Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
UK minister Tariq Ahmad to meet Middle East counterparts in Bahrain, Qatar
(Reuters) - British Minister of State for the Middle East Tariq Ahmad will travel to Bahrain and Qatar for talks on the crisis in Israel and Gaza, the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth & Developm...
Nov 17, 2023
Philippines records at least six deaths from magnitude 6.7 quake in southern provinces
MANILA (Reuters) - The death toll from a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in the southern Philippines has increased to six and authorities are searching for two missing people, local disaster officials said o...
Nov 17, 2023
Analysis-Indo-Pacific trade deal prospects dim as 2024 US election year politics loom
By David Lawder SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Biden administration has vowed to continue negotiating an ambitious Asia trade deal, but election-year pressures and resistance to tough commitments from ...
Nov 17, 2023
Two men convicted in US of trying to sell Iranian petroleum
(Reuters) -A U.S. jury has convicted two Texas men of trying to sell Iranian petroleum in violation of sanctions imposed by Washington and of conspiracy to commit money laundering, the Justice Departm...
Nov 17, 2023
Finland closes Russia border posts after days of asylum inflows
By Anne Kauranen and Attila Cser HELSINKI/NUIJAMAA, Finland (Reuters) - Finland early on Saturday closed four crossings on its border with Russia as Helsinki seeks to halt a flow of asylum seekers it ...
Nov 17, 2023
US State Dept OKs potential sale of 400 Tomahawk missiles to Japan -Pentagon
(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 400 Tomahawk missiles and related equipment to Japan in a deal valued at $2.35 billion, the Pentagon said on Friday. The sale co...
Nov 17, 2023
US designates Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, officer as specially designated global terrorists -statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has designated Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS) and its secretary general as specially designated global terrorists, the agency said on Friday. "KSS ter...
Nov 17, 2023
Another US service member injured during attacks in Iraq, Syria
WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - One more U.S. servicemember suffered minor injuries on Friday during the latest wave of attacks against American forces in Syria and Iraq, two U.S. officials said, speakin...
Nov 17, 2023
Venezuela parliament chief rejects ‘ultimatums’ as US threatens sanctions review
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez on Friday said the country would not accept "ultimatums from anyone," after the U.S. warned it would review plans to ease sa...
Nov 17, 2023
Canada PM says he hopes to meet China’s Xi one day once tensions defused
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said he hoped to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping once the two sides had put in the work needed to repair badly strained bilateral ...
Nov 17, 2023
