ISLAMABAD (AP) — Teams in Pakistan searched on foot for the remains of 10 climbers killed in an avalanche on the world’s 12th-highest mountain as poor weather kept helicopters out of the air Tuesday, authorities said. Helicopters were on standby but unable to fly by noon for the ongoing search and r
BEIRUT, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Lebanon on Tuesday marked the sixth year since a deadly blast at Beirut port, with victims and Lebanese officials expressing a renewed but cautious hope that justice could finally be served over one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. The blast on August 4, 20
GENEVA, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Child malnutrition in Afghanistan has reached critical levels and aid shortages are forcing health workers to turn away millions of children and mothers — six in seven of those in need — the U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday. Child wasting, the deadliest form of mal
Aug 4 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drone and missile maker Fire Point has secured agreements from over a dozen European defence companies to provide radar, guidance and other systems for the Freyja missile defence project, and is starting to integrate the various systems, its CEO has said. Ukraine had urge
Aug 4 (Reuters) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Tuesday accused Russia of committing a war crime after a video was released showing a drone chasing down and wounding a street vendor in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson. Footage released by Ukrainian police shows the drone pursuing
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the military’s readiness for future conflicts. The missiles are
BAGHDAD (AP) — Millions of Shiite Muslims observed the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage Tuesday in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, under the shadow of ongoing regional tensions and fears of another round of escalation in the U.S.-Iran war. Arbaeen is held 40 days after Ashoura, which commemorates the killi
SURABAYA, Indonesia, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Indonesian rescuers have evacuated 233 of the 238 passengers and crew trapped on a ferry that caught fire off the country’s Madura island on Sunday, the search and rescue agency said on Tuesday, with the total death toll at five. Here are the details: • The KM
By Stelios Misinas , Louisa Gouliamaki, Vania Turner and Angelos Tsatsis PSATHA, Greece, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Wildfires were easing in Greece on Tuesday though hundreds of firefighters were on alert for persistent flare-ups northwest of Athens, where rugged hills and canyons hampered efforts to fully c
ANKARA, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Turkey on Tuesday called on Russia and Ukraine to take measures to ensure navigational safety in the Black Sea after a drone attack hit a Turkish-owned vessel and seriously injured three crew members near Russia’s Novorossiysk port. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said Ankara
By Daewoung Kim, Soohyun Jung and Heejin Kim SEOUL, Aug 4 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung urged on Tuesday authorities to step up support for people affected by a record heatwave in the country, calling it a national disaster after scorching conditions were blamed for 19 deaths. Spe
CAIRO (AP) — A British maritime monitoring agency said a cargo ship reported being hit by a projectile overnight off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz, while the United States and Iran made opposing claims about whether they were holding talks. U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the
JAKARTA, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul called on Tuesday for a “calibrated re-engagement” with Myanmar, ahead of his scheduled meeting this week with Myanmar junta chief turned president Min Aung Hlaing. Anutin was speaking at the headquarters of the Association of Southe
MOSCOW, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones struck three warehouses across Russia overnight, including two run by online retailer Wildberries, killing five people, local officials said on Tuesday. Wildberries, which has become a frequent target of Ukrainian attacks – part of what Kyiv says is a campa
NEW DELHI (AP) — For weeks, India’s young protesters waved signs mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government and rallied under an unlikely name: the Cockroach Janta Party. They secured a concession few have extracted from Modi during his more than 12 years in power: a cabinet minister’s
Aug 4 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s overnight attacks on Russia killed six people and injured nine, as they damaged warehouses near the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg, governors said, while Russian strikes killed and injured people in Ukraine. Five were killed and six injured after Ukrainian drones atta
By Claudia Cristoferi BOLOGNA, Italy, Aug 4 (Reuters) – When tens of thousands of would-be migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week, Italy’s right-wing prime minister Giorgia Meloni promptly said she would suspend a free-movement accord with Spain, even though Ceuta
ISTANBUL, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Three crew members were seriously injured after a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship was hit in a drone attack near Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Turkey’s maritime authority said late on Monday. The Nadezhda was sailing from Novorossiysk to Turkey’s northern Samsun po
TOKYO (AP) — Japan needs to adapt to the new methods of warfare like drones and artificial intelligence used in Ukraine and the Middle East and strengthen its defense industry, the government said Tuesday. Japan has bolstered its military capability and spending in recent years and has started deplo
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Conflicting signals from the United States and Iran over the status of talks to end their five-month-old war boosted uncertainty on Tuesday, with the latest attack on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz highlighting risks to global energy flows. U.S. President Donald
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s outgoing President Gustavo Petro on Monday reiterated claims of fraud in the nation’s June election, which his party lost narrowly to conservative leader Abelardo de la Espriella. In an hourlong presentation to journalists, Petro claimed that results from thousands
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 (Reuters) – A key party in Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government will decide on August 16 on whether its leaders should continue to serve in the administration, its chief said. The Democratic Action Party (DAP), the largest party in the ruling bloc and popular among
SYDNEY, Aug 4 (Reuters) – An Antarctic polar blast swept across parts of New Zealand’s South Island on Tuesday, bringing snow to sea level and icy temperatures that forced road closures and disrupted schools. Snow blanketed Dunedin, the South Island’s second-largest city, prompting police to urge re
By Tim Kelly TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Japan’s government is portraying its accelerating military buildup not only as a way to protect the country but as a route to greater prosperity, arguing in its latest defence white paper that arms production can support economic growth. The annual assessment of
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A judge in Honduras ruled Monday that former President Juan Orlando Hernández, who recently returned to the Central American country after a Trump pardon for drug trafficking charges in the U.S., will not be jailed during his trial for fraud and money laundering. The cas
By Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has notified Congress that it plans to close five foreign missions in a rare downsizing of America’s global diplomatic footprint, according to people familiar with the notice. In the notice sent to some congre
SEOUL, Aug 4 (Reuters) – North Korea accused the United States and its allies of using unfounded accusations about its cyber activities to tarnish its image and justify pressure on sovereign states, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday, citing a foreign ministry spokesperson. The spokesperson descri
(Corrects paragraph 8 to say Zaluzhnyi was dismissed as Ukraine’s top commander in 2024, not last year) Aug 3 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s former top military commander, now ambassador to Britain, was quoted as saying on Monday that there was no prospect of the country joining NATO, an aspiration entrenche
Aug 3 (Reuters) – The death toll from twin earthquakes which struck Venezuela in June has risen to 6,125, according to figures released by top lawmaker Jorge Rodriguez on Monday. Nearly 61,000 people were attended to at hospitals, the graphic published by Rodriguez on Telegram showed, adding th
By Andrew Chung August 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor declined on Monday to halt $655.5 million in damages that Palestinian authorities were ordered to pay plaintiffs in a U.S. civil lawsuit concerning attacks that killed and injured Americans in Israel from 2002 to 2004. S
