2+ hour, 1+ min ago   (281+ words) KYIV, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy imposed sanctions on a former press secretary on Sunday, accusing her and nine others of spreading Russian ​propaganda and of supporting Russia’s aggressive policy toward ‌Ukraine. Yuliia Mendel — who worked with Zelenskiy from…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (261+ words) PRISTINA, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Kosovo’s parliament re-elected Albin Kurti as prime minister on Sunday after his party came first in June elections, but ​a failure to elect a president could ‌send the country into another snap election. Kurti was elected with…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (292+ words) MANILA, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Philippine rescuers on Friday resumed the search for survivors of a ferry fire that killed at least five people off the ​western province of Palawan, with more than 80 people ‌still missing. Rescue operations were complicated by thick…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (301+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he did not regret going to war against Iran despite the impact the conflict may have on ​the November U.S. midterm elections. “I don’t believe in ‌the word ‘regret.’ You can always…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (351+ words) Sept 10 (Reuters) – The Israeli military destroyed Hezbollah underground infrastructure at the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday, adding ​that the operation completed the consolidation of a security zone…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (339+ words) QUITO, Sept 10 (Reuters) – An Ecuadorean court sentenced former President Abdala Bucaram to nine years and four months of imprisonment on Wednesday for his involvement in a criminal ​organization that fraudulently sold medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bucaram, ‌74, who was…...

3+ day, 2+ min ago   (609+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s promise to send U.S. adults $5,000 “dividend” checks if his party keeps control of Congress in November’s midterm elections drew a cool reception from some Republicans on Thursday, with several lawmakers saying it would…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (95+ words) whbl.com Iran says IAEA moves will push countries to exit NPT DUBAI, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear ​watchdog’s “political moves” will push countries to exit the Treaty on ​the ⁠Non-Proliferation of ⁠Nuclear Weapons, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme ​National…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (320+ words) Sept 10 (Reuters) – El Niño is strengthening, with a greater than 90% chance of a very strong event during the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter 2026-27, the U.S. Climate ​Prediction Center said on Thursday. “During the October-December 2026 season, ‌there is a 75% chance…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (170+ words) DUBAI, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Algeria decided to sever diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates ​after what it described as ‌the “exhaustion of all means to preserve bilateral ties”, Algerian state media said on Thursday, without giving details of the ‌reason…...