Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Royal Jordanian airlines suspends flights to Beirut, state news agency says
CAIRO (Reuters) - Jordan's flag carrier Royal Jordanian suspended flights to Beirut on Sunday "due to the current situation", the state news agency reported without giving an exact time frame for the ...
Aug 25, 2024
Tel Aviv stocks up 0.5% after Hezbollah attack on Israel contained
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Tel Aviv share indices opened higher on Sunday after a rocket barrage by Hezbollah into Israel was contained by an Israeli pre-emptive strike. The blue-chip Tel Aviv 35 index was...
Aug 25, 2024
China says it took 'control measures' against Philippine vessel in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Sunday it had taken "control measures" against a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea, where the two countries have had escalating confrontations over disputed wa...
Aug 25, 2024
Pakistan bus accidents kill at least 34, authorities say
KARACHI (Reuters) - Two bus accidents in northeast and southwest Pakistan killed as at least 34 people on Sunday, the authorities said. Twelve pilgrims died on the Makran Coastal Highway in the southw...
Aug 25, 2024
Russia sends more artillery to troops fighting Ukraine in Kursk
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday that it sent more artillery to the Kursk region where Russian forces are fighting thousands of Ukrainian troops who pierced the Russian bord...
Aug 25, 2024
Israeli military says jets striking in Lebanon
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli jets launched strikes in Lebanon after the military assessed that the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement was preparing to fire rockets and missiles towards Israel, the mili...
Aug 25, 2024
Pentagon chief reaffirms US commitment to Israel's defense
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to Israel's defense, the Pentagon said late on Saturday. Austin "sp...
Aug 25, 2024
Billionaire Adani's Mumbai slum revamp struggles to secure land in potential setback
By Dhwani Pandya MUMBAI (Reuters) - A joint-venture led by billionaire Gautam Adani is struggling to secure land to rehabilitate poor residents of one of Asia's largest slums in Mumbai, a government o...
Aug 25, 2024
German stabbing suspect is 26-year-old man who admitted to the crime, police say
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The suspect in custody for a stabbing rampage in the western German city of Solingen that killed three people and injured eight is a 26-year-old man who admitted to the crime, au...
Aug 25, 2024
China slams US for adding firms to export control list, vows action
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday it strongly opposed a U.S. decision to add multiple Chinese entities to its export control list over Russia-related issues. The United St...
Aug 25, 2024
