KAMPALA (Reuters) – A landslide at a landfill in Uganda’s capital Kampala has killed eight people, the city’s authorities said on Saturday. The incident happened late Friday after heavy rainfall when sections…
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Israel airstrike on Gaza school kills more than 100, Hamas-run media office says
CAIRO (Reuters) -More than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, the Hamas-run Gaza government said on Saturday, an airstrike the…
Sierra Leone court sentences soldiers to long jail terms for failed coup
By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) – A military court in Sierra Leone has sentenced 24 soldiers to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of…
Russian in prisoner swap ends US hack-and-trade conviction appeal
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A Russian businessman released as part of last week’s prisoner swap between Russia and the West is dropping his appeal of his U.S. conviction for engaging in…
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 country in…
Israeli strike kills senior Hamas figure in south Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on a car deep inside Lebanon killed a senior figure from Palestinian armed group Hamas on Friday evening, a Hamas source and two other security sources…
Nicaragua to expel Brazil’s ambassador as relations deteriorate
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil expects Nicaragua to expel its ambassador on Thursday and the Brazilian government was considering retaliating in kind, an official at Brazil’s foreign ministry said, as…
NASA says Starliner astronauts could return on SpaceX in Feb 2025 if needed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA said on Wednesday that astronauts delivered to the International Space Station by Boeing’s Starliner could return on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon in February 2025 if Starliner is still deemed…
Putin warns the United States of Cold War-style missile crisis
By Guy Faulconbridge and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned the United States that if Washington deployed long-range missiles in Germany then Russia would station similar missiles…
Ukraine gets new $225 million US military aid after Biden meets Zelenskiy
By Jeff Mason and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday announced a new security package for Ukraine worth $225 million, which includes a Patriot missile battery, additional ammunition for…