DUBAI (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for two explosions in Iran that killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a memorial for top commander Qassem Soleimani who was assassinated in Iraq in 2020 by a U.S.
CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday outlined a new stage of Israel’s war in Gaza: a more targeted approach in the north and further pursuit of Hamas leaders in the south while Israel seeks to free remaining hostages held by Hamas.
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) said on Thursday it has rerouted four out of five container vessels that were stuck in the Red Sea back towards the Suez Canal and the long journey around Africa to avoid the risk of attack.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Charla Plaines saw the toll lead paint took on her granddaughter, she was able to get the hazardous substance scrubbed from her home thanks to a federally funded program that Republicans in the U.S.
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. military carried out a retaliatory strike in Baghdad today that killed a militia leader it blames for recent attacks on U.S.
KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – Nepal and India signed a power trade agreement today for Kathmandu to export 10,000 megawatts (MW) of hydroelectricity to India over the next 10 years, officials said, in a deal they hope will draw investment to the cash-strapped Himalayan nation.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Two explosions killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran on Wednesday to commemorate commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed by a U.S.
BEIRUT/CAIRO/GAZA, (Reuters) – Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israeli army made statements suggesting the two avowed enemies wanted to avoid risking the further spread of war beyond the Gaza Strip after a drone strike killed a Palestinian Hamas deputy leader in Beirut.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Two explosions killed more than 100 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran today to commemorate top commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed by a U.S.
BEIRUT/CAIRO/GAZA, (Reuters) – Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources said, raising the potential risk of war in Gaza spreading well beyond the Palestinian enclave.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport that killed five of six crew on the smaller aircraft yesterday.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – A record 520,000 migrants crossed the treacherous jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap in 2023, more than double the number reported the year before, according to government figures seen by Reuters yesterday.
BEIRUT/CAIRO/GAZA, (Reuters) – Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon’s capital Beirut today, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources said, as its forces kept pummelling parts of Gaza, vowing further “high-intensity” warfare against the Islamist militant group in the enclave.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip, (Reuters) – For the Maarouf family, living in Rafah’s tent city after fleeing their house in Gaza at the start of Israel’s deadly bombardment nearly three months ago, home is now the small campfire they sit around each night.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Saudi state TV said today that the kingdom had officially joined the BRICS bloc of countries.
WAJIMA, Japan, (Reuters) – At least 48 people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit Japan on New Year’s Day, with rescue teams struggling today to reach isolated areas where buildings had been toppled, roads wrecked and power cut to tens of thousands of homes.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – All 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines plane miraculously escaped from a fire following a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport today, but five of the six crew of the coast guard plane were killed.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Monday, triggering warnings for residents to evacuate some areas on its west coast, destroying buildings, knocking out power to thousands of homes and disrupting travel to the region.
CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli jets intensified attacks on central Gaza yesterday, residents and medics said, as battles raged through the rubble of towns and refugee camps in a war Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said would take “many more months” to end.
COPENHAGEN/DUBAI/CAIRO, (Reuters) – U.S. helicopters repelled an attack by Iran-backed Houthi militants on a Maersk MAERSKb.CO
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