Featured News
Five high school students wounded in Maryland shooting
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Gunfire broke out at a park in Greenbelt, Maryland, where hundreds of high school students had gathered while skipping school on Friday, wounding five males aged 16 to 18, police said. One victim was in critical ...
Huge blast at military base used by Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, army sources say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A huge blast rocked a military base used by Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) to the south of Baghdad late on Friday, army sources told Reuters. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; Editing by Chris Reese)
North Korea conducts cruise missile warhead test on Friday, KCNA says
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea conducted a cruise missile warhead test and test launch of its new anti-aircraft missile in the West Sea of Korea on Friday, the North's KCNA news agency said on Saturday. North Korea had conducted a power test of a ...
Haiti's death toll rises as international support lags, UN report says
By Sarah Morland (Reuters) - More than 2,500 people were killed or injured in gang violence in Haiti from January through March, up 53% from the last three months of 2023, the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) said on Friday. At ...
UN warns 800,000 people in Sudan city in 'extreme, immediate danger'
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in "extreme and immediate danger" as worsening violence advances and threatens to "unleash bloody intercommunal strife throughout Darfur," top U.N. officials warned the ...
Chad air force chief orders US to halt activities at army base, letter shows
(Reuters) - Chad's air force chief ordered the United States to halt activities at an air base near the capital N'Djamena, according to a letter sent to the transitional government and seen by Reuters. Chad has so far not followed the steps of ...
US State Dept 'fully expects' to finalize new AUKUS trade exemptions in next 120 days
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department said on Friday it fully expects to finalize new trade exemptions for the AUKUS defense project with Australia and Britain in the next 120 days, signaling a further delay in the move, ...
Mexican presidential frontrunner would focus on renewable energy, water
By Anthony Esposito ACAPULCO (Reuters) - Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday said that if elected, her administration would focus on water management and renewable energy as part of a plan to boost the country's ...
UnitedHealth CEO to testify before US House panel on cyberattack at tech unit
(Reuters) - UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty will testify before a U.S. House subcommittee on May 1 about a recent cyberattack at the company's technology unit and its impact on patients and providers, the Energy and Commerce Committee said on ...
Nova Scotia pauses immigration processing for restaurant and hotel workers
Nova Scotia’s Immigration Department announced this week that it would immediately stop accepting immigration applications from the food services and accommodation sectors. Jennifer L’Esperance, the department's senior executive director for ...