Death toll from landslide at Uganda garbage dump rises to 13
KAMPALA (Reuters) – The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 13, police said on Sunday, as rescue personnel continued…
Israeli strike kills nearly 100 in Gaza school refuge, civil defence officials say
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound housing displaced Palestinian families killed around 100 people, the Gaza Civil Emergency Service said on Saturday.…
Philippine military condemns China air force for ‘dangerous’ acts in South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippine military said on Saturday it strongly condemns “dangerous and provocative actions” by China’s air force at a contested shoal in the South China Sea. It was…
Russia reinforces Kursk region, videos show Ukrainian presence, evidence of attack
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Russia moved extra tanks, artillery and rocket systems to its southern Kursk region and imposed anti-terrorism measures in border areas as it battled a shock incursion…
Plane crashes in Brazil with 62 people on board, local media reports
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -A plane with 62 people on board crashed in Vinhedo, Brazil, on Friday, local TV station GloboNews reported. The ATR-72 plane operated by airline Voepass Linhas Areas…
Panama offers safe passage to Venezuela’s Maduro to allow for transition
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino told broadcaster CNN on Friday he would give Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro safe passage to act as a “bridge” to a third…
US indicts three over alleged support for Iran’s weapons program, DOJ says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has indicted two Iranian citizens and one Pakistani citizen for providing material support to what the U.S. Justice Department called Iran’s weapons of mass…
Analysis-Whoever wins election, Venezuela faces natural gas problem
By Marianna Parraga, Deisy Buitrago and Mircely Guanipa CARACAS/MARACAY (Reuters) -Griselda Ascanio keeps an improvised wood-burning stove ready in her backyard in Maracay, 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Venezuela’s capital,…
Exclusive-US to give another $203 million in humanitarian aid for Sudanese
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States will give an extra $203 million to help millions of civilians affected by the war in Sudan, U.S. Ambassador to…
China blasts US Tibet-China dispute bill, vows to defend its interests
(Reuters) – China expressed strong opposition on Saturday to a U.S. law signed by President Joe Biden that presses Beijing to resolve a dispute over Tibet’s demands for greater autonomy,…