An Israeli tank was stolen from a military zone. Authorities found it in a junkyard
Israeli authorities are trying to figure out how a tank was stolen from a military training zone in northern Israel
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At US Antarctic base hit by harassment claims, workers are banned from buying alcohol at bars
From Sunday, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be able to walk into a bar and order a beer, after the federal agency overseeing the research program decided to stop serving alcohol
Brazil's President Lula recovering in hospital after hip replacement surgery
A doctor says that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is recovering in a hospital following successful hip replacement surgery
Putin met top Wagner commander Troshev - Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Andrei Troshev, formerly a top Wagner mercenary commander, to discuss how voluntary fighting units are used in the Ukraine war, the Kremlin said
Hollywood writers' deal may set a template for talks with striking actors
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The tentative deal Hollywood writers reached with the major studios and streaming services could serve as a template for actors, who have
16-year-old boy arrested in England over the 'deliberate' felling of a famous tree at Hadrian's Wall
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in northern England in connection with what authorities described as the “deliberate” felling of a famous tree that had stood for nearly 200 years next to the Roman landmark Hadrian’s Wall
Special Report-WhatsApp to war: How Cubans were recruited to fight for Russia
By Dave Sherwood LA FEDERAL, Cuba (Reuters) - Cuban seamstress Yamidely Cervantes has bought a new sewing machine for the first time in years, plus a refrigerator and a cellphone - all on Russia's
Top US House foreign affairs Democrat seeks "pause" on military aid to Egypt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ranking Democrat on the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Friday he had asked the U.S.
Work starts on turning Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Austria into a police station
Work has started on turning the house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 into a police station
UN vote on foreign police mission to Haiti set for Monday
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Monday to approve the deployment of foreign police to Haiti and authorize the use of force to help
Kenyan opposition lawmakers say the Haiti peacekeeping mission must be approved by parliament
Kenyan lawmakers say that parliamentary approval is required before the deployment of police to the Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti to combat gang violence that was approved by the U.N. Security Council this week
Western countries want a UN team created to monitor rights violations and abuses in Sudan
Four Western countries have floated a proposal for the United Nations' top human rights body to appoint a team of experts to monitor and report on abuses and rights violations in war-wracked Sudan
US budget fight could create opening for China in the Pacific
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 45-day stopgap measure passed by the U.S.
September sizzled to records and was so much warmer than average scientists call it 'mind-blowing'
After a record-smashing hot summer, Earth's warming somehow got even worse in September
Biden fears congressional chaos will disrupt US aid to Ukraine
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden expressed fears on Wednesday that U.S. aid to Ukraine could be hurt by congressional chaos and said he will give a major speech soon to make
US resumes food aid to refugees in Ethiopia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is resuming food aid to refugees in Ethiopia after assistance was paused earlier this year because donations were being diverted, a senior U.S.
Artillery fire has killed 11 people and wounded 90 in a major Sudanese city, aid group says
An aid group says heavy artillery fire killed at least 11 people and wounded 90 in a major city in conflict-torn Sudan
Taiwan probes firms suspected of selling chip equipment to China's Huawei despite US sanctions
Taiwan's economy minister has confirmed that regulators are investigating four Taiwanese companies suspected of helping China’s Huawei Technologies to build semiconductor facilities
Analysis-Is the US strategy of engaging China working?
By Michael Martina and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Early in the Biden administration, U.S.
Taiwan elects its own leaders so is already independent: presidential frontrunner
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has shown it is already independent and sovereign by electing its own president and has no need for a separate declaration of independence, the frontrunner to be the island's
A UN rights commission accuses South Sudan of violations more than a year before the next election
The U.N. Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has accused the country’s National Security Service of threatening media and civil society and undermining prospects for a democratic transition before next year's election
Man ordered to remain in custody over an alleged plot to kidnap and murder a British television host
A 36-year-old man has been ordered to remain in custody in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap and murder one of Britain’s most high-profile television personalities
A Hong Kong man gets 4 months in prison for importing children's books deemed to be seditious
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to four months in prison after he pleaded guilty to importing children’s books deemed to be “seditious publications.”
A Ugandan business turns banana fiber into sustainable handicrafts
A decapitated banana plant is almost useless, an inconvenience to the farmer who must uproot it and lay its dismembered parts as mulch
Analysis-In striking Israel, Hamas also took aim at Middle East security realignment
By Samia Nakhoul, Nidal al-Mughrabi, Matt Spetalnick and Laila Bassam DUBAI/GAZA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Islamist group Hamas launched a spectacular attack against Israel, it also took aim at
