KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Residents of Sudan’s South Kordofan State reported mobilisation by a large rebel force on Thursday, raising fear that internal conflict could spread in the country’s southern regions. The rebel force, the SPLM-N, is led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, and is estimated to contain tens of thousands of men as well as heavy weaponry….
By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Thursday asked for a new trial in the civil case brought by E. Jean Carroll, in which a jury in Manhattan last month found the former U.S. president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer and awarded her $5 million in damages….
MOSCOW (Reuters) – One of Russia’s longest-serving and most respected human rights campaigners went on trial on Thursday, facing the prospect of three years in jail if convicted of repeatedly discrediting Russia’s armed forces, his organisation said. Oleg Orlov has since 1999 been one of the leaders of Memorial, which won a share of the…
By Viktoriia Lakezina and Max Hunder KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) -Hundreds of Ukrainians were rescued from rooftops on Thursday, two days after waters from a huge breached dam submerged villages, fields and roads in the southern region of Kherson, as Kyiv dismissed reports its counteroffensive had begun. Drone video showed areas where often only the roofs…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to double the number of U.S. personnel available to help fight wildfires raging in Canada and to mitigate the risk to American air quality. The chamber’s top Democrat said he would send a letter to Vilsack laying out…
By Inti Landauro MADRID (Reuters) – The Court of Justice of the European Union rejected on Thursday rules set by the city of Barcelona that dramatically restrict the number of cars working with ride-hailing apps such as Uber. Barcelona had introduced a series of rules intended to reduce the number of drivers of private cars…
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan has to satisfy the IMF on three counts, starting with a budget due on Friday, before its board reviews whether to release at least some of the $2.5 billion still pending under a lending programme expiring this month, an IMF official said. Esther Perez Ruiz, the International Monetary…
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angolan President Joao Lourenco has fired the country’s economic coordination minister and replaced him with the central bank governor in the wake of deadly protests over a reduction in a fuel subsidy. The removal of Manuel Nunes Junior was announced by the presidency in a statement on Thursday. It was not immediately…
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s ousted former prime minister Imran Khan secured bail on Thursday from the Islamabad High Court over new murder charges, meaning he cannot be rearrested in connection with those charges for the next 14 days, his lawyer said. Khan was arrested on May 9 and held for three days, triggering…
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan activated its defence systems on Thursday after reporting 37 Chinese military aircraft flying into the island’s air defence zone, some of which then flew into the western Pacific, in Beijing’s latest mass air incursion. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has over the past three years regularly flown…
