THE HAGUE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has suspended a shipment of weapons to Israel, including heavy bombs the U.S. ally used in its campaign against Hamas militants in Gaza which has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians. The suspension comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues a military assault on the Palestinian city of Rafah, […]
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives this week is due to deliver its impeachment case against President Joe Biden‘s top border official, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, to the Democratic-majority Senate. That chamber’s majority Democrats are seen as all but certain to bring the proceedings to a swift end, […]
(Reuters) – Mexico abruptly suspended bilateral relations with Ecuador in an escalating diplomatic dispute, after Ecuador’s police forced their way into Mexico’s Quito embassy to arrest a former vice president on graft charges. WHY DID ECUADOR ENTER MEXICO’S EMBASSY? Heavily-armed and balaclava-clad police broke into Mexico’s embassy late on Friday night to arrest Jorge Glas, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. has intelligence confirming Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for a deadly shooting attack at a concert near Moscow on Friday, a U.S. official told Reuters. Here is information about the Islamic State’s Afghan branch known as ISIS-K and their motives for attacking Russia: WHAT IS ISIS-K? Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), […]
(Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that what it has described for more than two years as its “special military operation” in Ukraine had “become a war” because of the involvement of the West. Here is a look at why Russia is changing its terminology. IT WAS ALWAYS A WAR, SO WHY CALL IT […]
By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – Almost 8,000 trainee doctors have walked off the job in South Korea to protest a government plan to admit more students to medical schools, and more are expected to join them. Trainee doctors say the government needs to address pay and working conditions first before boosting […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized again and was put under general anesthesia on Monday to address a bladder issue. It was his second hospitalization this year following prostate cancer surgery in December. Here is an explanation of what has been revealed publicly about Austin’s medical issues. WHY IS AUSTIN […]
By Dan Peleschuk and Andrew Osborn KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) – Russian forces are intensifying efforts to seize the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka as Moscow’s war in Ukraine grinds on. The fighting is reminiscent of the battle for another eastern city, Bakhmut, which fell to Russia last May after months of grinding urban combat, 15 months […]
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley‘s battle for the Republican presidential nomination heads to South Carolina on Feb. 24, when the Southern state hosts the party’s third competitive contest of the primary season. For Haley, who was born in South Carolina and served as its governor […]
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS, Dec 14 (Reuters) – European Union leaders will declare the start of accession talks with Ukraine at their summit in Brussels, their chairman Charles Michel said on Thursday in a surprise announcement. The talks themselves are likely to take years. Ukraine, which has a population of 44 million and is geographically […]