Donald Trump Dealt a Blow in Classified Documents Case

The judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida denied one of the former president's motions to have his federal charges dismissed. Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, said in a two-page order on Thursday that the questions at the heart of the case are best decided in "connection with jury-instruction briefing." Trump's defense team had argued that the first...

After Anwar’s remarks, M’sia urged to stop fuel ships to Myanmar

The government has been urged to block ships carrying fuel from Malaysian ports to Myanmar, in a bid to weaken the military junta. This was following Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s condemnation of the “barbarism and depravity inflicted upon the people of Myanmar” in his United Nations General Assembly address, said the Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar president U...

Senegal navy intercepts migrant boats as more risk perilous journey

SAINT LOUIS, Senegal (Reuters) - The Senegalese Navy said on Sunday it had stopped two more boats carrying 262 would-be migrants late the previous night, taking the total to five boats intercepted and over 600 people rescued by a navy patrol boat since Thursday. Those rescued included 26 women and 13 minors, the navy said in...

Tough issues to clear for start of EU membership talks with Ukraine -PM Orban

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that several "very difficult questions" would need to be answered before the European Union could even start membership talks with Ukraine. EU countries are due to decide in December whether to allow Ukraine to begin accession negotiations, which would require the unanimous backing of all...

US opposes Trump request to remove judge in federal election case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday opposed Donald Trump’s request to remove the federal judge overseeing the criminal case accusing the former U.S. president of attempting to subvert the results of the 2020 election. Smith, whose office is prosecuting the case against Trump, said there was "no valid basis" for U.S. District...

FILE PHOTO: Members of a medical team from Kozhikode Medical College carry areca nut and guava fruit samples to conduct tests for Nipah virus in Maruthonkara village in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India, September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

India’s Nipah virus trackers gather samples from bats, fruit

New Delhi (Reuters) - Experts have fanned out in India's southern state of Kerala to collect samples of fluid from bats and fruit trees in a region where the deadly Nipah virus has killed two people and three more have tested positive. The state is battling its fourth outbreak since 2018 of a virus for which...

Reactions from foreign governments to earthquake in Morocco

(Reuters) - Following are reactions from foreign governments to the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday, killing hundreds and destroying buildings in the deadliest tremor to hit the country in decades. INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI, INAUGURATING A G20 SUMMIT IN NEW DELHI "We pray that all the injured people get well...

Ukraine’s parliament approves Rustem Umerov as new defence minister – lawmaker

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament voted on Wednesday to approve the appointment of Rustem Umerov as the country's new defence minister, a lawmaker said. Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on the Telegram messaging app that an overwhelming majority had supported Umerov after he was put forward for the role by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Ukraine's biggest wartime shake-up...

King Charles marks his first year on the throne, cautious but steady

LONDON (Reuters) - King Charles has trodden a cautious but successful path in his first year on the British throne, friends and royal watchers say, but rifts within his family still hang over his reign. Charles, 74, succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth when she died a year ago this Friday aged 96 at her Balmoral Castle...

US envoy in Chad to spotlight Sudan atrocities she calls ‘reminiscent’ of Darfur 2004

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - The United States envoy to the United Nations arrived in Chad on Wednesday to meet Sudanese refugees who have fled ethnic and sexual violence in Darfur, which she described as "reminiscent" of atrocities 20 years ago that Washington declared a genocide. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who is a member of President Joe Biden's cabinet, is...