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Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor embraced by Obama, dies at 88
TOKYO, March 17 (Reuters) – Shigeaki Mori, the survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing whom former U.S. President Barack Obama embraced during a historic visit to the city in 2016, […]
Factbox-Reform UK’s platform: Deportations, patriotism and ‘save our pubs’
LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) – Operation Restoring Justice to control borders. A Deportation Command. More oil, gas and nuclear energy. Patriotism in schools. Save the pubs. Read full story Date: […]
‘It was like doomsday,’ says Kabul hospital survivor after Pakistan air strike
KABUL, March 17 (Reuters) – Ahmad, 50, watched flames engulf his friends at a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul where he was undergoing treatment, unable to save them as they […]
Ten foreign individuals arrested in Iran’s northeast for spying, Tasnim reports
DUBAI, March 17 (Reuters) – Ten foreign individuals accused of collecting information on sensitive sites and preparing field operations in Iran’s northeast were arrested by the Revolutionary Guards’ intelligence organisation, […]
Family of Bondi shooting accused fear for their safety, court hears
SYDNEY, March 17 (Reuters) – The family of a man accused of killing 15 people at a Jewish festival on Sydney’s Bondi Beach last year fear for their safety after a […]
Projectile hits tanker off UAE’s Fujairah, UKMTO says
March 17 (Reuters) – An unknown projectile struck a tanker 23 nautical miles east of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates causing minor structural damage, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade […]
US federal jury convicts Assad-era Syrian official of torture
WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) – A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted a former Syrian government official, who headed the Damascus Central Prison under the government of ousted Syrian President […]
UAE temporarily closes its airspace as an exceptional precautionary measure
March 17 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority announced the temporary and full closure of the country’s airspace, as “an exceptional precautionary measure”, amid rapidly evolving […]
Afghan Taliban says 400 killed, 250 injured in Pakistan air strike on Kabul hospital
KABUL, March 17 (Reuters) – At least 400 people were killed and 250 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug users rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital […]
U.S. stocks rebound as oil prices retreat, tech sector rallies
NEW YORK, March 16 (Xinhua) — U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday as a pullback in oil prices and renewed strength in the technology sector lifted broader market sentiment. Read […]