KABUL, June 8 (Reuters) – The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over the arrest and detention of women in a western province for allegedly failing to comply with “dress requirements” and urged Taliban authorities to treat all people equally. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) did not specify how many …
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan early Monday claimed victory in the country’s general election, as preliminary results showed his governing Civil Contract party came first with 49.81% of the vote. According to Armenia’s Central Election Commission, four parties polled above the 4% electoral threshold and will enter parliament following Sunday’s election, …
Law enforcement responded to reports of six people stabbed at Penn Station on Sunday evening. At least one wound was serious, the FDNY said. The attack happened at around 7 p.m, authorities said. Amtrak Police launched a manhunt and a suspect was quickly taken into custody, Amtrak said in a statement. Police sources say a …
RIGA, June 8 (Reuters) – Latvia’s armed forces on Monday issued an air threat alert for its eastern regions bordering Russia and Belarus, asking people there to stay indoors. At least one drone was confirmed to have entered Latvian airspace from Russia, an army spokesperson told Reuters. Military drones straying into the airspace of Finland, …
CHISINAU, June 8 (Reuters) – A drone crossed into Moldova early on Monday and its fragments with traces of an explosion were found in a field near the eastern village of Lopatna, not far from Ukraine’s border, Moldova’s defence ministry said. Moldova’s surveillance systems detected the drone crossing into the country at 12.20 a.m. local …
LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on “harmful” online platforms for children under 16 while maintaining access to some safer forms of social media, the Times newspaper reported on Monday. Starmer, who is due to make a speech later on Monday, is said to have …
June 8 (Reuters) – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s ruling party, Civil Contract, has secured 49.81% of the vote in the parliamentary elections, country’s central election commission said on Monday. The opposition party Strong Armenia has secured 23.29% of the vote, it said. (Reporting by Reuters) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See – …
June 8 (Reuters) – There is a ground stop in place for San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in California, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said in an advisory on Sunday, without providing additional details. The airport did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. More than 54 million passengers traveled through SFO in …
By John Revill and Marleen Kaesebier ZURICH, June 8 (Reuters) – Switzerland goes to the polls on June 14 to vote on whether to cap its population at 10 million people in a referendum some have likened to a “Swiss Brexit”, alarming many businesses who fear an economic blow should the proposal succeed. Supporters of …
By Ben Blanchard, Max A. Cherney and Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, June 8 (Reuters) – As AI heavyweights including Nvidia, Intel and SK Group last week championed Taiwan’s significance as a crucial hub for the global supply chain, a hostile exchange with China was brewing at sea. On the final day of the high-profile Computex conference …