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6 migrant bodies found in desert in SE Libya
TRIPOLI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The bodies of six migrants were found in the Al-Wahat area, about 1,000 km southeast of the Libyan capital Tripoli, local authorities said Tuesday.
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Russia says it struck five vessels in Ukraine's Black Sea ports
MOSCOW, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that its forces had struck three cargo vessels carrying supplies for the Ukrainian military and a tanker at the Black Sea port of Pivdennyi.
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Canada slaps retaliatory tariffs on US goods worth $20 billion as trade war intensifies
OTTAWA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Canada hit back on Tuesday with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of U.S. annual imports and rolled out aid for businesses and workers, matching Washington's latest duties dollar-for-dollar.
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Exclusive-Ukraine needs changes to avoid losing war, ousted defence minister says
KYIV, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Ukraine appears to be slowly losing the war against Russia, ousted Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov told Reuters, warning that Kyiv has a window of several months to make key decisions needed to turn the tide in its favour.
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Trump says Strait of Hormuz has been demined, warns Iran not to plant more
Aug 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that all mines had been detonated or removed from international waters of the Strait of Hormuz and that Iran has been told that any ship or boat placing new mines will be destroyed.
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US spy chief visits Russia for meetings, media reports
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - U.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, U.S. media outlets reported, citing unnamed sources.
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US military transport plane lands in Moscow, Kremlin says it has no information yet
MOSCOW, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. military transport plane landed at Moscow's Vnukovo airport on Tuesday, data from the flight tracking service Flightradar24 showed.
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Trump threatens to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America amid Canada trade war
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" as a trade war between the United States and Canada escalates.
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Landmark ruling puts normal life in reach for child of Egyptian rape survivor
CAIRO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - As Egypt's new academic year approaches, Amal Abdel Hameed is hopeful her daughter will be able to enroll officially in school for the first time since she was born as a result of a rape nearly eight years ago.
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Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to throw out conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein
NEW YORK, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to throw out her conviction and 20-year prison sentence for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.
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Vatican foreign minister, in Moscow, says Ukraine war must end
MOSCOW, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A senior Vatican official urged an end to the Ukraine war after meeting in Moscow on Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the first in-person talks between Vatican and Russian officials in five years.
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USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week, Thai official says
BANGKOK, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln will dock in Thailand next week, a Thai official said on Tuesday, following a prolonged deployment in the Middle East and reports of mental health concerns and deteriorating conditions aboard.
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Peru to welcome Pope Leo with hymn honoring slain nun
LIMA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Peru will welcome Pope Leo XIV in November with a hymn in honor of a Catholic nun killed by Maoist insurgents, celebrating the pontiff's return to the country where he worked for decades as a missionary.
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy sees window for U.S. mediation until summer 2027
KYIV, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Ukraine sees a window of opportunity for U.S. mediation to end Russia's war in Ukraine until the end of next summer and has drafted one page of ideas with U.S. and European officials to be presented to Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
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Hungary foreign ministry files report on $964 million pandemic era ventilator deals
BUDAPEST, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Hungary's Foreign Ministry has filed a report with prosecutors on suspected fraud and other crimes involving the 2020 purchase of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic under the previous government, Foreign Minister Anita Orban said on Tuesday.
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Vietnam says its foreign minister will visit Myanmar on Wednesday
HANOI, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung is scheduled to pay an official visit to Myanmar on Wednesday, Vietnam's foreign ministry said, in what would be the first trip by a senior Vietnamese official to the country since a 2021 military coup triggered a civil war.
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Germany to say who's behind attempted airport drone attack soon, says Merz
BERLIN, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The German government will soon announce who is responsible for an attempted drone attack on Leipzig/Halle airport earlier this month, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday.
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Russia's Afipsky oil refinery on fire after drone attack, two dead, governor says
Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region was on fire following a drone attack, regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said on the Telegram messaging app on Tuesday.
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Lockerbie bombing trial postponed by US judge days before start
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday postponed the trial of the man authorities allege built the bomb that blew New York-bound Pan Am flight 103 out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people in 1988.
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U.S. stocks close mixed as chip stocks sink
NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed mixed on Monday as a sharp sell-off in semiconductor equities dragged down the technology sector, while investors digested new U.S. economic sanctions announced against Iran and fresh trade tariff warnings targeting Canada.
