[ad_1] GENEVA (Reuters) – Israel is still imposing “unlawful” restrictions on humanitarian relief for Gaza, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday, despite assertions from Israel and others that restrictions have eased. Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip triggered by Hamas’ cross-border attacks on Oct. 7 has turned much of the Gaza strip into…
[ad_1] WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s central bank governor dismissed the charges against him in a motion which seeks to bring him before a State Tribunal as “baseless” on Friday, as he laid out a cautious path ahead for interest rates. The motion submitted to parliament’s speaker last month set in train an unprecedented process that…
[ad_1] WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland said on Friday that Israel’s ambassador had apologised after an Israeli air strike killed a Polish aid worker in Gaza this week. Damian Sobol, a volunteer from southeastern Poland, was among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen who were killed in the airstrike in central…
[ad_1] KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s air force shot down all 13 drones used in Russia’s overnight attack on southern regions, the Ukrainian military said on Friday. Shahed drones were destroyed over the Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Russia also used two S-300/S-400 missiles and three Iskander-M ballistic missiles in the attack. One of the attacks…
[ad_1] CHISINAU (Reuters) – Border police in ex-Soviet Moldova said on Thursday they had found and cordoned off what appeared to be fragments of an Iranian-made Russian drone just inside the country’s border with Ukraine. A police statement said the fragments were found near the villages of Etulia and Vladiceni and bore the inscription Heran-2,…
[ad_1] By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen KORSOR, Denmark (Reuters) – A Danish frigate deployed to the Red Sea as part of a U.S.-led operation suffered malfunctioning of its weapon systems when attacked by drones operated by Houthi militants last month, the captain said on Thursday as the ship arrived in Denmark. The failure, which until Thursday had…
[ad_1] TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan on Thursday condemned China as “shameless” after Beijing’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations thanked the world for its concern about a strong earthquake on the island. China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and also claims the right to speak for it on the international stage, to the…
[ad_1] MUMBAI (Reuters) – Sports technology-focussed fund Centre Court Capital said on Thursday that it has launched a 3.5 billion rupees (around $42 million) venture capital fund that includes investments from the owners of India’s JSW Group and billionaire Azim Premji’s wealth fund. Centre Court Capital, or CCC, has raised 2 billion rupees so far…
[ad_1] BOGOTA (Reuters) -A senate committee on Wednesday rejected a health reform proposed by the government of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, in a new defeat for the leftist, who has struggled to push new laws for his cornerstone promises through the Andean country’s Congress. The reform was aimed at stripping power from insurers and expanding…
[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia considers South Korea’s decision to impose sanctions against Russian individuals and entities as an “unfriendly” move and will respond in due course, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. South Korea has imposed sanctions against two Russian vessels which it says were carrying military cargo to North Korea….
