DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) – The fragile truce in the Middle East was in jeopardy on Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran launched new attacks as they wrestled for control of the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military said on Monday it destroyed six Iranian small boats, as well as cruise missiles and drones, after…
May 4 (Reuters) – The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday meteorological monitoring equipment at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine had been damaged by a drone. The Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe’s largest with six reactors, was seized by Russian forces in the early weeks of Moscow’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine….
LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will convene leaders from across society on Tuesday to tackle antisemitism in the wake of the stabbing of two Jewish men and a string of other assaults, his office said. The attacks have left communities fearing for their safety and piled pressure on the governing…
May 4 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukraine would observe a ceasefire beginning at midnight on the night of Tuesday, May 5. Zelenskiy, writing on Telegram, said Russia had not responded to Kyiv’s calls for a ceasefire and was proceeding because it believed that “human life is incomparably more valuable than…
WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) – The United States is withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, in an apparent U.S. rebuke to the close NATO ally amid a widening rift between President Donald Trump and Europe over the Iran war. Trump had threatened a drawdown in forces earlier this week after sparring…
ZENICA, Bosnia, May 1 (Reuters) – Hundreds of workers marched through Bosnia’s central city of Zenica on Friday, protesting against the closure of the country’s last steel mill which they said marked the end of an era of heavy industry. Last week’s shutdown of the 130-year-old Zenica Steel Factory put thousands of jobs at risk…
May 1 (Reuters) – Russia launched more than 400 drones at Ukraine in a daytime attack, injuring 10 people in the western city of Ternopil, Ukrainian officials said on Friday. Ukraine’s air force said Russia attacked the country with 409 drones between 8 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. local time (0500–1230 GMT). Air force units downed…
Hong Kong authorities uncovered 23 cross-boundary and transshipment counterfeiting cases in a joint operation with mainland China and Macau in April, seizing about 46,000 items worth an estimated HK$16 million (US$2 million). The Customs and Excise Department said on Friday that the operation found that 21 cases involved local express couriers and logistics companies. The…
By John Geddie and Tim Kelly TOKYO, May 1 (Reuters) – Japan’s relaxation of its weapons-exports rules opens a path for talks that could one day lead to Tokyo supplying military equipment to help Ukraine resist Russia’s invasion, Kyiv’s ambassador to Japan told Reuters. “This allows us to talk,” Yurii Lutovinov said in an interview…
By Cassell Bryan-Low, Louisa Off and Anja Guder HOHENFELS, Germany, April 30 (Reuters) – At a U.S Army training facility in Germany on Thursday, some senior officers highlighted the benefits of American presence in the country, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was reviewing whether to reduce troop numbers in the country….