OMSK, Russia July 25 (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Saturday that a Ukraine peace deal might be reached if the two sides froze the conflict and resumed negotiations. Speaking alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Russia-Kazakhstan forum in the Siberian cit
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Saturday that they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in an escalation over vital shipping routes in the Middle East while the United States and Iran vie for control o
By Krishna N. Das and Tora Agarwala NEW DELHI, July 25 (Reuters) – Nearly five weeks after the leaders of India’s youth Cockroach Janta Party began their protest demanding the resignation of the education minister over exam paper leaks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 75, posted a rare selfie video: h
July 25 (Reuters) – Russian authorities said 11 people including four children had been killed by Ukraine in an overnight attack on a holiday camp in a Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, accusing Kyiv on Saturday of deliberately attacking civilians. Ukraine did not immediately respo
By Elizabeth Howcroft BORDEAUX, July 25 (Reuters) – When raging wildfires threatened Mohammed Laabar’s hometown in southwestern France on Friday, he and his wife gathered their three-year-old son, grabbed a pre-prepared survival kit and fled to nearby Bordeaux. Within hours, however, the winds shift
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA, July 25 (Reuters) – Brazil has denied visa requests for two Trump administration officials who planned to travel to the country to cast doubt on the integrity of its electoral system, two Brazilian officials with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Saturday. The
BERLIN (AP) — At least one person died and a second one appeared to be missing after a small plane crashed into a home in northern Germany on Saturday, police said. For reasons that are still being investigated, the small plane lost altitude and crashed into the roof of a single-family home in a res
July 25 (Reuters) – Eleven people were killed, including four children, in an overnight attack on a holiday camp in a Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-installed local authorities said on Saturday, accusing Ukraine of deliberately attacking civilians. Kyiv did not immediate
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, July 25 (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on Saturday killed the head of the Hamas-led police force in the northern Gaza Strip, Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, the Hamas-run interior ministry and medics said. Maqadma, one of at least five Palestinians killed in
By Elizabeth Howcroft and Sergio Leon BORDEAUX, France/MADRID, July 25 (Reuters) – Wildfires on the coast of southwestern France moved inland towards Bordeaux on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of thousands in the city’s suburbs, while in neighbouring Spain high winds complicated efforts to fight a
ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) — Punch, the orphaned monkey at a Japanese zoo that stole many people’s hearts by clinging to an orangutan plushie, is marking his first birthday with a flood of well-wishing messages from his fans around the world — even though he now has friends and is no longer holding on to
HONG KONG (AP) — Typhoon Noul is bringing winds and heavy rain to southern China and Hong Kong over the weekend, with the region on high alert and dozens of flights canceled. Hong Kong’s Observatory said Noul, which had intensified with maximum sustained winds of 140 kph (87 mph) near its center, wa
NEW DELHI, July 25 (Reuters) – India’s youth protesters have agreed to end their demonstration, a spokesperson of the ‘cockroach’ movement told reporters after talks with the government on Saturday. The announcement came hours after the education minister resigned following the weeks-long protests d
By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, July 25 (Reuters) – Israeli forces arrested dozens of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, after at least four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed in a shootout when armed Israeli settlers approached a Palestinian village. Palestinian authorities
By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI, July 25 (Reuters) – India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan quit on Saturday after days of sustained public protests demanding his resignation for examination paper leaks in May that affected about 2 million students. Here is a look at what sparked the protests and t
YEKATERINBURG, Russia July 25 (Reuters) – A drone threat prompted leading Russian online retailer Wildberries to evacuate its logistics hub on Saturday in the city of Yekaterinburg, where the national athletics championships were also briefly suspended. Ukraine has struck Wildberries’ warehouses in
July 25 (Reuters) – Thirty-five people were killed and 30 injured in a collision between two passenger buses on the Deir al-Zor-Damascus road, a health ministry official told state news agency SANA on Saturday. The collision involved a bus carrying members of the Internal Security Forces and a civil
PARIS, July 25 (Reuters) – Six people have been held in custody and are expected to face charges over a foiled attack earlier this month that allegedly targeted a synagogue in the Paris suburb of Sarcelles, the French anti-terrorism prosecutor said on Saturday. The six suspects, whose identities wer
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Supporters of the International Criminal Court were trying to chart a course forward on Saturday, a day after the global institution was plunged into uncharted territory following the ouster of its chief prosecutor over allegations of sexual misconduct. A lengthy and br
BEIJING (AP) — China said on Saturday it had imposed penalties of nearly 5.2 billion yuan ($765 million) on Trip.com Group, which operates the country’s largest online travel platform, over claims of monopolistic conduct. Trip.com, which runs Ctrip and Skyscanner among other brands, was said to be r
ALONG THE UKRAINE-BELARUS BORDER (AP) — More than four years after Russia launched its assault on Kyiv from Belarus, Ukraine is still fortifying the border it shares with Moscow’s ally. What was once a busy crossing between the two countries is now a quiet, mine-laden stretch of land closed off to c
By Tala Ramadan BEIRUT, July 25 (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Syria on Saturday in the first trip by a serving U.N. chief since the start of a nearly 14-year war that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions in the country. The visit represents a
BEIJING, July 25 (Reuters) – Five people were killed and three injured after a loess collapse buried a house in a village in northern China’s Shanxi province, state-owned Xinhua News Agency said on Saturday. * All eight people trapped in the collapse in Haoyi village, Hongtong county, have been foun
KUMAGAYA, Japan (AP) — The humble blackboard is serving as the canvas, and colorful chalk the paint, for young Japanese artists. “Kokuban Art Koshien ” is an annual national chalk art championship for high school students. Combining the word for “blackboard” (“kokuban”) and the famous stadium where
Diplomatic Push Collapses as US Renews Iran Strikes and Tehran Threatens Tel Aviv By The Media Line Staff Iran rejected a new ceasefire proposal from President Donald Trump, and US forces launched another night of strikes against Iranian military targets overnight into Friday after the president war
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the U.S. next week. Trump’s comments came in his speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Friday, while he was falsely casting U.S.
4 Israeli Hikers Wounded After Terrorist Seizes Weapon Near Havat Gilad By The Media Line Staff The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was investigating a reported shooting near the Havat Gilad outpost in Samaria on Friday after an initial report said a group of Israeli hikers was attacked by Pales
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Peru’s Ministry of Culture to strengthen cooperation in protecting Indigenous territories, particularly those of isolated peoples along the border between the two countries. The agre
July 24 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview broadcast on Friday that cooperation between Kyiv and Washington on drones would include a U.S. factory to produce the unmanned aerial vehicles using Ukraine’s advanced technology. Zelenskiy, interviewed by U.S. right-wing blogge
SAO PAULO, July 24 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintained his lead over opposition senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a new Datafolha poll released on Friday ahead of Brazil’s October presidential election. Lula would defeat the senator, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro,
