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Iran threatens to annihilate Israel should it launch a major attack
DUBAI (Reuters) - An Israeli attack on Iranian territory could radically change dynamics and result in there being nothing left of the "Zionist regime", Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the official IRNA news ...
Palestinian NGO's legal case over UK arms to Israel to be heard in October
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) - A Palestinian rights group's legal challenge to try to stop British arms exports to Israel over allegations of breaches of international law in the war in Gaza will be heard in October at London's High Court, a ...
Sudan military downs drones targeting its HQ in Shendi, say army sources
(Reuters) - Sudan's army used anti-aircraft missiles on Tuesday to shoot down drones targeting its headquarters in the city of Shendi, witnesses and army sources said, the latest in a series of such drone attacks. None of the drones hit their ...
Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland
MAILUU-SUU, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the ...
Spain sets up fund for victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is to set up a fund, to be financed largely by the Catholic Church, to compensate an estimated 440,000 victims of decades of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, staff or teachers, the justice minister announced on Tuesday. A ...
Bosnia arrests 23 in Europol-backed action against drug cartel
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnian police backed by international law enforcement agencies raided dozens of locations and arrested 23 people suspected of working for the jailed kingpin of a European drug cartel, the European Union police agency ...
Tunisian coast guard retrieves bodies of 19 migrants
TUNIS (Reuters) - The Tunisian coast guard has retrieved the bodies of 19 migrants who were trying to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa, the national guard said on Tuesday. The latest incident took the number of migrant deaths off the ...
Exclusive-Ecuador examining new Amazon and Ocean linked debt-for-nature swaps, sources say
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Ecuador is scoping out new debt-for-nature swaps, one to funnel funds into the Amazon rainforest and another for a giant ocean protection zone backed by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, people familiar with the ...
Lies, deceit to weigh heavily on EU vote, warns parliament head
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union voters are set to be bombarded with lies and disinformation from outside and within the bloc in the June election for the new European Parliament, the president of the assembly warned on ...
At least 10 jihadist attacks prevented in Europe in 2023, Dutch agency says
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Western intelligence prevented at least 10 jihadist attacks across Europe last year and the current war between Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas has increased the threat of further attacks, Dutch intelligence ...