UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Iran is ready to end its nuclear standoff with the West, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, while calling for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine through dialogue.
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on Beirut killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday as cross-border rocket attacks by both sides increased fears of a full-fledged war in the Middle East and Lebanon said only Washington could help end the fighting.
QUITO, (Reuters) – A raging wildfire filled Ecuador’s capital of Quito with smoke and threatened homes yesterday as authorities rushed to control the blaze at a time when a historic drought has stretched resources and patience.
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on Beirut killed a senior Hezbollah commander todayy as cross-border rocket attacks by both sides increased fears of a full-fledged war in the Middle East.
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Israel launched airstrikes against more than a thousand Hezbollah targets yesterday, killing 492 people and sending tens of thousands fleeing for safety in Lebanon’s deadliest day in decades, according to authorities.
(Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law yesterday a bill that requires schools to limit or ban the use of smartphones, amid a growing consensus that excess usage can increase the risk of mental illness and impair learning.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Leading United Nations officials demanded yesterday “an end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe” in the Gaza Strip, nearly a year into the war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Russia is trying to knock out Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ahead of the winter to leave it dark and in the cold, the EU’s foreign policy chief said yesterday, saying Kyiv’s Western allies needed to step up in providing air defences for Ukraine.
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – The highly anticipated corruption trial of Singapore’s former transport minister is due to start today, in a rare graft case involving a state official in an Asian financial hub that prides itself on a clean governance.
DENVER, (Reuters) – The man who killed 10 people in a mass shooting at a Colorado grocery store in 2021 was convicted yesterday of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Tanzanian police arrested two opposition leaders again today, their party and police said, to stop anti-government protests in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.
(Reuters) – India has invited political and military opponents of Myanmar’s ruling junta to attend a seminar in New Delhi, sources said, a significant move by the South Asian power that has maintained ties with the top generals shunned by Western nations.
BEIRUT/HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Hezbollah and Israel exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, as the Lebanese militant group sent rockets deep into northern Israeli territory after facing some of the most intense bombardment in almost a year of conflict.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A roadside bomb hit a convoy of foreign diplomats visiting northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing a police officer in their security detail, police said.
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the South Asian nation’s worst financial crisis in decades.
(Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) looked set to fend off the far-right in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday after trailing behind the Alternative for Germany (AfD) throughout the campaign, exit polls indicated.