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Two men jailed in Britain for spying for China
LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Two men, including one who worked as a British immigration officer, were jailed on Thursday after being convicted of spying on prominent pro-democracy dissidents now based ...
Jun 18, 2026
US announces targeted visa restrictions for some Ethiopians
WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department announced visa restrictions targeting people it said were undermining peace in Ethiopia on Thursday, focused on hardliners in the Tigray Peopl...
Jun 18, 2026
Philosopher, senator, exile: social reformer Cepeda seeks Colombia's presidency
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA, June 18 (Reuters) - Leftist senator and activist Ivan Cepeda, whose youth was marked by exile and the political assassination of his father, is vying for Colombia's preside...
Jun 18, 2026
DOJ probes US banks over transactions tied to Iran's supreme leader, Bloomberg News reports
June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei built a global investment portfolio with exposure to Wall Street banks, Bloomberg News re...
Jun 18, 2026
Wildfire in Spain disrupts Madrid-Barcelona rail service as heatwave looms
MADRID, June 18 (Reuters) - The high-speed rail service between Spain's Madrid and Barcelona was disrupted on Thursday after a wildfire broke out near a section in Catalonia, rail operator Adif said. ...
Jun 18, 2026
Parents of Serbian school shooter sentenced in retrial, report says
BELGRADE, June 18 (Reuters) - The parents of a Serbian boy who killed 10 people in a 2023 Belgrade school shooting were convicted at a retrial on Thursday, the prosecutor's office said, with the court...
Jun 18, 2026
First tankers cross strait under Iran deal; Israeli strikes raise doubt in Lebanon
By Maya Gebeily, Rami Ayyub and Zohra Bensemra BEIRUT/JERUSALEM/QLAILIEH, Lebanon, June 18 (Reuters) - Three Saudi-flagged supertankers carrying 6 million barrels of crude sailed through the Strait of...
Jun 18, 2026
China appoints senior official Cai Qi as head of National Academy of Governance
BEIJING, June 18 (Reuters) - China has officially appointed Cai Qi, a member of the elite Politburo Standing Committee, as president of the National Academy of Governance, replacing Chen Xi, the human...
Jun 18, 2026
Brazil police target Lula ally Jaques Wagner in Banco Master probe, say sources
BRASILIA, June 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's Federal Police served a search and seizure warrant on Senator Jaques Wagner, a close ally of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the government's leader in t...
Jun 18, 2026
Zelenskiy says 'Moscow will burn' if Russian strikes continue
KYIV, June 18 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday heavy drone attacks on Russia were retaliation for a strike that damaged a historic monastery in Kyiv this week, and ...
Jun 18, 2026
