Rescuers search for 11 fishermen missing at sea in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Search and rescue efforts were underway in South Africa on Saturday to find 11 fishermen missing at sea after their vessel sunk off the coast of Cape Town, the fisheries department said. Nine fishermen who had managed to de...
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Tunisian rights groups say freedoms threatened under Saied's rule
TUNIS (Reuters) - Freedoms in Tunisia are being threatened under the rule of President Kais Saied and the authorities are using the judiciary and police to punish their opponents, 10 local rights groups said at a joint conference on Saturday. Polic...
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Poland to spend around $2.5 billion on securing eastern border, says PM
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will invest 10 billion zlotys ($2.55 billion) in a programme to secure its eastern border, the prime minister said on Saturday, in a bid to bolster its defences against what it says is a rising threat from Russia and Belar...
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Romania searching for three missing crew after ship sinks in Black Sea
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian rescue teams were searching on Saturday for three missing crew members of a cargo ship that sank off the Black Sea coast, the naval authority said. Officials said they were notified very early on Saturday that the Tan...
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Parents of German-Israeli woman whose body found in Gaza thankful to have a grave
By Rami Amichay and Michal Yaakov Itzhaki SRIGIM, Israel (Reuters) - German-Israeli Shani Louk's father says that finally laying his daughter to rest will be a gift after her body was recovered from Gaza, months after she was killed in Hamas' Oct. ...
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Tunisia says 23 migrants missing after setting off in boat to Italy
TUNIS (Reuters) - About 23 migrants were missing after setting off in a boat from Tunisia towards Italy, the country's national guard said on Saturday. Tunisia is facing a migration crisis and has replaced Libya as a main departure point for people...
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Pope says tension and debate are inevitable, embrace them
VERONA, Italy (Reuters) - Arguments and tensions are inevitable in modern society and should not be brushed under the carpet, Pope Francis said on Saturday, warning that trying to impose a uniform vision fostered frustration and violence. Addressin...
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Vietnam nominates top police official To Lam as state president
HANOI (Reuters) - The Communist Party of Vietnam has nominated police minister To Lam to be state president, the government said on Saturday. The party has also nominated Tran Thanh Man, vice chairman of the National Assembly, as the assembly chair...
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Slovak PM Fico stable but in serious condition
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (Reuters) - The condition of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has stabilised but remains serious, the country's health minister said on Saturday, following Wednesday's assassination attempt against the central European le...
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Explainer-How might a US-Saudi civil nuclear deal work?
By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend for talks expected to touch on a civil nuclear cooperation agreement, one piece of a wider arrangement Washington hop...
May 18, 2024
Ukraine struggles to hold eastern front as Russians advance on cities
By Dan Peleschuk DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - For Ukrainian gun commander Oleksandr Kozachenko, the long-awaited U.S. ammunition can't come fast enough as he and his comrades struggle to hold off relentless Russian attacks. His unit's U.S.-s...
May 18, 2024
Austria to unblock funds for UN Palestinian relief organisation
ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria will release funds to the U.N.'s Palestinian relief organisation UNRWA that were blocked after allegations agency staff were involved in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. Vienna's decision comes after UNRWA set out an action ...
May 18, 2024
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...
May 18, 2024
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...
May 18, 2024
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...
May 18, 2024
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...
May 18, 2024
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