JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen clashed throughout the Gaza Strip over the weekend, as mediators picked up the pace of talks on a possible ceasefire to free hostages held by Hamas and bring a measure of Ramadan respite to the battered enclave.
(Reuters) – The Taliban on Sunday released Herbert Fritz, an 84-year-old Austrian and far-right nationalist who was arrested in Afghanistan last May.
(Reuters) – Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro gathered on Sunday on Sao Paulo’s iconic Paulista Avenue to show support for the former far-right Brazilian president as he finds himself embroiled in several investigations that many believe could land him in jail.
SHAMBHU,India (Reuters) – Farmers in India’s northern Punjab state demanding higher prices for their crops from the national government are relying on young students to ensure the agitation’s momentum does not fizzle out.
DOHA, (Reuters) – Qatar will further raise gas production despite a steep drop in global gas prices, pushing ahead with plans to extract more of the resource amidst fierce competition with rivals such as the United States.
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, (Reuters) – Israeli leaders planned to convene today to hear of possible progress in mediated negotiations on a new Gaza truce to recover hostages held by Hamas, but Palestinians saw little change in polarised positions almost five months into the war.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Heads of the Group of Seven major democracies yesterday pledged to stand by war-weary Ukraine, and Western leaders traveled to Kyiv to show solidarity on the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion, with no end in the sight to the fighting.
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, (Reuters) – Donald Trump easily defeated Nikki Haley in South Carolina’s Republican contest yesterday, Edison Research projected, extending his winning streak as he marches toward a third consecutive presidential nomination and a rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden.
(Reuters) – The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died unexpectedly in prison nine days ago, was handed to his mother on Saturday in the Arctic city of Salekhard, his spokeswoman said, though it was unclear what will happen next to the body.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Conservative Party suspended one of its lawmakers, Lee Anderson, yesterday after he said the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was under the control of Islamists.
KYIV, (Reuters) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen vowed that Europe would back Ukraine until it was “finally free” as she and three other Western leaders arrived in Kyiv to show solidarity on the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
(Reuters) – Ukrainian drones hit a major Russian steel factory overnight, causing a large fire, a Kyiv source said today, the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip, (Reu-ters) – Gaza truce talks were underway in Paris yesterday, in what appears to be the most serious push for weeks to halt the fighting in the battered Palestinian enclave and see Israeli and foreign hostages released.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former longtime National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre mismanaged the gun rights group and cost it millions of dollars through wasteful spending to support a lavish lifestyle, a jury found on Friday, recommending that he repay $4.35 million.
(Reuters) – The moon lander dubbed Odysseus is “alive and well” but resting on its side a day after its white-knuckle touchdown as the first private spacecraft ever to reach the lunar surface, and the first from the U.S.
VIENNA, (Reuters) – A Vienna court yesterday found Austria’s conservative former Chancel-lor Sebastian Kurz guilty of perjury and handed him an eight-month suspended prison sentence, dealing a serious blow to any chance he may have of staging a political comeback.
SHAMBHU, India, (Reuters) – Thousands of protesting Indian farmers facing off with security forces have come under the protection of the Nihang Sikhs, a warrior sect dating back to the 1600s distinguished by their ink-blue robes and ancient weapons such as swords and spears.
(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden today announced Washington would issue more than 500 new sanctions targeting Russia as the United States seeks to increase pressure on Moscow to mark the second anniversary of its war in Ukraine.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Foreign ministers at the G20 group of nations meeting in Brazil were nearly unanimous in their support for a two-state solution as the only path to peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Brazilian minister hosting the event said yesterday.
(Reuters) – A spacecraft built and flown by Texas-based company Intuitive Machines landed near the moon’s south pole yesterday, the first U.S.
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