8+ hour, 13+ min ago   (322+ words) JAKARTA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Two deadly ferry incidents over the past week in Indonesia and the Philippines have focused attention on maritime safety in Southeast Asia. Indonesia has ​more than 17,000 islands and the Philippines has more ‌than 7,600, making ferries an important…...

13+ hour, 53+ min ago   (298+ words) JAKARTA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – More than 600 Indonesian rescuers were searching for 129 people still missing after a passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea on the ​weekend, an official said on Monday, with the ‌death toll steady at six. The Virgo Transport…...

18+ hour, 7+ min ago   (905+ words) ANKARA, Sept 13 (Reuters) – The Houthi capture of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline is reshaping the balance of power in the Gulf, strengthening Iran’s hand and confronting Saudi Arabia and its neighbours with a difficult choice: absorb mounting costs or seek accommodation…...

20+ hour, 28+ min ago   (281+ words) KYIV, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy imposed sanctions on a former press secretary on Sunday, accusing her and nine others of spreading Russian ​propaganda and of supporting Russia’s aggressive policy toward ‌Ukraine. Yuliia Mendel — who worked with Zelenskiy from…...

21+ hour, 8+ min ago   (69+ words) Trump says he is lifting tariffs on Irish whiskey WKZO Trump says he is lifting tariffs on Irish whiskey DOONBEG, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) – ​U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday ​said ⁠he would ⁠lift tariffs on Irish whiskey. Trump ​was…...

1+ day, 27+ min ago   (250+ words) DOONBEG, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to stop targeting ​Russian diesel infrastructure, saying the attacks were ‌causing a shortage of the fuel that is “hurting the world”. A wave of…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (261+ words) PRISTINA, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Kosovo’s parliament re-elected Albin Kurti as prime minister on Sunday after his party came first in June elections, but ​a failure to elect a president could ‌send the country into another snap election. Kurti was elected with…...

1+ day, 42+ min ago   (447+ words) TILATHI KOILADI, Nepal, Sept 13 (Reuters) – After nine days trapped in a hydropower tunnel and a week of hospital care following his dramatic rescue, Sanjay Sah, a rare survivor of last month’s devastating glacier collapse in Nepal, ​finally returned to his…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (174+ words) VILNIUS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Lithuania said that a perceived drone sighting in its airspace ​earlier on Sunday that ‌prompted authorities to close Vilnius airport and NATO to summon at least one fighter jet, turned out to be a ‌flock ​of birds....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (704+ words) By Niklas Pollard and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Swedes were voting in a closely fought election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the liberalism…...