May 19 (Reuters) – China’s armed forces secretly trained about 200 Russian military personnel in China late last year and some have since returned to fight in Ukraine, according to three European intelligence agencies and documents seen by Reuters. While China and Russia have held a number of joint military exercises since Moscow’s full-scale invasion …
LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) – British prosecutors said on Tuesday that they were confident of announcing who might face criminal charges over the 2017 blaze that ravaged London’s Grenfell Tower killing 72 people before next June, the 10th anniversary of the disaster. The fire was Britain’s deadliest in a residential building since World War Two …
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is preparing for a blockbuster primary on Tuesday as Republicans look for a challenger to Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and choose between several candidates in a high-spending slugfest for the party’s nomination for governor. In the Senate race, Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter are playing up their conservative records …
0m ago Iran holds mass wedding for 1,000 couples in “Sacrifice for Iran” event Iran has held a mass wedding for at least 1,000 couples in Tehran as part of what state media called a “Sacrifice for Iran” event. Couples who had agreed to fight for Iran if the country is attacked were celebrated with …
JERUSALEM, May 19 (Reuters) – Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far-right finance minister, said on Tuesday he was informed that the International Criminal Court in the Hague has requested an arrest warrant against him. (Reporting by Steven Scheer) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
Madrid — Police in northeastern Spain on Tuesday arrested the son of Isak Andic, the billionaire founder of the Spanish fashion brand Mango, for allegedly having played a role in his death. Andic, 71, was hiking with his son in the mountains near Barcelona when he fell about 500 feet down a cliff and died …
London — Number 10 Downing Street in London, with its famous glossy black door, has had its fair share of occupants in its nearly 300-year history as the official home of Britain’s prime minister. The building was home to Winston Churchill for a total of nine years; and then the “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher for …
THE HAGUE, May 19 (Reuters) – A 47-year-old suspect accused of overseeing one of the most notorious prisons in Libya was known as a ruthless torturer nicknamed “the angel of death” by detainees, prosecutors told judges at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday. Prosecutors allege Al Hishri oversaw the women’s wing in Mitiga, a detention …
Home Depot got a lift in the first quarter from professionals and also homeowners stocking up on spring supplies. “The underlying demand in our business was relatively similar to what we saw throughout fiscal 2025, despite greater consumer uncertainty and housing affordability pressure,” CEO Ted Decker said Tuesday. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were …
May 19 (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will host a meeting of G20 trade ministers in Wisconsin from September 30 to October 1, his office said, with talks to focus on forced labor, updating the Most-Favored Nation principle and global overcapacity. President Donald Trump is scheduled to host the G20 leaders’ summit in …