Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
European NATO members strike deal to buy up to 1,000 Patriot missiles
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO on Wednesday said its procurement arm would support a group of member countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Spain, with a contract to buy up to 1,000 Pat...
Jan 03, 2024
At least 20 killed in blasts near Iranian Guards commander Soleimani’s tomb during ceremony
DUBAI (Reuters) -Two explosions killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens near a cemetery in Iran where a ceremony was being held to mark the 2020 death of the country's top commander Qassem Soleim...
Jan 03, 2024
Bangladesh deploys army to keep peace ahead of Sunday’s election
By Ruma Paul and Sudipto Ganguly DHAKA (Reuters) - Troops deployed across Bangladesh on Wednesday amid fears of violence ahead of a national election which the main opposition party is boycotting. Sol...
Jan 03, 2024
Pakistan police probes killing of six barbers in northwest
By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities on Wednesday said they were investigating the murder of six barbers in a tribal region that has long been a hotbed for milit...
Jan 03, 2024
Ugandan LGBT activist in critical condition after stabbing
KAMPALA (Reuters) - A prominent LGBT rights activist in Uganda, where sexual minorities say they have faced a wave of abuse since a harsh anti-gay law was enacted last year, was stabbed on Wednesday a...
Jan 03, 2024
Indonesia delays buying used fighter jets, cites fiscal limits
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Indonesian government has delayed a plan to purchase 12 Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets previously used by Qatar, due to limited fiscal capacity, a spokesperson for the defence mini...
Jan 03, 2024
Ex Pakistan PM Imran Khan charged with contempt of electoral watchdog – lawyer
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was charged on Wednesday with contempt of the electoral commission, his lawyer Naeem Haider Panjutha wrote on social media platf...
Jan 03, 2024
UN experts sound alarm over planned first US execution by nitrogen gas
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations experts on Wednesday called on U.S. authorities not to go ahead with the planned execution of an inmate by nitrogen hypoxia, saying the method may subject him to "cru...
Jan 03, 2024
Philippine military says second joint patrol with US underway in South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines and the United States began a two-day joint patrol in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the Philippine military said in a statement. Philippine armed forces chief Ro...
Jan 03, 2024
EU adds Russia’s biggest diamond producer Alrosa to sanctions list
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has added Russia's Alrosa, the world's biggest diamond producer, as well as its CEO Pavel Alekseevich Marinychev to its sanctions list, it said on Wednesday. "I...
Jan 03, 2024
