ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s sudden plan to invite his estranged Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad for talks has raised fears among Syrians in Turkey of being sent back, a week after a spate of anti-migrant violence already left them shaken. Ankara severed ties with Damascus in 2011 after Syria’s …

(Reuters) -Ferrari Formula One chassis technical director Enrico Cardile has handed in his notice and is relinquishing his role with immediate effect, the Italian team said on Monday. Team principal Fred Vasseur will oversee the chassis area as an interim measure. Cardile has spent almost two decades at Ferrari, who …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) should take into account audit findings from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to beef up governance of its funds, says the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF). “We hope these audit findings will strengthen HRD Corp’s governance of the fund. We need better …

ROME (Reuters) – Italy is planning to spend just under 7.5 billion euros ($8.1 billion) over the next 11 years on 24 new Eurofighter jets, according to a document by the Ministry of Defence seen by Reuters on Monday. The procurement will renew the fleet of Italy’s air force given …

BERLIN (Reuters) – The four remaining teams at the European Championship will take centre stage in the semi-finals to be played on Tuesday and Wednesday. Here is a quick guide to the fixtures (times in GMT). SPAIN v FRANCE Tuesday – Munich, 1900 Spain, three-times European champions, will try to …

DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambian lawmakers adopted recommendations on Monday for the country to maintain its ban on female genital mutilation ahead of a vote later this month on whether to decriminalise the practice. Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been outlawed in Gambia since 2015, but the deeply rooted cultural practice …

WARSAW/KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine will retaliate after a Russian missile strike killed at least 29 people and damaged a children’s hospital in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday during a visit to Warsaw during which he signed a security pact with Poland. As world leaders prepare to head to …

ORLEANS, France (Reuters) – With defending champion Jonas Vingegaard entering the event having not raced for three months, Tadej Pogacar was hoping to put the hammer down early in the Tour de France, but while he leads on the first rest day, the Slovenian has not knocked his big rival …

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin (pic left) said on Monday (July 8) that he will meet his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim (pic right) in a southern border province on Aug 3, but does not know exactly which one yet. One of the three provinces in the deep South – Yala, …

KYIV (Reuters) – Moments after a Russian missile smashed into a Kyiv hospital where her infant son was being treated, Svitlana Kravchenko rushed to cover the two-month-old with a cloth to keep his airway clear. “We heard the explosion, then we were showered with debris,” recalled the 33-year-old after emerging …