May 18 (Reuters) – Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok resisted calls from new Prime Minister Peter Magyar to quit in an interview published on Monday, saying there was no justification for his resignation. Magyar’s TISZA party ousted former leader Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party in an election landslide in April, ending its 16-year rule and promising to …
By Andrius Sytas and Tom Balmforth TALLINN, May 18 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has few good options in Ukraine with his armed forces unable to advance significantly on the battlefield while Western sanctions are chipping away at his resources, Estonia’s foreign intelligence chief has said. Kaupo Rosin, a top spy on NATO’s eastern …
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine Senate convened an impeachment court Monday for the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte over criminal charges, in a time of deep divisions that erupted into an exchange of gunfire last week in the chamber. The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to impeach Duterte last Monday over alleged unexplained …
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s King Sultan Ibrahim held an audience with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday, a day after the premier floated the possibility of calling an early election, according to a statement on the monarch’s official Facebook page. A general election is not due until early 2028 but Anwar is …
ISLAMABAD, May 18 (Reuters) – Pakistan has shared with the U.S. a revised proposal from Iran to end the conflict in the Middle East, a Pakistani source told Reuters on Monday, as peace talks appeared to remain stalled. “We don’t have much time,” the source said, when asked if it would take time to close …
Sandpoint, Idaho — An anti-abortion pregnancy center on the outskirts of this Idaho Panhandle town greets visitors with an abridged Bible verse painted on the wall of its waiting area: “Come to me & I will give you rest.” 7B Care Clinic has been operating in Sandpoint since 2001 and was previously called Life Choices …
OSLO, May 18 (Reuters) – Norway said on Monday it has joined the European Union’s Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR), which aims to coordinate work around common challenges, including security aspects. Norway, a non-EU country, will join existing members Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in the EUSBSR. “Membership will strengthen Norway’s cooperation with …
May 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he “should have asked for more” of a stake in Intel on behalf of the U.S. government, in an interview with Fortune magazine published on Monday. (Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Alex Richardson) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
With the Long Island Rail Road strike about to enter its third day, the National Mediation Board said it summoned the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and union leaders to a meeting to resume talks to end the strike. The meeting started Sunday evening and went on until around 1:30 a.m as the clock ticked toward a …
PARIS, May 18 (Reuters) – United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that he would call on G7 finance ministers to follow a sanctions regime in order to keep financing away from what Bessent described as Iran’s “war machine”. Bessent added that last week’s trip by a U.S. delegation to China, led by …