RAMALLAH/GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan the “slap of the century” as thousands of Palestinians held protests in Gaza and the West Bank. A Palestinian man watches a television screen broadcasting the announcement of Mideast peace plan by U.S. President Donald Trump, in a coffee
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian officials warned communities in bushfire-ravaged eastern states to strengthen fire defense on Tuesday amid forecasts of soaring temperatures and strong winds, as one approaching blaze cloaked the capital in thick smoke. FILE PHOTO: A truck drives past charred trees burnt during the recent bushfires near Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia,
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is preparing a site for launching a satellite, a government minister said on Monday, highlighting a program the United States says is a cover for ballistic missile development. FILE PHOTO: An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard
LONDON (Reuters) – Thomas Markle, the father of Meghan, Britain’s Duchess of Sussex, said on Monday that he was prepared to face his daughter in court and that she and her husband Prince Harry had hurt Queen Elizabeth by abruptly stepping back from royal duties. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess
BENGHAZI, Libya/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar sought on Sunday to open a new front by moving forces towards the city of Misrata, which is allied to the country’s internationally recognised government, officials and residents said. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is welcomed by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune at Houari Boumediene airport in
China’s Health Commission Minister Ma Xiaowei attends a news conference on the outbreak of the new coronavirus in Beijing, China January 26, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter BEIJING (Reuters) – The coronavirus transmission ability is getting stronger and infections could continue to rise, China’s National Health Commission said on Sunday, with more than 2,000 people globally infected
ELAZIG, Turkey (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey late on Friday, killing at least 21 people and collapsing buildings in towns near the centre of the tremor, which was strong enough to be felt in several neighbouring countries. A villager stands next to his collapsed house after an earthquake in Sivrice near Elazig,
PARIS (Reuters) – Three French nationals and one Iraqi working for a French non-governmental organization have gone missing in Baghdad, their employer said on Friday, adding that no ransom money had been demanded. SOS Chretiens d’Orient said the four had disappeared on Monday after heading to Baghdad for “administrative procedures” and that the Iraqi authorities
BEIJING (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s Shanghai Disney Resort will be closed from Saturday to help prevent the spread of a flu-like virus that broke out in the Chinese city Wuhan, killing 25 people and infecting more than 800, the theme park operator said. FILE PHOTO: Fireworks explode over the Shanghai Disney Resort during the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top State Department official has been tasked with focusing on “the integrity of multilateral institutions,” including countering “malign influences” of China and others at the United Nations, the U.S. State Department confirmed on Thursday. Foreign Policy Magazine reported on Wednesday that Mark Lambert, most recently the U.S. special envoy for North
(Reuters) – An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has killed 17 and infected nearly 600 people globally. FILE PHOTO: People wearing masks walk through an underground passage to the subway in Beijing, China January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Lee Global health authorities fear the transmission rate will
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called climate activists like Greta Thunberg “prophets of doom” at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday. By Wednesday he was lamenting not having watched the teenage activist’s speech. The gentler tone, along with a promise to join a plan to plant one trillion trees, hinted at a
FILE PHOTO: A Chinese flag flutters at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo – RC2LJE9RAKHZ BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the central government cares for the health and well-being of its Taiwan compatriots more than anyone else. Taiwan’s participation in international bodies must be
FILE PHOTO: Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives to the global premiere for Apple’s “The Morning Show” at the Lincoln Center in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 28, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will attend a breakfast meeting on Wednesday with Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday found key figures of the opposition Future Forward Party not guilty of opposing the country’s monarchy, an allegation that could have seen the high-profile party banned in one of several ongoing cases against it. Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit greets his supporters after Thailand’s Constitutional Court
VALLETTA (Reuters) – Another Maltese minister has quit after a paper reported links between her policeman husband and the man suspected of masterminding a journalist’s murder, the government said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a placard with a picture of Daphne Caruana Galizia during a protest demanding justice over the murder of the
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