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Baltic states plan for mass evacuations in case of a Russian attack

By Andrius Sytas KAUNAS, Lithuania (Reuters) -Alarmed by Russia’s vast military spending since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the three Baltic states are drawing up contingency plans to deal with the possibility of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing a Russian troop buildup or attack. Estonia, ...
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Analysis-How Ukraine’s European allies fuel Russia’s war economy

By Marwa Rashad, Kate Abnett and Nerijus Adomaitis (Reuters) -European nations, including France, are among the staunchest supporters of Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Several have also stepped up their imports of Russian energy which pump billions of euros into Moscow’s wartime economy. ...
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Powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off southern Philippines, tsunami warnings issued

By Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Friday morning, the country’s seismology agency said, with tsunami warnings issued in several countries and people in nearby coastal areas urged to move to higher ground.  The Phivolcs agency ...
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Venezuela asks UN Security Council for emergency session over US military actions in the Caribbean

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the U.S. military actions in recent weeks in the waters off the South American country. Venezuela made the request in a letter addressed to Russia’s ...
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Taiwan president unveils ‘T-Dome’ air defence system to counter China threat

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan will build a new multi-layered air defence system called “T-Dome” to defend itself against enemy threats and increase defence spending, President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, calling on China to renounce the use of force to ...
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Afghanistan’s Taliban foreign minister meeting with Indian counterpart for first time since takeover

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The foreign minister of Taliban -ruled Afghanistan is set to meet with his Indian counterpart Friday, in a first high-level diplomatic engagement with New Delhi since the group seized power in 2021 after two decades of U.S. military presence. Amir Khan ...
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North Korea’s Kim vows to build ‘socialist paradise’ at celebrations attended by foreign dignitaries

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lauded what he called his country’s fight against a U.S.-led military threat and vowed to turn North Korea into “the best socialist paradise in the world,” as he addressed state anniversary celebrations in ...
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7.6-magnitude earthquake off southern Philippines causes damage and tsunami evacuations

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine province Friday morning, sending people out of houses and buildings in panic, knocking out power and prompting officials to order villagers to evacuate from the coastlines ...
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Peru’s Congress votes to initiate impeachment trial of President Boluarte

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress voted to initiate an impeachment trial of President Dina Boluarte late Thursday, hours after a shooting at a concert in the capital inflamed anger over crime gripping the South American nation. Lawmakers voted to accept four requests for a ...
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Taiwan’s president pledges to accelerate the building of air defense system in face of China threat

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te on Friday pledged to accelerate the building of a “T-Dome” air defense system in the face of the threat from China. Lai said his government would establish a rigorous defense system with high-level detection and effective interception. The ...
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An AP photographer shares the stories behind some of her most poignant Gaza images

CAIRO (AP) — Two years into the war in Gaza, and as Israel and Hamas reached a deal raising hopes for the end of the conflict, Associated Press photographer Fatima Shbair looked back at some of her most poignant images. Shbair has seen conflict ...
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Twenty-three children rescued from Russian-occupied Ukraine, senior official says

(Reuters) -Twenty-three Ukrainian children and adolescents have been brought out of Russian-occupied areas of the country to territory under Kyiv’s control, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff said on Thursday. Andriy Yermak, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the rescue was carried out under ...
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