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Two killed in suicide blast attack in Pakistan, Geo News reports
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 ...
No missile attack against Iran, Iranian official tells Reuters
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)
Russia's Bashneft protects refineries with anti-drone nets, RIA says
(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 ...
Israeli military says sirens in northern Israel a false alarm
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 ...
US aims to begin new North Korea sanctions monitoring regime by next month
(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 ...
South Korea set to adjust medical reforms in bid to end walkout, say media reports
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 ...
Gun makers urge US Supreme Court to hear appeal in Mexico's lawsuit
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 ...
Factbox-India’s Lok Sabha election 2024: What you need to know
(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 ...
Factbox-India's Lok Sabha election 2024: the main political parties and candidates
(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 ...
Israeli missiles hit site in Iran, ABC News reports
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 ...