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May 24 (Reuters) – A Bahraini court sentenced nine defendants to life in prison and two others to three years in jail for collaborating with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to carry out what it described as “hostile and terrorist acts” against Bahrain, the state news agency reported on Sunday. The defendants were involved in gathering information on sensitive sites and facilitating related financial transfers, the statement said. Bahrain’s interior […]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A spearfisher was mauled on the Great Barrier Reef on Sunday in Australia’s second fatal shark attack in just over a week, police said. The 39-year-old man was with three friends diving from a boat at Kennedy Shoal off the Queensland state coast south of Cairns when he was attacked, Police Inspector Elaine Burns said. “The man had been spearfishing when he was attacked and died […]

By Steve Holland, Andy Sullivan, Richard Cowan and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) – Standing in front of the White House ballroom construction site, U.S. President Donald Trump appealed for patience from Americans struggling with soaring gas prices as he sought to justify the cost of a project critics call a vanity effort. “This is peanuts,” he said on Tuesday in an apparent reference to the economic damage inflicted […]

By Julien Pretot PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) – The French Open started on Sunday under a blazing sun as panama-hatted fans streamed into Roland Garros, which felt more Riviera than claycourt grind as alleys echoed with a violin rendition of Coldplay’s “Viva la Vida” and other soft-rock staples. With temperatures expected to exceed 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit), play began at 0900 GMT (1100 local time). Russian Karen Khachanov, seeded […]

CAIRO/GAZA, May 24 (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in a refugee camp in central Gaza on Sunday left three people dead, including a six-month-old child, health officials said. Medics said the strike killed three people in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Mohammad Abu Mallouh, the infant’s father, Alaa Zaqlan, the mother, and their child, Osama. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the incident. The October ceasefire, […]

PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) – Highlights of the first day at the French Open on Sunday (times GMT): 0909 PLAY UNDER WAY Play began under sunny skies with the temperature at Roland Garros hovering around 28 degrees Celsius and public weather service Meteo France forecasting a high of 34 degrees later in the day. Former Olympic champion Belinda Bencic, seeded 11th, will take on Austrian qualifier Sinja Kraus in the […]

ANKARA, May 24 (Reuters) – Turkish authorities ordered police to evict the leadership of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) from their headquarters on Sunday, enforcing a court ruling that reinstated the former leader and fuelled a political crisis.   Riot police and crowds gathered outside the gates of CHP headquarters in the Turkish capital after the Ankara governor’s office issued the order to remove CHP members aligned with ousted […]

MOSCOW, May 24 (Reuters) – Russian forces hit targets in Ukraine using four types of missiles – Oreshnik, Iskander, Kinzhal and Zircon – in overnight attacks on Sunday, in retaliation for Kyiv’s strikes on civilian targets in Russia, state news agencies reported. The attacks, all successful, were carried out on Ukrainian military command facilities, air bases and other enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex, the Interfax news agency cited the Russian […]

By Michele Kambas NICOSIA, May 24 (Reuters) – Cypriots went to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election expected to deliver gains for anti-corruption campaigners and the far right, while weakening centrist parties that back President Nikos Christodoulides. In a vote being closely watched for signs of public sentiment ahead of a 2028 presidential election, more than half a million registered voters will elect 56 lawmakers from a record […]