Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Niger’s ousted president Bazoum attempts escape, junta captors claim
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's junta said on Thursday that it had thwarted an escape attempt by ousted President Mohamed Bazoum who has been imprisoned by the military since a July 26 coup despite interna...
Oct 19, 2023
Trump not immune from criminal charges in 2020 election case, prosecutors say
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump does not have immunity from criminal charges for trying to reverse his 2020 U.S. presidential election loss, federal prosecutors said Thursday, opposing his bid ...
Oct 19, 2023
Haitian gangs run schools, clinics as government absent -UN report
By Harold Isaac and Sarah Morland PORT-AU-RPINCE (Reuters) - Haitian gangs run schools, clinics and foundations in place of an increasingly absent government, even as their criminal rackets help gang ...
Oct 19, 2023
China’s Xi Jinping commits to more investments in Nigeria
By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday for his country to increase investments in Nigeria's power generation sector and its digital economy, the Nigerian vic...
Oct 19, 2023
North Korea’s Kim expresses resolve to fulfil agreements made with Russia’s Putin -KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his resolve to fulfil agreements made at his summit last month with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he met visiting Russian Foreign Mini...
Oct 19, 2023
US judge declares California’s assault weapons ban unconstitutional
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday declared a California law banning assault weapons unconstitutional, saying the prohibition enacted in 1989 against semi-automatic weapons could ...
Oct 19, 2023
US troops attacked in Iraq, Syria and on alert for more strikes
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. troops have been repeatedly attacked in Iraq and Syria in recent days, U.S. officials said on Thursday, as Washington is on heightened alert for activity by I...
Oct 19, 2023
US senators ready bill to fund office helping Iran oil seizures
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators from both parties are readying legislation to help the federal government enforce oil sanctions on Iran, the office of Senator Joni Ernst, a Rep...
Oct 19, 2023
West Bank a possible ‘third front’ for Israel
By Ali Sawafta and John Davison RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Violence in the occupied West Bank has surged since Israel began bombarding the Gaza Strip and clashing with Hezbollah at the Lebanon bor...
Oct 19, 2023
US says it shot down missiles, drones in Red Sea potentially heading toward Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. warship shot down three missiles and several drones in the northern Red Sea, the Pentagon said on Thursday, adding that they were potentially heading toward targets in Is...
Oct 19, 2023
