Government forces say dozens of Houthis killed in southwestern governorate during battles for strategic highlands
JERUSALEM, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he would use his speech at the United Nations this week to defend Israel's military actions against the Palestinians, while accusing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of supporting Hamas. Netanyahu's comments were in response to remarks by the New York mayor, who told CNN on Monday that Netanyahu was a "war criminal and an architect of a horrific genocide of the Palestinian people". Netanyahu is slated to speak at the UN's General Assembly on Thursday
Sept 23 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace will unveil a six-month, $2.45 billion recovery plan for Gaza at a meeting of its members on Wednesday, Axios reported. The 66-project proposal includes estimated spending for temporary housing, rubble removal, hospital repairs, economic recovery and the deployment of a multinational security force, the report added, citing a copy of the plan. The White House and US Department of State did not immediately respond to requests for comment
Public broadcaster says country's participation cannot be justified amid 'appalling and ongoing loss of lives in Gaza'
By Sarita Chaganti Singh, Shivangi Acharya and Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI, Sept 12 (Reuters) - TheBRICS group of emerging economies has agreed on a joint declaration, sources told Reuters on Saturday,a significant diplomatic breakthrough asits leaders began summit talks in New Delhi, aiming to boost the bloc's global clout. Host India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the bloc had come of age and it was time to translate its unity and consensusinto concrete results on the global stage, as he opened the meeting
DUBAI, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stressed the need to ensure freedom and security of navigation in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea during talks on Tuesday, the Egyptian presidency said. Sisi also expressed support for Saudi measures to protect its security and stability, and for efforts to reach a comprehensive and sustainable political solution to the Yemen crisis, the presidency said. (Reporting by Mohamed Hendawy, Writing by Jana Choukeir; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
Turkish authorities said several top finance executives were detained while others were given a travel ban, according to a statement on Thursday, as part of an investigation related to mass outflows from some funds this week
ATHENS, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Greece's parliament lifted the immunity of one of the country's former European Commissioners on Thursday, clearing the way for further action by authorities investigating the "Qatargate" corruption case, one of the biggest scandals to hit the EU. Dimitris Avramopoulos — a former Athens mayor and current lawmaker with the ruling conservative New Democracy party — has denied any wrongdoing or links to the case, under which several EU officials have been accused of accepting bribes from Qatar. Qatar has also repeatedly denied any wrongdoing
BEIJING, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the BRICS bloc to be a peacemaker in the Middle East conflict, in an address to a summit of member countries in New Delhi on Saturday. China will work with other BRICS members in that role, as the war "does not serve the common interests of the international community", state-run CCTV quoted Xi as saying. BRICS groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates
Youth unemployment, living costs and public services are key issues before the September 23 vote