Russian priests bring icon to try to tame depot fire after drone attack
Orthodox priests brought an icon to the scene of a huge fuel depot fire in southern Russia sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack in the hope it would help tame ...
Four bodies retrieved from Mike Lynch’s sunken yacht in Sicily
Four bodies were retrieved on Wednesday from the sunken wreck of a yacht belonging to the wife of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, the Italian fire brigade said, adding that ...
Harris’ main fundraising group raised four times as much as Trump in July
Kamala Harris’ main campaign fundraising group raised four times as much money in July as that raised by Donald Trump’s campaign, according to federal disclosures filed late on Tuesday, ...
Tanker adrift after multiple attacks in the Red Sea, UK maritime agency says
Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion was adrift in the Red Sea on Wednesday after coming under multiple attacks, which sparked a fire on board, the UK maritime agency said.
The vessel ...
Three killed in shooting in school in western Bosnia
Three staff members of a high school in the western Bosnian town of Sanski Most were killed on Wednesday when a school employee shot them and then tried to commit ...
Search resumes for six missing after Mike Lynch’s yacht sank, but hopes dim
Divers resumed a search on Wednesday for survivors after British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch’s yacht sank off the coast of Sicily amid an intense storm two days ago, though ...
Turkish central bank holds rates at 50 per cent for fifth month
Turkey’s central bank held interest rates steady at 50 per cent for a fifth straight month as expected, and repeated that it remains vigilant to inflation risks even as it ...
GLOBAL WAR
Close Putin ally Chemezov says West risks global war over Ukraine
Sergei Chemezov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, says the United States and its Western allies risk triggering a global war if Washington continues to “provoke” the conflict ...
Pakistani pilgrim bus overturns, killing 28, injuring 23 in Iran
A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in central Iran, killing 28 passengers and injuring another 23 people, state media reported on Wednesday.
The accident took place late on Tuesday in the central ...
Ukraine says it hits pontoon bridges in Russia, Moscow reports gains
By Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa
Ukraine said on Wednesday it was destroying Russian pontoon bridges with U.S.-made weapons to defend its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, ...
Obama night at the DNC: Barack, Michelle rouse crowd for Harris
Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama delivered a one-two punch at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, urging Americans to back Kamala Harris in ...
Law firm Clifford Chance ‘in shock’ after lawyer missing in yacht disaster
A prominent New York lawyer who is among six missing passengers of a sunken yacht off Italy’s coast was traveling with his longtime client, British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, ...
Blinken crisscrosses Middle East to broker Gaza ceasefire deal
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken crisscrossed the Middle East on Tuesday as part of Washington’s latest diplomatic push to secure a Gaza ceasefire and a hostage release deal ...
Israeli military retrieves bodies of six hostages from Gaza
Israel retrieved the bodies of six hostages from the Gaza Strip, the military said on Tuesday, as negotiations continued in an effort to bring back more than 100 captives who remain ...
Ukraine says boy dies after Russian strike near playground
A 14-year-child boy has died from his injuries in hospital after a Russian munition struck a kiosk a few metres from a children’s playground in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia ...
US disputes report of Netanyahu, Blinken talk on Israeli troops on Gaza border
The United States on Tuesday disputed a report that cited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying he might have convinced US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel should ...
Taylor Swift to close European leg of Eras tour
Taylor Swift will close the European leg of her record-breaking Eras tour in London on Tuesday, drawing fans from near and far for the last opportunity to see the critically ...
Greece to compensate fire-stricken households near Athens
Greece said on Tuesday it would offer emergency compensation totalling millions of euros to hundreds of households and businesses affected by a blaze that killed one woman and torched 10,000 hectares ...
Russia says it thwarts attacks in Kursk region, advances in east Ukraine
Russia’s military said on Tuesday its forces had thwarted attempted Ukrainian attacks on four settlements in its western Kursk region and taken control of what it described as the ...
Barack Obama headlines DNC on Tuesday, will campaign for Harris
Former U.S. President Barack Obama will endorse his longtime political ally Kamala Harris on Tuesday night in a high-profile speech that aims to boost her presidential bid over Republican ...
Ukraine adopts ‘historic’ law to ban Russia-linked minority church
Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law envisaging a ban on the activities of a Russia-linked branch of the Orthodox church, paving the way for a historic rupture with an ...
Israeli military retrieves bodies of six hostages from Gaza
Israel retrieved the bodies of six hostages from the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza, the military said on Tuesday, as negotiations continued in an effort to bring back more ...
Taliban morality police dismiss over 280 men without beards from security forces
The Taliban’s morality ministry has dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and have detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for “immoral ...
Mpox is not the new Covid, says WHO official
A World Health Organization official stressed on Tuesday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new COVID, as authorities know how to ...