Philippine Senate Goes on Lockdown to Protect Former ‘Drugs War’ Enforcer

By Karen Lema and Nestor Corrales MANILA, May 11 (Reuters) – Philippine Senator Ronald dela ⁠Rosa, ⁠the chief enforcer of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s ⁠deadly “war on drugs”, was on Monday placed under the protective custody of the Senate after a ​brief standoff with law enforcement agents. It was not immediately clear why agents from …

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WHO Says Seven Cases of Hantavirus Confirmed From Cruise Ship

LONDON, ⁠May ⁠11 (Reuters) – Seven ⁠cases of the Andes ​hantavirus have now been confirmed ‌among people who were ‌passengers on ⁠board ⁠the cruise ship, the World Health Organization ​said on Monday. The agency updated its overall tally of ​reported cases to nine on Monday, ⁠a ⁠WHO spokesperson said ⁠by ​email, after France reported that …

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Older Adults Have Fewer Regrets, Study Says

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, May 11, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Feeling regretful over something in your past? Odds are those feelings will fade over time, a new study says. Older adults experience less frustration when they think about past mistakes and missed chances, even though they tend to have about the same number of …

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EU Ministers Reject Putin’s Idea of Role for Schroeder in Future Security Talks

By Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) – European governments on ⁠Monday ⁠rejected suggestion by Russian President Vladimir Putin ⁠that German former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder could represent them in possible future talks with Moscow on ​the continent’s security. Putin said on Saturday he believed the war in Ukraine was coming to an …

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Two Held in Sweden Over Suspected Deliveries of Hi-Tech Gear to Russia

STOCKHOLM, May 11 (Reuters) – ⁠Two ⁠people have been ⁠detained in Sweden on suspicion ​of helping Russia procure advanced ‌engineering products that could ‌be used in Moscow’s ⁠war ⁠in Ukraine, the Swedish security service said ​on Monday. Agents suspected the hi-tech gear had reached Russia in violation ​of EU sanctions, the SAPO security ⁠service’s Deputy …

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Iran hangs grad student accused of spying for the CIA and Israel’s intel agency

Iranian authorities on Monday hanged a post-graduate student from an elite Tehran university on charges of espionage, the latest in a spate of executions against the backdrop of the war against the United States and Israel. Erfan Shakourzadeh, 29, was hanged after being convicted for allegedly collaborating with the CIA and Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, …

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