Ukrainian shelling kills at least three in Russian apartment block
MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least three people were killed when a section of a multi-storey apartment block partially collapsed due to a Ukrainian missile strike in the Russian city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine, Russian media reported. Footag...
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Death toll from Afghanistan floods rises to 315, Taliban ministry says
KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban-run ministry for refugees said on Sunday the death toll from flooding in northern Afghanistan was 315 with more than 1,600 people injured. The interior ministry had said on Sunday the official death toll from the flash floo...
May 12, 2024
Indonesia's Prabowo reiterates 'Asian Way' to defuse tension, Al Jazeera says
JAKARTA (Reuters) - As Indonesia's president elect Prabowo Subianto prepares to enter office in October, he looks set to take a more assertive stance in foreign policy, saying that diplomacy, negotiations, and the "Asian way" have helped to defuse ...
May 12, 2024
Ukraine-launched drone sparks fire at Russia's Volgograd refinery, regional governor says
(Reuters) - An overnight drone attack launched from Ukraine sparked a brief fire at an oil refinery in the Volgograd region in southern Russia, the region's governor said on Sunday. "The fire was extinguished. There were no casualties," Andrey Boch...
May 12, 2024
Lithuanian presidential hopefuls vow to stand up to Russian threat
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuanians vote on Sunday in a presidential election expected to hand a new term to incumbent Gitanas Nauseda, a staunch supporter of Ukraine in its two-year war with Russia, following a campaign focusing on se...
May 12, 2024
Catalans vote in election that offers new chance to exiled separatist leader
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalans go to the polls on Sunday in a regional vote which offers the choice of an exiled separatist politician who led a breakaway push in 2017, or an anti-independence government led by the Socialist Party. Opi...
May 12, 2024
Canadian police arrest fourth man for murder of Sikh leader Nijjar
TORONTO (Reuters) - A fourth person has been arrested and charged with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year, Canadian police said on Saturday, in a case that strained diplomatic relations with India. Canadian police e...
May 11, 2024
Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest 2024
MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Swiss rapper and singer Nemo won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with "The Code", a drum-and-bass, opera, rap and rock tune about Nemo's journey of self-discovery as a non-binary person. (Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-P...
May 11, 2024
Protesters return to streets across Israel, demanding hostage release
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government do more to secure the release of hostages being held in the Gaza Strip by Islamist group Hamas. Family members ...
May 11, 2024
Russia's Belgorod governor says Ukraine shelling kills one, wounds 29
(Reuters) - The governor of Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, said on Saturday that one woman was killed and 29 people were wounded, including a child, in shelling by Ukraine's armed forces. "The city of Belgorod and Belgorod region ...
May 11, 2024
Gunmen kidnap more than 100 in attack on villages in northwest Nigeria
By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - More than 100 people were kidnapped by gunmen during Friday night raids on three villages in northwest Nigeria, a district head and residents said on Saturday, the latest abduction of villagers in a r...
May 11, 2024
In Nigeria, Prince Harry speaks of 'brave souls' losing lives in conflict
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Prince Harry spoke in Nigeria on Saturday of the tragic loss of the "brave souls" in the country's military who had lost their lives in conflicts, and said he felt "goosebumps" after seeing plans for a new centre ...
May 11, 2024
New field hospital established in Gaza, Israeli military says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Saturday that a new field hospital had been established in the central Gaza Strip and was being run by a non-governmental organization, the International Medical Corp. "The field hospital will be oper...
May 11, 2024
Russian PM proposes new ministers, retains ministers of finance, economy
(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin proposed a raft of ministerial appointments on Saturday, including new names, but retained Maxim Reshetnikov as economy minister and Anton Siluanov as finance minister, Russian news agencies said...
May 11, 2024
Egypt refuses to coordinate with Israel on entry of aid from Rafah crossing, Alqahera News reports
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has refused to coordinate with Israel on the entry of aid into Gaza from the Rafah crossing due to Israel's "unacceptable escalation", Egypt's state affiliated Alqahera News satellite TV reported on Saturday, citing a senior...
May 11, 2024
Factbox-Who is in - and who is out - in the Russian government?
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister. What are the other key positions in the government still to be filled? * Prime Minister - Mikhail Mishustin Proposed: * First Deputy PM -...
May 11, 2024
Oil plant in Russia's Bashkortostan stopped its cat cracker after drone attack 9 May, sources say
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil processing, petrochemical and fertiliser complex located in the Bashkortostan region has stopped its catalytic cracker after being attacked by a drone on 9 May, two sources familiar with the...
May 11, 2024
Colombia paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso released by Bogota court
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A court in Colombia granted conditional release to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, his defense team confirmed on Saturday. Mancuso, a former top commander of the paramilitary United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (...
May 11, 2024
Wildfire evacuation notice issued for Alberta town Fort McMurray
TORONTO (Reuters) - An evacuation alert has been issued for Fort McMurray, Alberta, as an out-of-control fire rages southwest of the Canadian oil town, making it among the first actions ahead of the wildfire season. In a notice late on Friday night...
May 11, 2024
Eight more Chinese cities join Hong Kong solo travel scheme
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Eight more Chinese cities have joined a scheme allowing their residents to travel to Hong Kong on their own, rather than as part of a tour group, as part of efforts to boost Hong Kong's economy. Hong Kong is battling to revive...
May 11, 2024
Death toll from floods in Brazil's south climbs to 136
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 136, local civil defense said on Saturday, up from 126 in the previous day, while another 125 people remain unaccounted for. Storms and fl...
May 11, 2024
Fierce fighting rages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, governor says
KYIV (Reuters) - Fierce fighting was raging on Saturday for control of several Ukrainian villages near the Russian border as the Russian military sought to press home its attacks in the northeastern Kharkiv region, Kharkiv's governor said. "As of n...
May 11, 2024
Name and shame: Pro-Israel website ramps up attacks on pro-Palestinian student protesters
(Please not strong language in paragraph 7) By Gabriella Borter, Joseph Ax and Andrew Hay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Weeks after attending a pro-Palestinian demonstration, Egyptian-American student Layla Sayed received a text message from a friend draw...
May 11, 2024
Hamas to release video on fate of Israeli hostage Nadav Popplewell
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Hamas will release a video later on Saturday about the fate of Israeli hostage Nadav Popplewell, according to reports from Hamas media outlets. The group earlier on Saturday released a brief video of...
May 11, 2024
Russia takes five villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, defence ministry says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Saturday that its forces had taken five border villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, where Russia launched an offensive on Friday, exploiting its increasing advantage on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine. In its ...
May 11, 2024