Reuters UK Top

By Phil Stewart and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hours after Iranian missiles rained down on Israel on Oct. 1, President Joe Biden’s administration sent an urgent message to Israel: Take a breath. Israel, Washington argued, owned the clock and had time to decide on how to best respond to an Iranian strike that the …

How Biden pushed Israel to calibrate its strikes on Iran Read More »

By Georgi Slavov SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party was in the lead after a parliamentary election on Sunday, an exit poll showed, but it will have to seek a coalition partner to form a government. The Alpha Research poll showed GERB winning 26.4% of the votes, while reformist We Continue the Change (PP) was …

GERB leads in Bulgaria election, exit poll shows, heralding coalition talks Read More »

By Felix Light and Lucy Papachristou TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili called on Sunday for people to take to the streets to protest the results of Saturday’s disputed parliamentary election, which the electoral commission said the ruling party had won. The Georgian Dream party clinched nearly 54% of the vote, the commission said, as …

Georgian president calls for protests after ruling party wins disputed election Read More »

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Three journalists were killed in Lebanon by an Israeli strike on Friday morning, drawing condemnation from rights advocates about the number of reporters who have lost their lives in the region over the past year. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it “strongly condemned” the attack, urging the international community to “stop …

Deadly Israeli strike on journalists in Lebanon prompts global condemnation Read More »

By Jeff Mason and Kanishka Singh PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Sunday she was not concerned about talks between former President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and reiterated her positions on the conflict in the Middle East. Democratic presidential candidate Harris faces Republican Trump in a tight race …

Kamala Harris says she is not concerned about Trump’s talks with Netanyahu Read More »

By Ari Rabinovitch and Adam Makary JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel’s airstrikes “hit hard” Iran’s defences and missile production, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, as Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the country was considering its response. With warfare raging in Gaza and Lebanon, direct confrontation between Israel and Iran risks spiralling into a …

Netanyahu says Israel hit Iran hard; Khamenei says damage should not be exaggerated Read More »

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss Israel’s attack on Iran, council president Switzerland said on Sunday. The Swiss U.N. mission said the meeting had been requested by Iran with the support of Algeria, China and Russia. “Israeli regime’s actions constitute a grave threat to …

UN Security Council to meet Monday over Israel’s strike on Iran Read More »

KYIV (Reuters) -Two civilians were killed in Russian attacks on Sunday in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, which is split by the front line and regularly hit by Russian artillery, drones and missiles, the regional governor said. An elderly man was killed after explosives were dropped on him from a drone and another man was killed …

Two civilians killed in Russian attacks in southern Ukraine, Kyiv says Read More »