GAZA/TEL AVIV/CAIRO, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel yesterday to make “hard choices” to normalize relations with more of its neighbours, a new appeal to smooth the path to creating a Palestinian state.
GUAYAQUIL/QUITO, (Reuters) – A live broadcast by Ecuadorean television station TC was interrupted yesterday by armed people, with gunshots and yelling heard on a live feed, as President Daniel Noboa issued a decree declaring 22 gangs as terrorist organizations.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Boeing BA.N CEO Dave Calhoun yesterday addressed Friday’s mid-air panel blowout from an Alaska Airlines jet, acknowledging the planemaker made a mistake and telling staff it would work with regulators to make sure it “can never happen again.”
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil will bolster security and aid efforts for the Yanomami territory, officials said yesterday, covering ancestral lands that for years have suffered a range of illegal activities largely fueled by wildcat gold mining.
(Reuters) – A massive winter storm moving across the eastern half of the U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Irish singer Sinead O’Connor, who was found unresponsive at an address in London in July last year, died of natural causes, the coroner said yesterday.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador apologized yesterday for misgendering a transgender representative of his political party, after his comments sparked criticism from rights groups.
COLON, Panama, (Reuters) – About 500 people yesterday protested at First Quantum’s FM.TO
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A Washington appeals court today questioned Donald Trump’s claims that he is immune from criminal charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election, as the former U.S.
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Hezbollah attacked an Israeli army base with explosive drones deployed from Lebanon today, hitting the position for the first time in what the Iran-backed group declared part of its response to recent Israeli assassinations in Lebanon.
PARIS, (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron appointed 34-year-old Education Minister Gabriel Attal as his new prime minister today, seeking to breathe new life into his second mandate ahead of European parliament elections.
GAZA/TEL AVIV/CAIRO, (Reuters) – Pressure grew on Israel yesterday from its staunch ally the United States and from Middle East powers to ease its assault on Gaza as its forces said they engaged in “tough battles” against Hamas militants in central and southern parts of the enclave.
MADRID, (Reuters) – A Spanish arbitrator who awarded $15 billion to the descendants of a former sultan in a land dispute with Malaysia dating back to the 19th century has been convicted of contempt of court, it was announced yesterday, a significant victory in Malaysia’s efforts to annul the case.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba will hike the retail price of its 94 octane gasoline from 30 to 156 pesos per liter beginning Feb.
DHAKA, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina swept to a fourth straight term in power, with her party winning almost 75% of the seats in Sunday’s general election that was boycotted by the main opposition and drew a low turnout.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s top court today quashed the release of 11 Hindu men who had been jailed for life for gang-raping a pregnant Muslim woman and murdering her relatives during Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat state in 2002, a lawyer in the case said.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis, tackling conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine in his yearly address to diplomats, said today that “indiscriminately striking” civilians is a war crime because it violates international humanitarian law.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina swept to a fourth straight term in power, the poll body said today, with her party winning almost 75% of the seats in a general election that was boycotted by the main opposition and drew a low turnout.
AMMAN/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The top U.S. diplomat swept through the Middle East on Sunday, warning that the Gaza conflict could spread across the region without concerted peace efforts, although Israel’s leader vowed to continue the war until Hamas was eliminated.
DHAKA (Reuters) – A fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh in the early hours of Sunday, destroying about 800 shelters and rendering thousands homeless, officials said.
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