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Russian war correspondent for Izvestia killed in Ukraine
(Reuters) - Semyon Eremin, a war correspondent for the Russian daily Izvestia, was killed on Friday in a drone attack in southeastern Ukraine, the daily said. Izvestia said Eremin, 42, died of wounds suffered when a drone made a second pass over ...
Iran says it will respond at 'maximum level' if Israel acts against its interests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Friday that Iran will respond at an immediate and "maximum level" if Israel acts against its interests. "If Israel wants to do another adventurism and acts against ...
US military strategy tested as Iran-Israel warfare comes out of shadows
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military's success helping Israel stop a massive wave of Iranian missiles and drones last weekend might suggest Washington is well prepared militarily for whatever comes next as Iran ...
Five high school students wounded in Maryland shooting
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Gunfire broke out at a park in Greenbelt, Maryland, where hundreds of high school students had gathered while skipping school on Friday, wounding five males aged 16 to 18, police said. One victim was in critical ...
Huge blast at military base used by Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, army sources say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A huge blast rocked a military base used by Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) to the south of Baghdad late on Friday, army sources told Reuters. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; Editing by Chris Reese)
North Korea conducts cruise missile warhead test on Friday, KCNA says
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea conducted a cruise missile warhead test and test launch of its new anti-aircraft missile in the West Sea of Korea on Friday, the North's KCNA news agency said on Saturday. North Korea had conducted a power test of a ...
Haiti's death toll rises as international support lags, UN report says
By Sarah Morland (Reuters) - More than 2,500 people were killed or injured in gang violence in Haiti from January through March, up 53% from the last three months of 2023, the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) said on Friday. At ...
UN warns 800,000 people in Sudan city in 'extreme, immediate danger'
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in "extreme and immediate danger" as worsening violence advances and threatens to "unleash bloody intercommunal strife throughout Darfur," top U.N. officials warned the ...
Chad air force chief orders US to halt activities at army base, letter shows
(Reuters) - Chad's air force chief ordered the United States to halt activities at an air base near the capital N'Djamena, according to a letter sent to the transitional government and seen by Reuters. Chad has so far not followed the steps of ...
US State Dept 'fully expects' to finalize new AUKUS trade exemptions in next 120 days
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department said on Friday it fully expects to finalize new trade exemptions for the AUKUS defense project with Australia and Britain in the next 120 days, signaling a further delay in the move, ...