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TAIZ, Yemen, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Two single mothers who fled their village three weeks ago are struggling to keep their children fed and warm in the besieged Yemeni city of Taiz, where they live in a damaged building and sell plastic bottles to get by.

By Ariba ShahidISLAMABAD, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Pakistan's leaders spent two years courting US President Donald Trump, but after the Democrats' win in Tuesday's congressional vote, they are preparing for scrutiny of their access to the White House.Ordinary Pakistanis see the result differently. Many hope the shift in Washington will ease a cost-of-living crisis intensified by the US-Israel war on Iran.

ANKARA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A Turkish court jailed a former minister and senior member of the ruling AK Party early on Fridayin an investigation into the country's fund crisis, state-run Anadolu Agency and other domestic media said.Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya, who quit the party after stepping down in September from her role as deputy chairperson, was accused by an opposition politician of making a large profit on shares just before the crisis triggered a majorstock market selloff.

DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Iran has sent the United States a nuclear proposal via Qatar, to be discussed only after Washington meets Tehran’s seven demands, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Thursday.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the US was reviewing the proposal but declined to provide further details.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's brash campaign posters are still up on Israeli public buses -- images of him, US President Donald Trump and soaring warjets that laud the two leaders attacking Iran together. Neither is now advertising the state of the two countries' alliance. A week after an inconclusive election for Netanyahu, Americans overwhelmingly rejected Trump and chose a Congress led by Democrats who want a tougher approach to Israel, whether on Iran, Gaza

By Phil StewartWASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a video message on Thursday vowing to fight efforts in Congress to impeach him and defending the Iran war as “courageous and historic” after voters punished Republicans over it in this week’s midterm elections.Hegseth's remarks, posted on social media, came as taunts from his foes in Congress intensified and President Donald Trump swatted away questions about whether he might fire Hegseth. Trump has commended h

The rupture could unravel the semi-autonomous region, which Iraq’s 2005 constitution recognized as a federal entity with strong US backing.

By Matt SpetalnickWASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Republican Party's staggering losses at the ballot box this week have left President Donald Trump diminished in Washington and facing tougher legislative oversight and scrutiny of his agenda. But on foreign policy, he could remain unbowed. Even as Democratic lawmakers seek to rein in the Republican president when they take control of Congress, Trump will retain broad latitude to pursue his objectives on the world stage, from Iran and Israel to

Beijing can now portray its diplomatic backing, purchases of Iranian oil and provision of dual-use technology as having helped Iran withstand a war that has exacted a political price from the US president.

Rory McIlroy incurred a two-stroke penalty at the end of his opening round at the Abu Dhabi Championship on Thursday for a rules infringement, with Italy's Francesco Laporta storming into the lead. Officials ruled that McIlroy improved his lie on the 12th hole when he appeared to press down grass behind his ball with his club before chipping at Yas Links.

Immigrant shopkeepers in the eastern German city of Halle, fearful for their future after the virulently anti-immigrant AfD party scored a landslide victory in recent regional elections, staged a one-day strike Thursday. "Because of the AfD and the racism -- well, I just can't stay here in Halle," Mohamad-Samer, who works at a fast-food restaurant that shut as part of the demonstration and did not want to give his last name, told AFP.

MOSCOW, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iranian top security official Mohsen Rezaei at the Kremlin, Iran's state media reported on Thursday, after Iranian negotiators met with mediators to discuss proposals to end hostilities with the US. Rezaei delivered a message from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to Putin, state media said. Putin's office also said the two met at the Kremlin.

MADRID, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to the Ibero-American Summit on Thursday to help his country rebuild and maintain its war-damaged energy infrastructure, calling for urgent supplies of transformers, cables, generators and other electrical equipment.Addressing leaders gathered in Madrid, he said Russia had damaged every power plant in the country through missile and drone attacks, forcing energy workers to carry out constant repairs to prevent a nationwide

DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Iran reported three more tankers had been damaged in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, making clear that shipping would remain in peril as long as the war in the Gulf is unresolved, now that US voters have punished President Donald Trump for waging it.The electoral rout that cost Trump's Republicans control of Congress has prompted a stark reassessment of the conflict's political cost in Washington, led by Vice President JD Vance, who said in a long social media post on

Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Thursday he was retiring from international football at the age of 41.

A UK government lawyer on Thursday defended before Britain's highest court the banning of Palestine Action as a "terrorist" organisation, insisting that it was not a "non-violent protest group". Palestine Action was proscribed in July 2025 after a string of protests targeting a UK military site and defence contractors that caused thousands of pounds worth of damage. Co-founder Huda Ammori has taken the legal battle against the decision to the Supreme Court after a suc

With 67 Knesset members backing his candidacy, Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot could win the mandate to form the next government.

By Olivia Le PoidevinGENEVA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Fighting and access restrictions in and around the Yemeni city ofTaiz have left more than 13,000 pregnant women without essential healthcare and are leading to more miscarriages, the United Nations Population Fund said on Tuesday.Taiz has been largely isolated for a month, with fighting preventing humanitarian supplies from entering and civilians from leaving, following an escalation in clashes between the Saudi-backed government and the Iran-aligne

Dozens of visitors have begun flocking to a new museum opened by Iraq's Jewish community, the first of its kind, amid ongoing efforts by the minority to preserve its heritage. Last month, the Shamash Jewish Museum opened inside a former Jewish school that was founded in 1928 on Baghdad's al-Rashid street, in the heart of the capital. "It's the only museum in Iraq belonging to the Jewish community," Ammar al-Tamimi, lawyer for the committee of Iraqi Jews that manages t

By Lisandra ParaguassuBRASILIA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Brazil is ending its year-long presidency of the UN climate process with roadmaps aimed at curbing deforestation and accelerating a shift away from fossil fuels to help governments deliver on past climate agreements.COP30 President AndreCorrea do Lago, who led last November's UN climate summit in Belem, said governments must integrate climate goals into policymaking.