Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Would-be Putin challenger Duntsova barred from running in election – campaign team
Reuters) - Former TV journalist Yekaterina Duntsova has been barred from running against President Vladimir Putin in an election next march because of "mistakes" in her application to register as a ca...
Dec 23, 2023
Iran threatens Mediterranean closure over Gaza, without saying how
(Reuters) - An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said the Mediterranean Sea could be closed if the United States and its allies continued to commit "crimes" in Gaza, Iranian media reported on Sat...
Dec 23, 2023
India firm denies tampering with tests in probe of cough syrup deaths
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Maiden Pharmaceuticals, whose cough syrups have been linked to the deaths of children in Gambia, on Saturday denied it had tampered with test samples or...
Dec 23, 2023
Taiwan reports more Chinese military activity as election approaches
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan reported Chinese warplanes and warships around the island on Saturday, including aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing continues milita...
Dec 23, 2023
Ukraine claims to down three Russian fighter-bomber jets
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and military officials said the country's forces shot down three Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber aircraft on Friday on the southern front, hailing it a...
Dec 22, 2023
UN urges more Gaza aid, UN chief says Israel creating distribution ‘obstacles’
By Michelle Nichols, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council called for boosting humanitarian assistance for Gaza, but the U.N. chief sa...
Dec 22, 2023
Biden ‘heartbroken’ that American believed kidnapped by Hamas is dead
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he was "heartbroken" by the news that an American named Gad Haggai is believed to have been killed by Palestinian Islam...
Dec 22, 2023
Ukrainian investigators say they uncover fraud in arms procurement
(Reuters) - Ukraine's SBU security service and the Defence Ministry said on Friday they had uncovered a scheme for fraudulent purchase of artillery shells that involved embezzlement of the equivalent ...
Dec 22, 2023
Hamas and Palestinian Authority split on UN Gaza resolution
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Palestinian foreign ministry and the Islamist group Hamas issued opposing statements on Friday in response to the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution ...
Dec 22, 2023
US says Iran ‘deeply involved’ in Red Sea attacks on commercial vessels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran was "deeply involved" in planning operations against commercial vessels in the Red Sea and its intelligence was critical to enable Yemen's Houthi movement to target ships, ...
Dec 22, 2023
