French victim of mass rape hopes trial will help other women
Gisele Pelicot, the 72-year-old victim of mass rape whose ordeal has shocked the world, told a trial in southern France on Wednesday that she was determined that making her case ...
NATO allies consulting on North Korean troop deployment to Russia
NATO allies are discussing the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia, a NATO spokesperson said on Wednesday.
“Allies have confirmed evidence of a DPRK troop deployment to Russia”, spokesperson ...
Israel: after we strike Iran, world will understand our preparations
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday that after Israel strikes in Iran, the world will understand the preparations that went into such an operation.
“After we attack in ...
Greece imposes restrictions to contain spread of pox among sheep, goats
Greece has banned the transportation and reproduction of sheep and goats across the country for 10 days after detecting more than 100 pox infections, the agriculture ministry said.
The measures are precautionary ...
Xi and Modi discuss Ukraine war with Putin as BRICS considers expansion
China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and some other BRICS leaders discussed the war in Ukraine with President Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin chief chaired a major summit ...
Halt to conflict urged as Israel bombs historic Lebanese port city
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed on Wednesday for a halt to fighting between Israel and militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, but heavy Israeli air strikes on a ...
Israel steps up pressure on northern Gaza, 16 killed across the territory
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 16 people on Wednesday as Israeli forces stepped up pressure on northern areas of the Palestinian enclave, besieged hospital and refugee shelters, and ordered residents to ...
Blinken calls for a measured Israeli response to Iran attack
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Israel’s response to Iran’s Oct. 1 missile barrage should not lead to greater escalation, as he pushed for ...
US elections: Foreign meddling
Trump campaign accuses UK’s Labour Party of ‘blatant foreign election interference’
Donald Trump’s campaign has accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party of “blatant foreign interference” in the U.S. presidential election after its volunteers travelled to the ...
UK inflation drop driven by volatile factors, says BoE’s Greene
A sharp fall in British consumer price inflation in September was driven by more volatile components, Bank of England rate-setter member Megan Greene said on Tuesday when asked how it ...
UN agency head calls for temporary truce in besieged north Gaza
The UN Palestinian refugee agency called on Tuesday for a temporary truce to allow people to leave areas of northern Gaza as health officials said they were running out of ...
Bank of England’s Greene plays down sharp drop in September inflation
A sharp fall in British consumer price inflation in September was driven by more volatile components, Bank of England rate-setter member Megan Greene said on Tuesday, a day after she ...
Drone attack in northern Mali kills at least 8, Tuareg rebels say
At least eight people including children were killed and 20 injured in a drone strike at a fair in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region, Tuareg rebels said on Tuesday.
The rebel ...
Brazil’s Lula stable after head injury, doctors say
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva underwent new medical exams on Tuesday, which showed his condition is stable in comparison to previous assessments following a weekend head injury, his ...
Ten bodies recovered after fuel tanker explodes in Uganda
Ten bodies were recovered from the scene of a fuel tanker explosion in Uganda’s capital Kampala on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said.
Police said the tanker had overturned around 3...
French farmers to resume nationwide protests next month
France’s main farmers’ union said on Tuesday it would stage nationwide protests next month as a push to conclude a trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur countries ...
Crowds turn out to see King Charles at Sydney Opera House
Britain’s King Charles was embraced by an Indigenous elder after a welcome smoking ceremony on Tuesday in the birthplace of Australia’s urban Aboriginal civil rights movement in Sydney, ...
Iran doesn’t expect major Israeli retaliation
Israel is unlikely to make a “significant move” against Tehran but could instead mount a symbolic limited attack, Revolutionary Guards cultural and social commander Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Tuesday, ...
War has knocked Gaza back to the 1950s, UNDP says
The war between Israel and Hamas has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza’s population in poverty, with quality of life indicators such as health and ...
us elections: polls
US election race remains tight in latest polls
Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris held a marginal 46% to 43% lead over Republican former President Donald Trump, with a glum electorate saying the country is on the wrong track, ...
EU lawmakers clear up to €35bn loan for Ukraine, using Russian assets
European Union lawmakers on Tuesday approved the bloc’s plan to use frozen Russian central bank assets to loan up to 35 billion euros to its ally Ukraine.
The European Parliament ...
Turkish prosecutor charges 47 people over deaths of newborns
An Istanbul prosecutor has indicted 47 people, including doctors and nurses, over the inappropriate treatment of babies for profit, causing the death of at least 10 newborns in one of Turkey’s ...
Hezbollah hides millions in cash, gold under Beirut hospital, says Israel
Hezbollah has stashed hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker built under a hospital in Beirut, Israel’s military said on Monday, adding it will ...
Ukraine’s population has fallen by 10 million since Russia’s invasion
Ukraine’s population has declined by 10 million, or around a quarter, since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion as a result of refugees leaving, collapsing fertility and war deaths, ...