Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Alliance of 40 countries to vow not to pay ransom to cybercriminals, US says
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechan...
Oct 31, 2023
Indian deputy IT minister investigated over social media post after attack on Jehovah’s Witnesses
By Jose Devasia THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (Reuters) - Police in Kerala opened an investigation against India's deputy minister of Information Technology on Tuesday for allegedly stirring religious hat...
Oct 31, 2023
Pakistan urged to identify, protect thousands of at-risk Afghan deportees -sources
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Western embassies and the United Nations are urging Pakistan to incorporate into its plan to deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants a way to identify and protect A...
Oct 31, 2023
Russian oligarch Kuzmichev detained in France in laundering, sanctions probe
PARIS (Reuters) -Russian tycoon Alexey Kuzmichev, has been detained for questioning in France in connection with alleged tax evasion and money laundering and for violating international sanctions, the...
Oct 31, 2023
Russia detains two soldiers suspected of killing nine civilians in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators in part of eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow said late on Monday that they had detained two soldiers on suspicion of killing a family of nine people, includ...
Oct 31, 2023
Two dead, dozens of homes destroyed as bushfires rage across eastern Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Two people have been killed and dozens of homes destroyed in bushfires raging across Australia's northern Queensland state, as firefighters travel from across the country and from N...
Oct 31, 2023
North Korea’s closure of Africa embassies a sign of economic hardships – South’s ministry
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's recent closing of its diplomatic missions in Angola and Uganda was a sign that the reclusive country is struggling to make money overseas because of int...
Oct 31, 2023
Drones target Iraq’s Ain al-Asad airbase, no casualties, damage – sources
ANBAR, Iraq (Reuters) - Two armed drones targeted Iraq's Ain al-Asad airbase, which hosts U.S forces and other international forces in western Iraq, a security source and a government source told Reut...
Oct 31, 2023
Israel intercepts ‘aerial target’ near Red Sea city of Eilat
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Air raid sirens went off in the area of the Red Sea city of Eilat on Tuesday and Israel's military said it downed an approaching "aerial target". After an initial warning of a po...
Oct 31, 2023
Montenegro votes in new government with Milojko Spajic prime minister
PODGORICA (Reuters) - After weeks of negotiations, Montenegro's parliament on Tuesday appointed a new government, a coalition of pro-European and pro-Serb parties expected to lead the small Balkan cou...
Oct 31, 2023
