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Putin likely to announce accession of occupied regions of Ukraine on Sept 30, UK says

REUTERS 2022-09-27 12:21:56

Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to announce the accession of occupied regions of Ukraine to the Russian Federation during his address to parliament on Sept. 30, the British Ministry of Defe...

Iran says US attempting to use unrest to weaken country

REUTERS 2022-09-27 11:12:59

Iran faced more international criticism on Monday over the death of a woman in police custody that triggered nationwide protests after Tehran accused the United States of using the unrest to try to de...

Gas from Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline leaks into Baltic Sea

REUTERS 2022-09-27 10:19:11

Danish authorities on Monday asked ships to steer clear of a five nautical mile radius off the island of Bornholm after a gas leak overnight from the defunct Russian-owned Nord Stream 2 pipeline drain...

Canada to remove all Covid border, travel measures from Oct 1

-- 2022-09-26 21:10:57

Canada will remove all Covid-19 restrictions for inbound travellers from Oct 1, as well as testing, quarantine, and isolation requirements, the government said on Monday. The decision to drop the res...

Iran protests Western stance on protests over woman's death

-- 2022-09-26 19:58:37

Iran summoned the British and Norwegian ambassadors over what it called interference and hostile media coverage of the nationwide unrest triggered by the death of a woman detained by the morality poli...

South African teens skip school to chase risky crypto dreams

-- 2022-09-26 18:45:30

John first heard of cryptocurrency three years ago, when the teenager came across slick YouTube videos and Facebook posts of other South Africans claiming to have become wealthy overnight with bitcoin...

Italy election victors aim for rare political stability

-- 2022-09-26 18:29:22

The right-wing alliance that won Italy's national election will usher in a rare era of political stability to tackle an array of problems besieging the euro zone's third-largest economy, one of its se...

At least 13 die in Russia school shooting

-- 2022-09-26 17:21:36

At least 13 people have died in a school shooting in the Russian city of Izhevsk, the TASS news agency quoted Russia's Investigative Committee as saying on Monday. The motive for the shooting in Izhe...

‘Worst’ cholera outbreak in Syria for years kills 29

-- 2022-09-26 16:26:28

A cholera outbreak in several regions of Syria has killed 29 people, the Syrian health ministry said on Monday in what the UN has called the worst outbreak in the war-torn country for years. Rapid as...

Pakistani military helicopter crashes, killing six soldiers

REUTERS 2022-09-26 12:04:15

A Pakistani military helicopter crashed in the southwest area of the country late on Sunday killing all six soldiers on board, including two officers, the military said on Monday. The helicopter cras...

Japan bans chemical weapons-related goods to Russia, concerned by nuke threats

REUTERS 2022-09-26 10:41:18

Japan has decided to ban exports of chemical weapons-related goods to Russia in an additional sanction against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, and is "deeply concerned" about the possible use of...

Italy's right wing, led by Meloni, wins election, exit polls say

-- 2022-09-26 09:36:57

A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party was on course for a clear majority in the next parliament, giving the country its mo...

Meloni tipped to be first women prime minister as Italians vote

-- 2022-09-25 21:04:02

Italians were voting on Sunday in an election that is forecast to return the country's most right-wing government since World War Two and pave the way for Giorgia Meloni to become its first woman prim...

Gang of armed men kills at least 15 people at Nigerian mosque

-- 2022-09-25 20:53:30

A gang of armed men killed at least 15 people at a mosque in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday. The attack in the Bukkuyum local government area took place during Friday p...

Over 730 held in anti-mobilisation protests across Russia: rights group 

-- 2022-09-25 19:22:13

More than 730 people were detained across Russia at protests against a mobilisation order on Saturday, a rights group said, three days after President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's first military dr...

WB pledges $2.0b for flood-ravaged Pakistan

-- 2022-09-25 17:14:34

The World Bank said it will provide about $2.0 billion in aid to Pakistan, ravaged by floods that have killed more than 1,600 people this year, the largest pledge of assistance so far. Unprecedented...

Polls open in Italy, right-wing alliance seen winning

-- 2022-09-25 16:27:32

Polls opened in Italy on Sunday in an election that is forecast to return the country's most right-wing government since World War Two and also herald its first woman prime minister. Voting began at...

Philippines evacuates coastal communities as Typhoon Noru nears

-- 2022-09-25 16:22:02

A typhoon gained strength as it approached the Philippines on Sunday, forcing thousands of people from their homes in coastal communities on the main island of Luzon and the cancellation of dozens of...

Tokyo tightens security for slain Shinzo Abe’s funeral

-- 2022-09-25 16:06:55

Japan's state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday is under the spotlight as authorities seek to avoid the kind of security blunders exposed in his assassination in July. Abe was s...

Putin allies express concern over mobilisation 'excesses'

REUTERS 2022-09-25 15:07:55

Russia's two most senior lawmakers on Sunday addressed a string of complaints about Russia's mobilisation drive, ordering regional officials to get a handle on the situation and swiftly solve the "exc...

Shelling hits south Ukraine as Russia in UN spotlight over escalation

-- 2022-09-25 14:33:32

Ukraine and Russia traded accusations on Sunday of attacks on civilians in southern Ukraine as Russia sought to justify its seven-month war, even as it escalated with reinforcements and the expe...

North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of US VP Harris visit

-- 2022-09-25 13:09:53

North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast on Sunday, ahead of planned military drills by South Korean and US forces involving an aircraft carrier and a visit to the regi...

Iran will act decisively after biggest protests in years, president says

REUTERS 2022-09-25 12:06:13

Iran must deal decisively with protests which have swept the country after the death in custody of a woman detained by the Islamic Republic's morality police, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday....

Complaints about Russia's chaotic mobilisation grow louder

-- 2022-09-24 22:41:17

The stridently pro-Kremlin editor of Russia's state-run RT news channel expressed anger on Saturday that enlistment officers were sending call-up papers to the wrong men, as frustration about a milita...

How climate change is fuelling hurricanes

-- 2022-09-24 20:26:52

After a quiet start to the season, Hurricane Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico and then battered the Dominican Republic, leaving more than 1.0 million people without running water or power. By Saturday...

Inflation, spending cuts undermine Biden's hunger policy

REUTERS 2022-09-24 20:06:51

Grace Melt made her first visit to the Nourishing Hope food pantry on Chicago's North Side in August. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, she used food stamps issued by the federal government to buy gro...

'Time is up': Countries trapped in climate crisis raise alarm at UN

-- 2022-09-24 16:23:08

Countries on the front lines of the climate crisis are fed up. During the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations this week, low-lying island nation Vanuatu stepped up a fight to get...

'Blood on your hands' if world steps back on tackling COVID now, WHO official says

-- 2022-09-24 16:14:51

If rich nations think the pandemic is over, they should help lower-income countries reach that point too, a senior World Health Organization official told Reuters. In an interview, WHO senior adviser...

Iran's leaders are safe but protests raise the stakes over imposing veil

-- 2022-09-24 16:09:01

The popular revolt in Iran triggered by the death of a woman held by police is unlikely to pose an immediate threat to clerical rulers whose elite security forces have crushed one protest after anothe...

Why Japan is divided over Shinzo Abe's state funeral

REUTERS 2022-09-24 16:02:13

A lavish, taxpayer-funded funeral for Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has triggered a public backlash against the ruling party he led for years. Some opposition lawmakers are boycotting Tue...