BEIJING, June 1 (Reuters) – China firmly opposes the “suppression” of a reporter for the official Xinhua news agency who is based in the United States, the foreign ministry said on Monday. The United States is using the pretext of so-called reciprocity to “politically suppress” the Xinhua reporter, who is working there legally, ministry spokesperson …
TAIPEI, June 1 (Reuters) – Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun said on Monday that she would be “very willing” to meet U.S. President Donald Trump when she visits the U.S. this month. Cheng, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s largest opposition party, leaves for a two week U.S. trip later on Monday, following on from …
JEURSALEM, June 1 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement on Monday ordered the military to attack targets in the Lebanese capital Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh. (Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by Sharon Singleton) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See – April 2026
BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers in Laos searched Monday for an alternative passage into a flooded cave where two people are believed to have been trapped for nearly two weeks after heavy rainfall flooded the main entrance, making it impassable. The two people remain unaccounted for since a search and rescue operation began last month …
Until three years ago, Sara Cabral’s faith experience was on trend with other Southern European youth — a “Catholic but never practicing” upbringing with little relevance to her life on Spain’s Canary Islands. Then she listened to a song from a faith youth group that felt as if God were speaking to her. She joined …
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Polls opened Monday in Ethiopia in an election that is widely expected to be won by the ruling party. A heavy military presence was observed in the capital, Addis Ababa, as observers called for a peaceful election in the country that is Africa’s second-most populous and hosts the headquarters of …
TOKYO (AP) — Eight crested ibises were released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after the birds went extinct in the country. Eight of the endangered birds took off from each of their wooden cages at a ceremony Sunday in Hakui city in the Noto region, where they were last seen in …
June 1 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Monday said that Iran really wanted to make a deal with the U.S. and that it would be a good one for Washington and its allies. His post comes only hours after the U.S. military said it struck Iranian military sites at the weekend and Iran’s Revolutionary …
June 1 (Reuters) – The unexplained detonation of explosives stored by one of Myanmar’s rebel armies has left at least 55 dead as the search for survivors continued amid widespread devastation at the site, witnesses said on Monday. The explosion in Kaung Tat village happened around noon (0530 GMT) on Sunday, the Ta’ang National Liberation …
DUBAI, June 1 (Reuters) – The U.S. said it struck Iranian military sites at the weekend and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday it had targeted a U.S. base in response, the latest in a series of exchanges amid negotiations to end the three-month-old war. The strikes on Iran’s Gulf coast were in response to “aggressive …