By Rich McKay, Brendan O'Brien and Andrew Hay (Reuters) -Driving rain flooded roadways and closed down airports in Florida as an intensifying Hurricane Helene marched toward the state's Panhandle

Strengthening Hurricane Helene menaces Florida with 'unsurvivable' storm surge

By Timour Azhari and James Mackenzie BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel rejected global calls on Thursday for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally the U.S. and pressing

Israel rejects US-backed Lebanon ceasefire plan, hits Beirut again

By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Appeals court judges signaled skepticism on Thursday toward the civil fraud case brought by New York state against Donald Trump as the former president

Appellate judges skeptical of New York civil fraud case against Trump

By Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden announced more than $8 billion in military assistance for Ukraine on Thursday to help Kyiv repel Russian invaders,

Biden announces $8 billion in military aid for Ukraine

By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with accepting illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from Turkish

New York Mayor Adams charged in Turkey bribery, fraud scheme

By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s wrongful detention and deportation of Caribbean migrants was the result of decades of racist immigration laws designed to reduce the country’s non-white

Britain's racist immigration laws led to wrongful deportations of Black people, report says

TUNIS (Reuters) - Algerian authorities resumed visa requirements for Moroccan nationals entering the country on Thursday, state news agency APS reported, accusing its neighbour of abusing visa-free

Algeria reimposes visa requirements on Moroccan nationals

By John Irish and Michele Kambas UNITED NATIONS/NICOSIA (Reuters) - Western nations were weighing their options on Thursday on how to safely get nationals out of Lebanon if a full-scale war breaks out

Western states weigh up Lebanon evacuation options as ceasefire talks stall

(Reuters) - Egyptian and international civil society groups on Thursday called for the release of the country's most prominent activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, after his lawyer indicated that he would

Civil society groups call for release of top Egyptian activist

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump will meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, according to a source with knowledge of the matter as foreign leaders scramble for

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