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US lawmakers question Health Secretary Kennedy on vaccine settlement disclosures
By Dan Levine Aug 25 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. senators said Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent explanation for how he disposed of a financial stake in litigation involving Merck's Gard...
Aug 25, 2026
Gaza parents urged to stop kids flying kites after Israel warning to Hamas
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Gaza parents have been warned to stop their children flying kites in the war-ravaged enclave, after Israel threatened a forceful response if the Hamas mi...
Aug 25, 2026
UN and Red Cross call for urgent rules on autonomous weapons
By Emma Farge GENEVA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The United Nations' chief and the head of the Red Cross on Tuesday warned that autonomous weapons that can kill people without human involvement could soon be ...
Aug 25, 2026
Hungary foreign ministry files report on $964 million pandemic-era ventilator deals
BUDAPEST, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Hungary's Foreign Ministry has filed a report with prosecutors on suspected fraud and other crimes involving the 2020 purchase of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Aug 25, 2026
Philippines seeking to expand military drone capabilities, says defence chief
By Nestor Corrales MANILA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Philippines plans to expand its unmanned capabilities, including through development and acquisition of drones as part of efforts to modernise its mil...
Aug 25, 2026
Vietnam says its foreign minister will visit Myanmar on Wednesday
(Corrects to clarify visit is first for a bilateral meeting by a Vietnamese foreign minister since 2021, not first trip by a senior Vietnamese official) HANOI, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Vietnamese Foreign Mi...
Aug 25, 2026
Tornado wreaks havoc in village in southwestern France
By Manon Cruz and Lauren Bacquie POMAS, France/PARIS, Aug 25 (Reuters) - A tornado swept through a village in the Aude region of southwestern France late on Monday, destroying homes and injuring dozen...
Aug 25, 2026
Germany to say who's behind attempted airport drone attack soon, says Merz
BERLIN, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The German government will soon announce who is responsible for an attempted drone attack on Leipzig/Halle airport earlier this month, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tues...
Aug 25, 2026
Russia's Afipsky oil refinery on fire after drone attack, two dead, governor says
Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region was on fire following a drone attack, regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said on the Telegram messaging app on Tues...
Aug 25, 2026
Pakistan and Iran made 'significant progress' in talks on conflict, minister says
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Pakistan and Iran made "significant progress" in talks that focused on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and a path to peace, Pakistan's interior minister said on Tuesday, at ...
Aug 24, 2026
