prolonged absence that has raised concerns for his health and criticisms about a possible power vacuum in the Central African nation. The world’s oldes
BERLIN (AP) — For the second time in just over two years, Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport has narrowly avoided a potential disaster, exposing the vulnerability of Europe’s critical infrastructure. A drone carrying explosives was found late Tuesday at the airport and later defused. The country’s top
BERLIN (AP) — The suspect in a car-ramming attack in Munich last year that left two people dead and dozens injured was convicted on Thursday of charges including murder and sentenced to life in prison. The 25-year-old Afghan, identified only as Farhad N. in line with German privacy rules, was arrest
HONG KONG, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Heavy rains and floods in China’s northwestern province of Shaanxi have caused roads to collapse, and damaged bridges and power and communications infrastructure, forcing the evacuation of more than 25,000 people in the past 24 hours, public broadcaster CCTV reported on
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 6 (Reuters) – China’s embassy in Argentina accused the United States of using visa revocations to obstruct cooperation between a local company and China’s Huawei, calling the move an affront to sovereignty and free-market principles. “The U.S. embassy in Argentina has deliberately
FRANKFURT, Aug 6 (Reuters) – A Ukrainian cargo aircraft parked near an explosive-laden drone found at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle airport on Tuesday night was carrying a payload of military ammunition, a group of news outlets including Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Thursday. Forensic experts found th
BRUSSELS, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Some 100 people died during the massive border rush last week in Spain’s Ceuta, the enclave city’s leader Juan Jesus Vivas said on Thursday during an EU parliamentary meeting. Vivas added that between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants were still in Ceuta. (Reporting by Inti Landau
ATHENS, Aug 6 (Reuters) – A Greek court ordered that a 26-year-old Afghan boxer accused of killing a Scottish woman whose body was found in a suitcase in Athens be held in jail pending trial after he refused to enter a plea on Thursday, legal and police sources said. The man, accused of manslaughter
ROME (AP) — Italy placed all of its major cities under the highest heat alert Thursday as a blistering heat wave gripped Europe, setting a national temperature record in Austria, fueling wildfires in France and disrupting energy and transport systems across the continent. The extreme weather has pus
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A conference on Tibetan studies scheduled to be held this month in Nepal was called off at the request of government officials who gave no reason for the decision, organizers said Thursday. The International Association for Tibetan Studies seminar was scheduled to be held in
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli prosecutors Thursday charged a settler for the killing of a Palestinian community leader last year in the occupied West Bank, according to an indictment filed in district court. In the document, prosecutors accuse Yinon Levi, who lives in the south of the West Bank, of reckl
IKTABA, West Bank (AP) — For six months, 70-year-old Bassam Musleh searched desperately for a pharmacy or clinic that could fill his prescription for blood pressure and other heart medications. Public dispensaries were out of stock, he said, and he couldn’t afford the private ones. But when he arriv
LONDON (AP) — A British sociologist who became famous as the youngest Black professor ever appointed at the University of Cambridge has resigned after the university said it opened an investigation into “new information” about his academic qualifications. Professor Jason Arday, who was 37 when he be
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine hit more oil facilities deep inside Russia in nighttime attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as Kyiv kept up its campaign to undermine Moscow’s wartime economy and embarrass the Kremlin. The repeated strikes have caused fuel shortages and rattl
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Through this year’s military drills, Taiwan has chosen to emphasize its army’s and society’s flexibility and resilience as opposed to primarily putting advanced weapons on display. Experts say the exercises’ structure indicate closer ties with the U.S. military in the face of C
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani military helicopters on Thursday airlifted the bodies of five climbers from the snow-covered slopes of Broad Peak nearly a week after an avalanche swept away a 10-member international expedition, officials said. Irfan Arshad Khan, president of the Alpine Club of Pakistan,
TOKYO (AP) — Technology investor SoftBank Group Corp. reported Thursday an 18% drop in fiscal first quarter profit, as higher costs offset its investment gains. SoftBank Group, which invests aggressively in artificial intelligence, energy and robotics, recorded a 347.3 billion yen ($2.2 billion) pro
VILNIUS, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Lithuanian intelligence officials believe Russia is considering using captured Ukrainian-made drones to stage provocations against the Baltic region, Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas said on Thursday. Leaders of Poland and the three Baltic states have warned tha
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police raided the headquarters of Starbucks’ local operation as part of an investigation into a controversial marketing campaign that was perceived as defaming 1980s’ pro-democracy movements. Investigators searched the Starbucks headquarters in southern Seoul o
BEJRAWIYA, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s ongoing war is threatening the integrity of its ancient Meroe pyramids, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its unique and angular architecture, as preservation efforts have completely halted. “The site may face a disaster and collapses are possible,” warned archae
BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday that two of its soldiers were killed in an explosion in southern Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since the implementation of a shaky truce between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in June. Four other soldiers were serio
NEW DELHI, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, the key maritime chokepoints in the Gulf, reduced significantly on Wednesday from the previous day, shipping data showed. Just two vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz, including a Panama-flagg
Aug 6 (Reuters) – Rescuers worked on Thursday to douse fires and clear debris in Ukraine’s eastern city of Balakliia after Russian strikes on homes killed three overnight, authorities said on the Telegram messaging app. Three people were also killed overnight and at least 19 wounded in Russian attac
DHARMGHAR, Nepal (AP) — Monkeys are becoming one of the most persistent and destructive enemies of farmers in Nepal. At dawn, rural communities across the country gather to fan out across fields carrying slings, sticks and homemade noise cannons and keep watch on the tree line. Some bring dogs, othe
