Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Drone, explosive attacks target US forces across Iraq – sources
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) -U.S. forces were targeted in three attacks in Iraq on Thursday but suffered no casualties, security sources said, in the most geographically widespread series of strikes on U.S....
Nov 09, 2023
Israel calls hostage videos important, holds off discussing any release
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel described videos released by Palestinian militants on Thursday of two hostages held in Gaza as an important sign of life, but declined to be drawn on whether they would be...
Nov 09, 2023
No indication Iran or its proxies intend to precipitate a conflict -US special envoy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues David Satterfield said on Thursday there was no indication that Iran or its proxies in the region intend to precipitate a ...
Nov 09, 2023
Gaza population lacks food, faces malnutrition, UN food programme official says
By Bart Biesemans BRUSSELS (Reuters) - All of Gaza's 2.3 million inhabitants lack sufficient food and face malnutrition a month into Israel's devastating siege of the Palestinian enclave, a World Food...
Nov 09, 2023
Any halt to Gaza fighting for aid purposes needs coordination with UN
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Any halt to fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip for humanitarian purposes would need to be coordinated with the United Nations and need...
Nov 09, 2023
Israeli military: No ceasefire in Gaza, just brief, local pauses
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel has not agreed to any ceasefires during its military campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but will continue to allow brief, localised pauses to let in humanitarian aid...
Nov 09, 2023
LatAm, Caribbean progress in fighting hunger, though COVID-19 impacts remain -UN
By Juana Casas SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Latin America and the Caribbean have made progress in their fight to eradicate hunger, though the region still has the highest rate of food insecurity worldwide and...
Nov 09, 2023
Ukraine, Poland discuss trucker border protests
(Reuters) - Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov and his Polish counterpart have discussed Polish trucker protests at the Ukrainian border, his ministry in Kyiv said on Thursday, addin...
Nov 09, 2023
Latvian parliament legalises same-sex partnerships
By Andrius Sytas and Janis Laizans RIGA (Reuters) - Latvia's parliament on Thursday voted to allow same-sex couples to establish civil unions, providing them with legal recognition but fewer rights th...
Nov 09, 2023
Germany pledges to make its military ‘the backbone of defence in Europe’
By Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will strengthen its military to make it the backbone of deterrence and collective defence in Europe, Berlin said on Thursday, shortly before it was to issu...
Nov 09, 2023
