RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -The Palestinian Authority said on Saturday it would welcome international support in the inquiry into the death of an Al Jazeera journalist, while Israel said it would investigate an eruption of violence at her funeral. I…
Building fire kills 27 in New Delhi, police arrest company owners
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Police in New Delhi arrested two people suspected of flouting fire safety regulations on Saturday after at least 27 people died in a blaze at a building housing a manufacturing unit for surveillance cameras. Rescue teams worked ov…
Sri Lanka eases curfew as new PM begins forming cabinet
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka lifted a nationwide curfew for 12 hours on Saturday, further easing tight curbs as new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe made first his cabinet appointments after clashes between pro-…
UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed named new president
DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates’ de facto leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan was elected president of the Gulf Arab state by a federal supreme council on Saturday, solidifying his rule over the OPEC oil producer and key regional playe…
Ukraine seeks evacuation of wounded fighters as war rages on
By Sergiy Karazy and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Very complex talks are underway to evacuate a large number of wounded soldiers from a besieged steelworks in the strategic southeastern port of Mariupol in return for the release of Russian prisoners …
Australia’s Morrison vows more empathy if re-elected PM
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised on Saturday to be more empathetic if he wins re-election, as his government continues to trail the opposition Labor Party a week before a general election. Australians go to the votin…
Former Reagan adviser McFarlane, linchpin in Iran-Contra affair, dies
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Robert McFarlane, a White House adviser who tapped Saudi royals to fund a covert war in Nicaragua and flew on a secret mission to sell arms to Iran in the scandal that shook Ronald Reagan’s presidency, has died….
Tech firms ask U.S. Supreme Court to block Texas social media law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lobbying groups representing Facebook, Twitter, Google and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to block a Texas law that prohibits large social media platforms from banni…
Biden says baby formula shortage to ease in weeks as U.S. imports more
By Doina Chiacu and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. baby formula shortage should improve dramatically in coming weeks, President Joe Biden and top officials said on Friday as the administration scrambled to reverse a shortfall that hits low…
Ukrainian forces thwart Russians at river as fight shifts to Donbas
By Jonathan Landay DERGACHI, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine’s military showed on Friday, as Moscow appeared to be refocusing its as…