SEOUL, Aug 1 (Reuters) – North Korea accused NATO on Saturday of preparing for war by expanding military fuel infrastructure across Europe, saying the alliance’s plans show it is becoming a more aggressive military bloc. In a commentary carried by state media KCNA, North Korea criticised NATO’s Fuel
July 31 (Reuters) – FIFA’s plan to sell a piece of its business empire to outside investors has collapsed following an open revolt by soccer officials worldwide and a major rift among top FIFA executives, the New York Post reported on Friday. The deal, in which FIFA had aimed to raise up to $4.2 bil
By Marco Aquino LIMA, July 31 (Reuters) – Peru will deepen its relations with the U.S., which it sees as a “strategic partner,” newly appointed Foreign Minister Carlos Espá said on Friday. He added that he expects Washington to review President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs, and said Peru will also
WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Israel are planning a bombing campaign against energy infrastructure targets in Iran, with strikes possible throughout the weekend, CBS News reported on Friday, citing sources. U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to give the final go-ahead for the strikes
VILNIUS, July 31 (Reuters) – Latvia has closed its border with Belarus, Interior Minister Janis Dombrava said on Friday. In a post on social media platform X, Dombrava said the border had been closed for “technical reasons” and urged travellers to use alternative routes. Latvia closed the Silene bor
By Yuliia Dysa and Vladyslav Smilianets KYIV, July 31 (Reuters) – Several thousand Ukrainians rallied through central Kyiv on Friday, signalling to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that opposition to his decision to oust Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, widely credited with driving military innovatio
NAPLES, Italy, July 31 (Reuters) – A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Campi Flegrei area near the southern Italian city of Naples on Friday, causing power outages, disrupting train and metro services and damaging some buildings, authorities said. The quake, recorded at 7:46 p.m. (1746 GMT), had i
PUERTO MORELOS, Mexico (AP) — Swaths of seaweed are blanketing the beaches and coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, suffocating shorelines and snuffing out marine life while spooking visitors in areas that depend heavily on tourism. Some 27 million metric tons of self-sustaining sargassum
By Catherine Cartier and Jonathan Saul BEIRUT/LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – A sanctions-hit tanker is leaking oil off the coast of Oman and the spill has spread in recent days, increasing concern about possible environmental damage to coastal areas, according to an analysis of satellite imagery and sh
MOSCOW, July 31 (Reuters) – Russia’s main grain lobby group warned on Friday that Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian ships and ports could shut down grain exports via the Black Sea in the near future, pushing up prices and causing hunger in Africa and the Middle East. Russia, the world’s largest whe
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) – A White House official said on Friday that no weaponized drones were seized among 700 drones recovered at U.S. FIFA World Cup venues and fan zones. “No weaponized drones were seized,” White House Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Directo
By Steve Holland and Simon Lewis CAMP DAVID, Maryland, July 31 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that a U.S. campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court was intended to defend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others from prosecution, not himself. Trump ma
By Steve Holland and Simon Lewis CAMP DAVID, Maryland, July 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States has not agreed to Ukraine building Patriot missiles but that talks are ongoing, adding that the U.S. must be “very careful about letting somebody build them.” Trump
Coal Mine Explosion in Pakistan Kills 34, Rescue Efforts Continue By Arshad Mehmood / The Media Line Authorities in Balochistan on Friday confirmed 34 deaths following an explosion in a coal mine in the ‘Sorange’ mining site near the provincial capital, Quetta. The provincial disaster management aut
MOSCOW, July 31 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian online retailer Wildberries amount to “acts of terrorism” against civilians, affecting millions of people in Russia and other countries, the company’s founder and CEO, Tatyana Kim, said on Friday. Ukraine has attacked more than a dozen W
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s only nuclear power plant will shut down for the first time in its history due to record-low water levels on the Danube River, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said Friday, adding that the plant may not come back online for several weeks as the river is expected to conti
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military on Friday rejected as “baseless” a recent U.N. report that said Pakistani cross-border military operations killed nearly 500 civilians and wounded over 1,000 in neighboring Afghanistan between October and June. At a televised news conference, military spokesman L
By Victoria Waldersee and Ahmed Eljechtimi MADRID/CEUTA, July 31 (Reuters) – As 16-year-old Moroccan Ayoub El Abyad scrolled through Instagram videos showing migrants crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, he and his cousin, then still a 12-hour drive from the border, decided to try their luck.
By Steve Holland CAMP DAVID, MARYLAND July 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said Friday that Israel was “very happy” with an agreement reached by his so-called Board of Peace for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups in Gaza. “We do have an understanding with Isra
By Pesha Magid TAL, West Bank, July 31 (Reuters) – Israeli forces shot and wounded at least one Palestinian, arrested at least three, and closed entrances to the village of Tal in the occupied West Bank on Friday as more than 100 Israeli settlers marched towards the village, residents said. A settle
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas confirmed Friday that it will disarm in a potential breakthrough for ending the war in Gaza, but major obstacles remain. There were no U.S. strikes on Iran overnight, but the Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it had struck another two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, an
BEIRUT (AP) — Carrying out this week’s agreement for Gaza on the disarmament of the Palestinian group Hamas, Israel’s withdrawal and the transition to a civilian body to run the war-ravaged region will be a major test for the international body established by U.S. President Donald Trump to oversee t
PARIS (AP) — History keeps repeating itself in the smoldering forests of southwest France, now ash-covered and charred. Devastated by previous blazes in 2022 and 1949, when 82 people died, the largest human-made woodland in Western Europe has again been ravaged by wildfires which burned an area four
How Iran Brought Israel Closer to Middle East Nations Israel-Lebanon negotiations, a possible Syrian security arrangement, renewed Bahrain-Israel engagement and US pressure on Saudi Arabia point to diplomatic movement—but analysts disagree sharply over whether it can produce durable agreements By Gi
Tell Tells 2 Stories About the Limits of Containment in the West Bank/Judea and Samaria Competing Israeli and Palestinian accounts of the deadly confrontation near Nablus highlight deep disputes over settler violence, terrorism, and the risk of wider unrest By Giorgia Valente / The Media Line The de
LONDON (AP) — A British funeral director was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday after the judge heard emotional testimony about how he gave families the wrong ashes for their cremated loved ones, improperly retained corpses for months and stole charity donations collected at memorial services. R
Morocco Border Breach Leaves 18 Dead as 49,000 Enter Spanish Enclave By The Media Line Staff Spain deployed the military to its North African enclave of Ceuta after an estimated 49,000 migrants crossed from Morocco within 24 hours, leaving at least 18 people dead and touching off a diplomatic disput
Why Damietta Drone Strike Proves Egypt Can’t Hide From Regional War The attack on two gas vessels at the Mediterranean port highlights Egypt’s growing exposure to a conflict it has largely sought to avoid By Waseem Abu Mahadi / The Media Line [CAIRO] Egypt’s cabinet said Thursday that a drone caused
MOSCOW, July 31 (Reuters) – Russia’s second-largest e-commerce company, Ozon, said on Friday that it had been forced to evacuate its warehouse in the town of Zelenodolsk in the Tatarstan region due to a Ukrainian drone alert. The evacuation took just a few minutes to complete and there were no casua
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oprah Winfrey says she will close the school for underprivileged girls she set up in South Africa two decades ago at the end of next year. Winfrey opened the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in 2007 after being inspired by conversations with former South African Preside
