BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-backed government says it has regained control of two towns near the country’s borders with India and Thailand, marking a significant advance in the civil war as it seeks to reassert control of regions long held by resistance forces. A report in the state-run Myanma Alinn newspaper on Thursday said Tonzang, …
May 21 (Reuters) – Syria will attend the G7 summit in France next month as a guest nation and be represented by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, three sources familiar with the matter said, marking Syria’s first participation in a summit of the group since the forum was founded in 1975. An invitation to Sharaa to attend …
WARSAW, May 21 (Reuters) – Ukraine must be very precise when using drones to avoid Russia interfering with their flight path, the Polish defence minister said on Thursday, after a series of airspace violations in the Baltic states. “Ukraine must be more precise here, of course, to avoid giving rise to Russian provocations,” Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz …
BRUSSELS, May 21 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed giving Ukraine a direct role in European Union structures as an interim step to EU membership that he said could help facilitate a deal to end the war triggered by Russia’s invasion. In a letter to EU leaders seen by Reuters, Merz suggested Ukraine …
WASHINGTON, England (AP) — Loud. Broken. Baffling. Ask Brits what they think of their former colonies in 2026, and they note these long-held views of America and Americans. But after 250 years of independence from Britain, the country’s former rulers cannot discuss the United States without mentioning President Donald Trump, almost always before listing the …
ADELAIDE, May 21 (Reuters) – Australian populist party Pauline Hanson’s One Nation said it wanted to create a Norway-style sovereign wealth fund and for the government to take a share of offshore production licences in federal waters as it unveiled its energy policy at the Australian Energy Producers conference in Adelaide on Thursday. One Nation …
BUDAPEST, May 21 (Reuters) – Hungary’s ruling Tisza party submitted a constitutional amendment to parliament late on Wednesday that would allow prime ministers to serve for a maximum of eight years and would effectively bar former premier Viktor Orban from holding the role again. Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who ousted nationalist Orban in an election …
By Anne Kauranen and Vitalii Hnidyi HELSINKI/BALAKLIIA, Ukraine, May 21 (Reuters) – Visiting mayors from Ukrainian cities took pictures inside an enormous cave carved in the bedrock below the Finnish capital, taking in the size and the possibilities of a space that can accommodate 6,000 people. They are among around 800 foreign delegations who have …
BEIJING, May 21 (Reuters) – China said on Thursday it firmly opposes the United States “abusing judicial means” and pressuring Cuba after Washington charged former Cuban President Raul Castro for murder. “The United States should cease using sanctions and judicial apparatus as tools of oppression against Cuba and refrain from making threats of force at …
May 21 (Reuters) – Iran has already restarted some of its drone production during the six-week ceasefire that began in early April, CNN reported on Thursday, citing two sources familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments. US intelligence indicates Iran’s military is rebuilding much faster than initially estimated, the report added, citing four sources. Reuters could not …