Uganda Unveils Monument to Yoni Netanyahu at Entebbe By The Media Line Staff Uganda unveiled a monument honoring Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu at the old Entebbe airport terminal, commemorating the commander of the Israeli force killed during the 1976 hostage rescue mission while highlighting what Uganda
DUBAI, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The crew of an Iranian commercial ship that was hit in a Ukrainian attack and the body of a sailor killed in the incident have returned to Iran, according to Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency in a report on Sunday. (Reporting by Menna Ala El Din; Editing by Edmund Klaman
MAIDUGURI, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Armed men killed at least 12 people and abducted women and children during a night attack on a village in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state, witnesses said. Six members of one family burned to death after the attackers set fire to their house, one resident told Reuters
PESHAWAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Aug 2 (Reuters) – At least 14 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, a rescue group and a regional police official said, as the country battles widening insurgencies. The explosion took place
Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least five people across Russia, also hitting industrial sites and a further warehouse belonging to Russia’s e-commerce giant Wildberries, local officials said. Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace, is sometimes described as the country’s answer to Amazo
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has shared “serious security concerns” with the White House regarding the proposed disarmament deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said as Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday evening killed at least 17 people, including children, in Gaza. The remarks by Doron Sp
By Leonardo Benassatto CEUTA, Spain, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The death toll from Thursday’s mass rush into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco reached at least 72 on Sunday as five more bodies were found along Ceuta’s coast, officials said. More than 50,000 people crossed into Ceuta by lan
ROME, Aug 2 (Reuters) – An EU naval mission led by Italy boarded a tanker from Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” on Sunday, the second such operation in less than two weeks as Europe intensifies scrutiny of vessels suspected of helping Moscow circumvent oil sanctions. Italy’s Defence Ministry said t
BELGRADE, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Two firefighting helicopters collided while fighting wildfires west of Athens on Sunday, and a search and rescue operation for the crews is under way in the Psatha area, Greece’s fire department said. (Writing by Aleksandar Vasovic; Editing by Kevin Liffey) Brought to you
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire in waters off the main island of Java on Sunday, leaving at least five people dead and dozens missing as rescuers and passing vessels evacuated hundreds from the burning ship, officials said. The Mutiara Sentosa 2 ferry w
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two firefighting helicopters collided Sunday while battling a wind-driven wildfire in the Porto Germeno area west of Athens, and footage showed one of the aircraft crashing to the ground. Each helicopter was carrying a two-person crew, the Greek fire department said. A search-a
BUDAPEST, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Hungary faces a critical five days, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday, as the drying out of the Danube forces the country’s sole nuclear power plant to shut for the first time in over four decades, with a new heatwave looming. Large parts of Europe have been hit
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, Aug 2 – Sri Lanka tightened security across its prisons on Sunday after a riot left one person dead and six injured, an official said, as the nation struggles to manage its overcrowded jails. Prisoners damaged several buildings including the hospital, training center, a
JAKARTA, Aug 2 (Reuters) – At least five people were killed and 41 were still missing on Sunday after a ferry caught fire off Indonesia’s Madura island, the country’s search and rescue agency said in a statement. Below are the details: • The ferry was carrying 271 passengers and crew members, 225 of
Aug 2 (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring magnitude 5.9 struck off the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake hit at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), according to GFZ. (Reporting by Angela Christy in Bengaluru; Editing by Kevin
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the 5-month old war. The emerging deal “would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMU
CAIRO (AP) — With escalating attacks against U.S. bases and its allies over the past week, Iran’s leaders are showing considerable unity over their war strategy: hanging tough, determined to show Iran can endure more than America and its allies can. But within the leadership, there are sharp differe
BEIJING, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Flash floods in Gansu Province in China’s northwest last week killed 25 people and injured 23 more, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, raising earlier death tolls. • Initial reports said 10 people had died after torrential rain hit Weiyuan County in Gansu’
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A plane carrying European tourists to view the famed Nazca Lines crashed into a field Saturday outside the Peruvian city of Nazca, killing 13 people, local authorities said. Nazca’s municipal government said the plane departed from the nearby city of Ica and was operated by P
CAIRO, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes continued in Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, killing at least four Palestinians, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement last year’s Gaza ceasefire agreement. Palestinian health officials said
‘A Big Step for the Middle East’: President Trump Hails Hamas Disarmament Plan By The Media Line Staff US President Donald Trump defended a newly announced Gaza agreement on Friday, calling it “a big step for the Middle East,” while declining to say whether the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would with
By Yasmine Ghania and Menna AlaaElDin CAIRO, August 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Saturday he would hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal could be reached quickly to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran and “other Middle Eastern
A bomb detonated at a restaurant Saturday in central Moscow killing at least three people, including the bomber, Russian state media said, citing local officials. At least 21 people were also injured when the explosive device detonated at the restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow, the N
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government on Saturday blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog. The attack took place early Saturday in Cucuta, a city along Colombia’s border with Venezuela, where dr
By Iñigo Alexander LIMA, Aug 1 (Reuters) – A small tourist plane crashed on Saturday as it flew over the Nazca Lines archaeological site in southern Peru, killing 13 people, Peru’s government said. Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications said in a statement that the plane was carrying 11 for
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq and Turkey signed a deal Saturday to increase oil exports through a pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, as Baghdad seeks to diversify its oil export routes and reduce reliance on Gulf shipping lanes. Iraqi Oil Minister Bassem Mohammed Khudair al-Abadi said in a
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Aug 1 (Reuters) – A homemade bomb carried by a woman killed three people and injured at least 21 in an explosion near an upscale restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening, the authorities said. The explosion occurred just before 2000 local time close to an Italian res
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government said nationwide deforestation increased slightly in 2025 but that it had still surpassed its four-year target to reduce forest loss under President Gustavo Petro, with pressure on the Amazon remaining largely unchanged in the administration’s final year.
CAIRO (AP) — For Palestinians in Gaza, President Donald Trump’s announcement that Hamas had agreed to disarm was a small sign of hope that Israel’s attacks might end, allowing them to rebuild their lives and what remains of their homes. But it also clashed with the reality on the ground, where Israe
TOKYO (AP) — Authorities ended a massive dayslong search-and-rescue operation Saturday at a collapsed shopping mall in southwest Japan following a powerful earthquake that killed 34 people earlier this week. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan’s southern main island of Kyus
