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Exclusive-Trump administration plans push at UN to restrict global asylum rights

13 Sep 2025

By Ted Hesson and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration plans to call for sharply narrowing the right to asylum at the United Nations later this month, documents show, as it seeks to undo the post-World War Two framework around humanitarian protection. State Department officials sketched out plans for an event later …

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G7 finance ministers discuss possible sanctions, tariffs on supporters of Russia’s war

12 Sep 2025

OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Group of Seven nations’ finance ministers, in a meeting on Friday, discussed possibly imposing sanctions and trade measures such as tariffs on countries that they consider to be “enabling” Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a statement released by the Canadian finance ministry. The G7 finance ministers held the meeting to discuss …

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Russia says Ukrainian drone attacked nuclear power station, no damage caused

12 Sep 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Ukrainian drone attacked one of the buildings of the Smolensk nuclear power station in western Russia overnight, but it was downed and no damage or casualties were reported, a subsidiary of Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Friday. Separately, Yevgeny Balitsky, the Moscow-appointed governor of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, said a Ukrainian drone …

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Zelenskiy says many details on paper on Ukraine security guarantees

12 Sep 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that many details on security guarantees for Ukraine were already on paper, adding that foreign troops on the ground would signal political support for Kyiv. U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg and national security advisers from Britain, Germany, France, and Italy are in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said. …

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Belgian ministry says US-funded contraceptives still in storage, despite reports of destruction

12 Sep 2025

By Charlotte Van Campenhout and Ammu Kannampilly BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S.-funded contraceptives and medicines valued at nearly $10 million remain in a Belgian warehouse despite reports of their destruction, a spokesperson for Belgium’s environment ministry said in a statement on Friday. Sources told Reuters in July that the contraceptives, which were originally intended for poor …

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EU countries delay deal on new climate goal, diplomats say

12 Sep 2025

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union countries have shelved plans to approve a new climate change target next week, after pushback from governments including France and Germany over plans to quickly land a deal, three EU diplomats told Reuters on Friday. Countries are discussing a legally-binding target to cut net EU greenhouse gas emissions …

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As Harry visits Ukraine, combat amputees use sport to aid rehabilitation

12 Sep 2025

KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -As Britain’s Prince Harry visited Kyiv to support wounded veterans on Friday, dozens of military amputees gathered in Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, to take part in a sports competition designed to support soldiers who have lost limbs. Small groups of men with prosthetic arms and legs competed against each other in endurance …

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Berlin intervenes after Belgian festival drops Israeli conductor over Gaza

12 Sep 2025

By Susanne Neumayer-Remter BERLIN (Reuters) -Berlin’s famed Konzerthaus stepped in at short notice to host Israeli conductor Lahav Shani after his invitation to a Belgian festival was rescinded because of the Gaza conflict. Shani had been due to conduct the Munich Philharmonic, his new orchestra, in Ghent next week until the Flanders Festival said that …

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Poland hopes US will act in solidarity on Russian drone incursion, foreign minister says

12 Sep 2025

By Anna Dabrowska and Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) -Poland hopes Washington will take action to show solidarity with Warsaw after Russia’s drone incursion this week, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told Reuters on Friday, despite President Donald Trump having played the incident down. Poland shot down Russian drones that had crossed into its airspace on Wednesday, …

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Right-wing anger surges as Kirk’s killing fuels calls for vengeance

12 Sep 2025

By Joseph Tanfani, Ned Parker and John Shiffman (Reuters) – The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk ignited a wave of fury on the far right, where some Trump supporters cast the murder as a political flashpoint and threat to conservative power amid a broader reckoning over rising violence. Some supporters of U.S. President Donald …

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