4 months ago Macron calls on U.S., Iran to coordinate to open Strait of Hormuz, says France won’t join “unclear” military operation French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the U.S. and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in a “coordinated” way, indicating that his country won’t join an effort announced by President Trump …
JOHANNESBURG, May 4 (Reuters) – South Africa’s health ministry said on Monday that two passengers have died and a British national was in critical condition after a Netherlands-based cruise ship was hit by a suspected outbreak of hantavirus. The ship, carrying about 150 tourists from various countries, had departed Ushuaia, Southern Argentina, for Canary Islands about three …
May 4 (Reuters) – A Russian missile attack on the town of Merefa, in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, killed five people and wounded several others, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said that at least 10 houses, an administrative building, four shops, a car repair workshop and a food establishment were damaged …
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A wide-ranging Australian inquiry examining antisemitism in the country after a massacre at a Hanukkah celebration heard Monday from Australian Jews who said escalating hatred has left them fearful and vulnerable. Fifteen people were killed when two gunmen opened fire at the celebration on Bondi Beach in December. Father and …
JAKARTA, May 4 (Reuters) – Indonesia and Japan signed a defence cooperation agreement on Monday, officials said, which includes cooperation in the defence industry, human development and disaster mitigation measures. Here are some details about the agreement: • Indonesian Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin signed the agreement with his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi in Jakarta. • …
OSLO, May 4 (Reuters) – The Chinese captain of a seized oil tanker with suspected Russian links has been placed under arrest on suspicion of carrying false documents and of violating laws on seaworthiness, a Swedish prosecutor said on Monday. The coast guard and police on Sunday boarded the Syrian-flagged Jin Hui in Swedish territorial …
DUBAI, May 4 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards navy issued a new map of the area of the Strait of Hormuz under its control on Monday, state media reported. The area starts in the west with a line between the westernmost tip of Iran’s Qeshm island to the United Arab Emirates’ Umm al Quwain emirate. …
Cape Town, South Africa — A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organization and South Africa’s Department of Health said Sunday. In a statement to The Associated Press, WHO …
MUMBAI, May 4 (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party was on course to win two of four crucial state elections on Monday, expanding its influence and weakening its key rival half-way into his third term in office. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was set to return to power in the eastern state of Assam …
VIENNA, May 4 (Reuters) – Austria declared three Russian diplomats personae non gratae over an “antenna forest” on the rooves of diplomatic buildings that could be used for spying, the government said on Monday. “It is unacceptable that diplomatic immunity be used to commit espionage,” Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger said in a statement confirming that …