By Steve Holland (Reuters) -The United States has intelligence confirming Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for a deadly shooting at a concert near Moscow, two U.S. officials said on Friday. The officials said the United States had warned Russia in recent weeks about the possibility of an attack. “Earlier this month, the U.S. government had …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured when gunmen dressed in camouflage opened fire with automatic weapons at a concert hall near Moscow in one of the worst such attacks in Russia in recent years. Following is a list of major attacks inside Russia over the past 25 …
By Harold Isaac and Sarah Morland PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Almost half of Haiti’s people are struggling to feed themselves as gang violence spreads across the country, with several areas close to famine, international organizations said on Friday. Inflation and poor harvests have also helped push Haiti to its worst levels of food insecurity on record, they …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Lebanon will file an urgent complaint with the U.N. Security Council over what it called Israel’s violation of its sovereignty by disrupting its navigation systems, the foreign ministry said on Friday. In a statement, the foreign ministry said Israel was affecting the safety of civil aviation in the airspace of Beirut’s Rafic …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry and Meghan on Friday said they wished health and privacy for Kate, the wife of Harry’s elder brother William, on Friday after she announced she was receiving treatment following the discovery of cancer. “We wish health and healing for Kate and the family, and hope they are able to do …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Friday that Kyiv had nothing to do with Friday’s attack by gunmen at a Moscow concert hall. “Let’s be straight about this: Ukraine had absolutely nothing to do with these events,” Podolyak said in a video message posted on Telegram. “We have a full-scale, all-out war …
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(Reuters) – The United States has urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, warning that drone strikes risk provoking retaliation and driving up global oil prices, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The attacks helped boost oil prices that have risen nearly 4% so far since March …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces have detained hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters including a number of security officials and military commanders during its extended raid into Gaza’s main hospital, the military’s main spokesperson said. Israeli troops entered the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in the early hours of Monday morning and have …
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By Joan Faus and Horaci Garcia BARCELONA (Reuters) – Tourists arriving at Barcelona’s airport or gazing at its iconic Sagrada Familia basilica will this Easter holiday be met with large signs in English that read: “Drought alert. During your stay, save water”. As the impact of climate change intensifies across southern Europe, Spain’s Mediterranean region …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian-controlled management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, said on Friday that a high-voltage line supplying it with electricity has been repaired after an outage earlier in the day. The plant, controlled by Russia, is in shut-down mode and receives electric power via two high-voltage lines, the …
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