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Sunday 16 August | 14:22

South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers cross demarcation line

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Sunday that warning shots had been fired when North Korean soldiers violated the military demarcation line between the countries, prompting ...

By Reuters News Service

Sunday 16 August | 13:24

Belgium’s biggest wildfire on record heads towards Germany

Firefighters worked through the night to battle Belgium’s biggest wildfire on record, which by Sunday morning had burned 3,000 hectares of land and was heading towards the German border, local ...

By Reuters News Service

Sunday 16 August | 12:51

Russia cautions Turkey against sending weapons to Ukraine

Russia has asked Washington and Ankara for explanations over reports that a significant quantity of US weapons and ammunition held in Turkey could be transferred to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry ...

By Reuters News Service

Sunday 16 August | 10:33

Twelve killed in bus crash in Hungary

A dozen people were killed and at least 10 injured after a Polish bus overturned at night on a motorway in eastern Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday ...

By Reuters News Service

Sunday 16 August | 06:30

Almost a third of parents struggle with airport checks, survey shows

Approximately 30 per cent of adults struggle with a lack of child-friendly support at airports, according to research from British insurance comparison site Tiger, who issued advice to help parents navigate ...

By Kyriacos Nicolaou

Saturday 15 August | 17:23

UK’s Burnham urges reflection on death of academic Arday

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called on Saturday for reflection following the death of a Black academic accused of plagiarism in a case that has prompted criticism of the University ...

By Reuters News Service

Saturday 15 August | 17:10

EU sends aircraft as Belgium fights record wildfire

The European Union deployed three helicopters and two water bomber aircraft to tackle a record wildfire in eastern Belgium, the bloc’s crisis commissioner said on Saturday, after Belgium requested ...

By Reuters News Service

Saturday 15 August | 12:25

Taliban mark five years in power as aid groups warn of crisis

The Taliban marked five years in power on Saturday, seeking to portray their government as in control even as aid and rights groups warned of escalating crises. Outside the former ...

By Reuters News Service

image Israeli strikes kill nine in south Lebanon, state news reports

Saturday 15 August |

Updated on 15/8 13:47

Israeli strikes kill nine in south Lebanon, state news reports

At least nine people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanon’s state news agency said. Seven people were killed when Israeli warplanes struck a house ...

By Reuters News Service

Saturday 15 August | 08:16

Iran defiant on strait as Trump tells Americans to accept high gas prices

Iran called on the U.S. to accept defeat while President Donald Trump blasted Tehran as “very evil” and told Americans to brace for continued high fuel prices as a ...

By Reuters News Service

image At least 47 dead in eastern Indonesia after magnitude 7.7 quake

Saturday 15 August |

Updated on 15/8 16:46

At least 47 dead in eastern Indonesia after magnitude 7.7 quake

At least 47 people were killed after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake and dozens of aftershocks struck off eastern Indonesia on Saturday, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said in its latest statement. ...

By Reuters News Service

Saturday 15 August | 07:54

Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor, accused of plagiarism, found dead

Jason Arday, a former University of Cambridge professor who was at the centre of a plagiarism scandal, has died aged 41. Arday had resigned earlier this month as a professor of ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 14 August | 19:16

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case, admits killing insurance CEO

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting that he stalked the executive with the intention of killing him. Mangione, 28, told ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 14 August | 15:39

US wants Netanyahu to condemn settler siege in Palestinian village

The United States wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn a siege imposed by Jewish settlers in a Palestinian village, U.S. and Israeli officials said on Friday, ...

By Reuters News Service

image Hundreds evacuated from resorts in Greece, Croatia as wildfires stretch across Europe

Friday 14 August |

Updated on 14/8 16:32

Hundreds evacuated from resorts in Greece, Croatia as wildfires stretch across Europe

A wildfire engulfed homes in a picturesque Croatian resort overnight, injuring 40 and forcing 1,200 to evacuate, officials said, as EU officials warned that pockets of “very extreme” wildfire conditions were stretching ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 14 August | 12:56

Israeli settlers divert Palestinian water to fill West Bank pool

On a searing summer day, Israeli settlers splashed in a West Bank pool created by siphoning off water that had irrigated Palestinian crops, one of many seizures of water resources ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 14 August | 12:52

Russia dismisses idea of Black Sea ceasefire

Russia on Friday dismissed the idea of a ceasefire with Ukraine in the Black Sea, saying it saw no grounds for “half-measures” that would offer a respite to the other ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 14 August | 10:39

US says it can keep naval blockade on Iran ‘indefinitely,’ vows more economic pressure

The United States said that it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely and would ratchet up economic pressure on Tehran as ceasefire talks have floundered, global oil supply ...

By Reuters News Service

image Japan’s record rains strand thousands at Narita airport; kill eight

Friday 14 August |

Updated on 14/8 13:33

Japan’s record rains strand thousands at Narita airport; kill eight

Record rainfall in Japan stranded thousands of travellers at Tokyo’s Narita airport on Friday, bringing floods to the surrounding area that disrupted transport, knocked out power to 20,000 homes and ...

By Reuters News Service

Friday 14 August | 10:31

Farage regains UK parliamentary seat, fights off Count Binface

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won his self-triggered by-election in Clacton on Friday but saw his strategy to silence critics backfire when his main rival Count Binface, a comedian dressed ...

By Reuters News Service

Thursday 13 August | 23:13

US could not verify Israeli warnings of Iran plots against Trump, sources say

The U.S. has received several warnings from Israel over the past year that Iran intended to assassinate President Donald Trump, including before a secret Air Force One ruse in ...

By Reuters News Service

Thursday 13 August | 22:58

Congo reports Ebola death in new province, official says

Democratic Republic of Congo health authorities have identified a person who has died from Ebola in a province not previously affected by the ongoing outbreak, an official told Reuters, raising ...

By Reuters News Service

Thursday 13 August | 21:22

Hegseth says reports about poor conditions aboard carrier are misrepresented

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday that reports about poor conditions aboard aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East were “completely misrepresented.” Two military-focused ...

By Reuters News Service

Thursday 13 August | 21:14

Ukraine offers Russia truce in Black Sea as food supply fears mount

Ukraine has sent Russia an offer suggesting they both halt attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea, a source said, as both countries warned about threats to global food ...

By Reuters News Service

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South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers cross demarcation line

Belgium’s biggest wildfire on record heads towards Germany

Russia cautions Turkey against sending weapons to Ukraine

Twelve killed in bus crash in Hungary

Almost a third of parents struggle with airport checks, survey shows

UK’s Burnham urges reflection on death of academic Arday

EU sends aircraft as Belgium fights record wildfire

Taliban mark five years in power as aid groups warn of crisis

Israeli strikes kill nine in south Lebanon, state news reports

Iran defiant on strait as Trump tells Americans to accept high gas prices

At least 47 dead in eastern Indonesia after magnitude 7.7 quake

Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor, accused of plagiarism, found dead

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case, admits killing insurance CEO

US wants Netanyahu to condemn settler siege in Palestinian village

Hundreds evacuated from resorts in Greece, Croatia as wildfires stretch across Europe

Israeli settlers divert Palestinian water to fill West Bank pool

Russia dismisses idea of Black Sea ceasefire

US says it can keep naval blockade on Iran ‘indefinitely,’ vows more economic pressure

Japan’s record rains strand thousands at Narita airport; kill eight

Farage regains UK parliamentary seat, fights off Count Binface

US could not verify Israeli warnings of Iran plots against Trump, sources say

Congo reports Ebola death in new province, official says

Hegseth says reports about poor conditions aboard carrier are misrepresented

Ukraine offers Russia truce in Black Sea as food supply fears mount