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Two killed in suicide blast attack in Pakistan, Geo News reports

Reuters |Updated 1 minutes ago |1 min read

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Two people were killed in a suicide blast attack in Pakistan's Karachi on Friday that struck a vehicle in which foreign nationals were travelling, broadcaster Geo News reported. Reuters could not immediately verify the ...

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No missile attack against Iran, Iranian official tells Reuters

Reuters |Updated 11 minutes ago |1 min read

DUBAI (Reuters) - Explosions heard in Isfahan were a result of the activation of Iran's air defence systems, an Iranian official told Reuters on Friday, adding that no missile attack was carried out against Iran. (Reporting by Dubai Newsroom)

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Russia's Bashneft protects refineries with anti-drone nets, RIA says

Reuters |Updated 21 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Russian oil and gas company Bashneft has equipped key facilities at its refineries with anti-drone nets, the RIA news agency cited the head of the Russian republic of Bashkortostan, Radiy Khabirov, as saying on Friday. Khabirov said ...

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Israeli military says sirens in northern Israel a false alarm

Reuters |Updated 31 minutes ago |1 min read

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said that warning sirens which sounded early on Friday in northern Israel were a false alarm. The sirens had gone off shortly after unconfirmed reports of Israeli strikes in Iran. (Reporting by James ...

A missile is launched, as the state media reports North Korea test-fired a new mid- to long-range solid-fuel hypersonic missile, at an unknown location in North Korea, April 2, 2024, in this picture released on April 3, 2024, by the Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via

US aims to begin new North Korea sanctions monitoring regime by next month

Reuters |Updated 1 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday that she hoped to find a new way to ensure sanctions enforcement on North Korea by next month after Russia and China thwarted proposed monitoring activities. Linda ...

Doctors chant slogans during a rally to protest against government plans to increase medical school admissions in Seoul, South Korea, March 3, 2024. The banners read "Oppose increasing medical school admissions without talks with the medical community" (in blue) and "Medical education will be harmed in increasing medical school admissions" (in red).

South Korea set to adjust medical reforms in bid to end walkout, say media reports

Hyonhee Shin |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's government is expected to announce on Friday it is willing to adjust plans to raise medical school admissions in a bid to end a walkout by junior doctors and in the wake of the ruling party's ...

People visit the U.S. Supreme Court building  in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023.

Gun makers urge US Supreme Court to hear appeal in Mexico's lawsuit

Nate Raymond |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - U.S. gun manufacturers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court hear their challenge to Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug cartels ...

Rama Chandra, 76, a Sadhu or a Hindu holy man, votes at a polling station during the first phase of the general election, at Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu, India, April 19, 2024.

Factbox-India’s Lok Sabha election 2024: What you need to know

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

(Reuters) - India is holding the world's biggest election starting this month, with nearly 1 billion people eligible to vote and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the pole position. WHAT IS IT? Elections to the 543 contested seats in the lower ...

Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of the state of West Bengal, looks on during a sit-in in Kolkata, India, February 5, 2019.

Factbox-India's Lok Sabha election 2024: the main political parties and candidates

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |5 min read

(Reuters) - India, with nearly a billion eligible voters, set off on the world's largest electoral exercise on Friday. The country has more than 2,500 political parties but just 10 of them hold 86% of all seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house ...

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Israeli missiles hit site in Iran, ABC News reports

Reuters |Updated 1 minutes ago |1 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late on Thursday, citing a U.S. official. Over the weekend, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles in a retaliatory strike after a suspected Israeli strike ...

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