By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants killed around 20 people in attacks on two villages in eastern Congo over the weekend, the army and a local human rights group said on Sunday. Fighters b…
‘Shameful’ delay in cabinet formation causing Lebanon’s decay, top Christian cleric says
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s top Christian cleric said on Sunday it is “shameful” that politicians have yet to form a new cabinet nearly three months after elections, blaming their chronic feuding for the country’s “decay”. Many Lebanese see the long-e…
Israel, Palestinians set for truce from Sunday night
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel and Palestinian militants agreed to a Cairo-mediated truce to take effect late on Sunday, sources said, raising hopes of an end to the most serious flare-up on the Gaza frontier in…
Analysis-With Taiwan drills, Xi tries to salvage Pelosi crisis
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping may not have been able to stop Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, but he ordered his country’s military to rehearse a much more aggressive step: a blockade crucial to taking the island by fo…
Chinese and Taiwanese warships eye each other as drills due to end
By Yimou Lee and David Brunnstrom TAIPEI (Reuters) -Chinese and Taiwanese warships played high-seas “cat and mouse” on Sunday ahead of the scheduled end of four days of unprecedented Chinese military exercises launched in reaction to a visit to Taiwan …
Ukraine power plant shelled again, Zelenskiy rails at Russian ‘nuclear terror’
By Natalia Zinets (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Sunday that renewed Russian shelling had damaged three radiation sensors and hurt a worker at the Zaporizhzhia power plant, in the second hit in consecutive days on Europe’s largest nuclear facility. Ukraini…
Canada jury convicts Dutch man of sexually extorting Canadian teen
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – A Canadian jury on Saturday found Dutch national Aydin Coban guilty on all charges of sexually extorting a teenager from British Columbia whose video of her online harassment sparked a global debate on cyber-bullying. Coba…
Colombian President-elect Petro names energy and interior ministers
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro appointed two cabinet members on Saturday, a day before taking office in a bid to drive deep social and economic change. Petro appointed Irene Velez as Minister of Mines and Energy and Alfonso …
Ukraine police patrol dark night time streets, seeking curfew violators
By Alkis Konstantinidis and Horaci Garcia KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – When night falls in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, just 20 km (12 miles) from the front line with Russia, police officers cruise through the dark and empty streets, looking fo…
First foreign-flagged ship arrives in Ukraine since Feb, awaits grain load
By David Ljunggren (Reuters) -A foreign-flagged ship arrived in Ukraine on Saturday for the first time since the war started in February, and will be loaded with grain, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said. Ukraine is starting to r…