Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Gaza in 2024: Signs of more devastation, open-ended occupation
By Samia Nakhoul (Reuters) - The war aims of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gaza's Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar look unattainable in 2024, and their fight may consign the Palestinian terri...
Dec 28, 2023
China’s military lashes out at US after breakthrough talks
By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) - China's defence ministry lashed out at the United States on Thursday, a week after their top military officials resumed high-level talks, criticising its continued m...
Dec 28, 2023
UN report deplores ‘rapid deterioration’ of rights in West Bank
GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations report published on Thursday deplored what it said was a "rapid deterioration" of human rights in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and urged Israeli authorities to en...
Dec 28, 2023
Romania, Bulgaria agree partial Schengen entry with Austria – ministry
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join Europe's open-borders Schengen area by air and sea from March 2024, with talks set to continue next year about...
Dec 28, 2023
Islamist rebel commander killed in Ugandan rainforest – army
By Elias Biryabarema (Reuters) - Uganda's army said it killed a commander of a unit of the Islamist rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) blamed for a string of deadly attacks including a massacre at a...
Dec 28, 2023
Bulk carrier hits mine in Black Sea, two people injured, Ukraine says
(Reuters) - A Panama-flagged bulk carrier that was headed to a River Danube port to load grain has hit a mine in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian military said on Thursday. It was the latest incident of a...
Dec 28, 2023
GCC-South Korea sign free trade deal in boost to Gulf-Asia economic ties
By Rachna Uppal and Ahmed Elimam DUBAI (Reuters) -The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) signed a free trade agreement with South Korea on Thursday, its second trade deal this year, as the six-member bloc...
Dec 28, 2023
China says it won’t turn a blind eye to Philippines’ repeated ‘provocations’
BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Thursday said it will not turn a blind eye to repeated "provocations and harassment" by the Philippines, amid heightened tensions over a spate of run-ins in the South China...
Dec 28, 2023
South Korea police defend probe of ‘Parasite’ actor who was found dead
By Jack Kim and Jimin Jung SEOUL (Reuters) - The head of the district police force that investigated South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun over allegations of illegal drug use on Thursday defended the tough...
Dec 28, 2023
Bangladesh garment factories fire workers after protests, unions say
By Ruma Paul and Kanjyik Ghosh DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh garment factories have fired hundreds of workers since protests in October demanding higher wages, three labour unions representing half a m...
Dec 28, 2023
