Hong Kong customs has smashed an international drug trafficking network over the summer, seizing 6.1 tonnes of suspected narcotics worth more than HK$1.4 billion (US$178.5 million) and arresting 150 people as syndicates actively recruited students during the holiday period. Acting head of the Customs and Excise Department’s drug investigation bureau Wong Ngar-lun said on Tuesday…
In a sign of rising European east-west tension, Germany has accused Russia of staging an unsuccessful drone attack last month on Ukrainian planes parked at the airport in the eastern city of Leipzig. Make Your Inbox Smarter Sign up for these free email newsletters from U.S. News: Pick Newsletters Russia’s Foreign Ministry strongly denied the…
ANKARA, Sept 2 (Reuters) – NATO member Turkey would consider taking its relations with the China and Russia-led security bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, to a higher level, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. “Turkey’s prospect of (full) membership to the organisation does not imply a breakaway from any other bloc or from the West,” Erdogan…
Employees at forklift and warehouse manufacturer Jungheinrich work on the assembly line in Moosburg, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. Matthias Schrader/AP Photo/Matthias Schrader Employees at forklift and warehouse manufacturer Jungheinrich work on the assembly line in Moosburg, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. Matthias Schrader/AP Photo/Matthias Schrader Employees at forklift and warehouse manufacturer Jungheinrich work on…
By Valentyn Ogirenko and Jekaterina Golubkova KYIV, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Four people were killed and over a dozen injured in Russian air attacks on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the surrounding region on Tuesday, local authorities said, in what was the sixth day in a row of strikes on the area. Explosions were…
ROME, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Italian opposition parties have denounced an attack on press freedom after state broadcaster RAI removed a veteran journalist as presenter of its flagship investigative programme, while government allies have welcomed the move. The case has reignited a long-running debate over the independence of RAI, whose board is appointed by parliament…
MADRID, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Spain asked on Friday for help from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in processing migrants in the North African enclave of Ceuta almost a month after tens of thousands rushed across the border from Morocco. Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska sent a request to Beate Gminder, the…
PARIS, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Four French nationals are still missing after the devastating flash flood that struck areas near the Nepal-Tibet border earlier this week, French minister delegate for French nationals abroad Eleonore Caroit said on Friday. The Minister Delegate said the foreign ministry had identified 80 French people were in the area when…
KYIV, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s top presidential adviser said on Friday that technical talks on Russia’s war would likely take place in the near future but added that he did not expect any swift agreement. “I think everyone will see the negotiations happening very soon. But this will mainly concern the technical side of…
OSLO, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Norway on Friday awaited news from the royal palace on the health of King Harald, the 89-year-old monarch who has been hospitalised for more than 10 days and who was said on Thursday to be in a “very serious” condition. Crown Prince Haakon spent the night at the Oslo University…