Pakistan protests to Kyrgyz diplomat after violence
KARACHI/BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Saturday it had summoned and handed a note of protest to Kyrgyzstan's top diplomat in the country in response to violence against Pakistani students in Bishkek. Kyrgyz poli...
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Libya's eastern government investigating disappearance of lawmaker
(Reuters) - Libya's eastern-based authorities are investigating the disappearance of a member of parliament, the region's interior ministry said, and it did not believe he had been killed. The House of Representatives (HoR) member for Benghazi, Ibr...
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China probes agriculture minister for suspected disciplinary violations
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's agriculture minister is being investigated for suspected violations of law and discipline, the country's anti-graft watchdog said on Saturday. Tang Renjian, 61, is under investigation for "serious violations of disciplin...
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Putin ally says EU is hypocritical for ban on Russian media
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The speaker of Russia's parliament scolded the European Union on Saturday for banning the distribution of four Russian media outlets and said it showed how the West refused to accept any alternative point of view and was destroyi...
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Munich airport faces delays after climate activists breach runway
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Munich's airport was briefly closed early on Saturday after climate activists breached the grounds and glued themselves to a runway, a spokesperson said. One of two runways is now open but there will be delays, the spokesperso...
May 18, 2024
Singapore to resume flying F-16 jets after crash this month
By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will resume flying its F-16 fleet after suspending training when one of the jets crashed earlier this month, the defence ministry on Saturday. The defence ministry said the May 8 crash was due to the p...
May 18, 2024
Philippines to vigorously defend territory, president says
MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Saturday the country will "vigorously defend what is ours", in a thinly veiled reference to mounting tensions with China over maritime disputes. The conduct against intruders disrespect...
May 18, 2024
Australians stranded in New Caledonia 'running out of food' amid civil unrest
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of the troubled Pacific island territory, after riots that killed four people, a traveller from Sydney said on Saturday. "The kids are definitely...
May 18, 2024
Incoming Taiwan president Lai to pledge steady approach to relationship with China
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's next president, Lai Ching-te, will pledge to secure stability by maintaining the status quo in the island's relationship with China in his inauguration speech on Monday, an incoming senior security official ...
May 18, 2024
Peru protesters slam new insurance law that deems transgender people mentally ill
LIMA (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters in Peru's capital marched on Friday to demand the scrapping of a new law that describes transgender people, among others, as having a mental illness so they can access health benefits. Around 500 demonstrator...
May 18, 2024
US works to ensure Venezuela election credible but faces obstacles, official says
By Matt Spetalnick and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S sees it as a "very open question" whether Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro can win re-election if he holds a free vote in July, and Washington is trying to ensure the ballot is ...
May 18, 2024
Croatia gets third government led by pro-EU PM Plenkovic
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The Croatian parliament on Friday approved a government dominated by the conservative pro-European HDZ party, led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, marking his third term in the job following a parliamentary election last mon...
May 17, 2024
US officials held indirect talks with Iran on avoiding regional escalation, Axios reports
(Reuters) - Two top Biden administration officials held indirect talks with Iranian counterparts this week in an effort to avoid escalating regional attacks, Axios reported on Friday. The talks, involving President Joe Biden's Middle East adviser B...
May 17, 2024
North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversaw missile test with new guidance system, KCNA says
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of tactical ballistic missiles with new guidance technology on Friday, state media KCNA said on Saturday. North Korea fired a number of short-range ballistic missiles towards the se...
May 17, 2024
Canada asks chemical plants to check pollution after leaks hit Indigenous community
By Saadeq Ahmed TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada on Friday ordered some petrochemical plants in Ontario to take strict measures to control pollution from cancer-causing chemical benzene after release from a facility forced a First Nation community to dec...
May 17, 2024
Israeli military says fighter jet carried out a strike in West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said a fighter jet carried out a strike in the area of Jenin in the occupied West Bank late on Friday. There were no further details immediately available. (Reporting by Henriette Chacar; Editing by Frank...
May 17, 2024
White House's Sullivan heading to Saudi Arabia and Israel this weekend
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan will travel on Saturday to Saudi Arabia for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and will visit Israel on Sunday to see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Whi...
May 17, 2024
Trapped US doctors are out of Gaza, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. medical workers left the Gaza Strip after getting stuck at the hospital where they were providing care, the White House said on Friday. Reports emerged earlier this week of American doctors being unable to lea...
May 17, 2024
Portuguese speaker defends lawmaker's race remarks as free speech
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - A comment made by a far-right lawmaker in Portugal's parliament on Friday that opponents have criticised as racist has sparked a storm over whether or not such remarks should be considered as protected free spe...
May 17, 2024
Ukraine restores consular services for military-age men abroad
(Reuters) - Ukraine will lift a temporary ban it imposed on consular services for military-age men living abroad starting on Saturday, the foreign ministry said. Hundreds of thousands of military-age Ukrainian men are living abroad, while the count...
May 17, 2024
Israeli strikes kill at least 5 in Lebanon, including civilians
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon killed at least five people on Friday including Lebanese militants, Palestinian fighters and Syrian civilians, security sources told Reuters. Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezboll...
May 17, 2024
Gunmen kill three foreign tourists in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province
KABUL (Reuters) - Three foreign tourists and one Afghan citizen were killed by gunmen in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province on Friday, the interior ministry said. Four foreign nationals and three Afghans were also injured in the attack when gunm...
May 17, 2024
Yellen to push G7 to bring forward interest on Russian assets to aid Ukraine
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will push fellow G7 finance officials next week to agree to a plan to bring forward the interest earnings on frozen Russian assets to provide more money to Ukraine quickly,...
May 17, 2024
Sonia Gandhi makes emotional appeal to voters on behalf of son
(Reuters) - Sonia Gandhi, the leader of India's Congress party, made an emotional appeal to voters in the family borough, asking them to vote for her son in a region that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party have dominated in the last ten yea...
May 17, 2024
Russia's Tuapse oil refinery halted after Ukrainian drone attack, sources say
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A fire triggered by a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea coast has forced an emergency shut down of the refinery, two sources familiar with the matter said. The fire at the refinery, owned by ...
May 17, 2024