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By Mohammed Ghobari, Jonathan Saul and Nayera Abdallah Aug 11 (Reuters) - Four crew members were killed in an attack by Iran-backed Houthis on a small cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday...

MOSCOW, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that a deal reached with Syria on the future of Moscow's military bases in the country would boost ties between the nations, and a ...

Aug 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. military helicopter fired at the rudder of a Panama-flagged ship after its crew ignored warnings from personnel working to enforce a naval blockade on Iranian ports, the Wall...

ZURICH, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The Swiss government on Tuesday rejected a rigid interpretation of the country's neutrality which campaigners want to enshrine in the constitution if they win a referendum n...

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Periods of extreme heat are becoming more frequent, intense and longer-lasting as climate change warms the planet, the U.N. weather agency said on Tues...

Aug 11 (Reuters) - A small cargo ship was attacked by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday, killing three crew members, said two Yemeni coast guard sources and two milit...

Aug 11 (Reuters) - The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said on Tuesday it received a report of an incident involving a container ship and military forces in the Gulf of Oman, after changing t...

LA PAZ, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Just nine months after taking office as Bolivia's president amid a broader rightward shift in Latin America, Rodrigo Paz faces an uphill battle in winning backing for a pack...

By Abdirahman Hussein and Edwin Okoth BAIDOA, Somalia, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Funding to tackle acute malnutrition in parts of Somalia has dropped by more than 80% this year, Mdecins Sans Frontires said o...

BEIJING, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The Chinese and Indonesian navies will hold a drill together in the sensitive waters to the east of Taiwan this month, China's defence ministry said on Tuesday, where Beiji...