MADRID, May 27 (Reuters) – Police entered Spain’s ruling Socialist Party’s headquarters on Wednesday in search of information over a possible illegal payments scheme, Spanish media reported, at a time of various graft probes into Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s allies. A Guardia Civil spokesperson told Reuters officers had entered the premises of the PSOE, as …
HONG KONG, May 27 (Reuters) – China is willing to work with the Czech Republic to improve ties and revive a traditional friendship, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Czech counterpart Petr Macinka, state broadcaster CCTV said on Wednesday. Like most nations, the Czech Republic formally recognises only Beijing but in recent years it has grown …
MANILA, May 27 (Reuters) – A commission was launched in the Philippines on Wednesday led by a former International Criminal Court judge to investigate a bloody “war on drugs”, aiming to document alleged extrajudicial killings and compile evidence for potential legal cases. Police say about 6,200 drug suspects were killed while resisting arrest during anti-drug operations, …
SELIJA MILITARY BASE, Latvia, May 27 (Reuters) – Latvia is increasing anti-drone defences on its borders with Russia and Moscow-allied Belarus in response to drones flying into the NATO country, an army official told Reuters. Ukrainian drones have strayed into NATO Baltic countries’ airspace in recent weeks, sowing confusion and raising tensions with Russia at …
BUDAPEST, May 27 (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament on Wednesday approved legislation to keep the country’s membership of the International Criminal Court, reversing a decision taken in 2025 by the former government of Viktor Orban to quit the court. Orban’s government decided to withdraw from the ICC saying the court had become “political”. Prime Minister Peter …
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police are searching the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party as part of an ongoing investigation into possible financial wrongdoing, the Civil Guard said Wednesday. The raid on the office in central Madrid is another blow to the party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, whose Socialists have been hammered by a …
GENEVA, May 27 (Reuters) – The number of cases of Hantavirus linked to a cruise ship at the centre of an outbreak has increased to 13, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. “Spain reported a new case among the passengers who are in quarantine, which brings the total number of cases to …
London’s firefighting service responded Wednesday to a blaze in the Golders Green neighborhood, home to a large Jewish community that’s been targeted by a number of arson attacks in recent months. Images from the scene showed the flames impacting a Jewish supermarket, Kosher Kingdom, and a column of black smoke rising above the area’s main …
GENEVA, May 27 (Reuters) – Christian aid group Samaritan’s Purse hopes to open within a week a 50-bed Ebola treatment centre in the area of the outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, its President told Reuters. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there …
DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Penpa Tsering was sworn in Wednesday for a second consecutive term as the president of Tibet’s government-in-exile following his reelection earlier this year. Tsering, 58, has led the exile government based in Dharamshala, India, since 2021. He secured another five-year term in elections held in February among Tibetans living in India …