By Bassam Masoud, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spurned a plea from Joe Biden to call off a planned ground assault of Rafah, the last refuge in Gaza for more than a million displaced people, where Israel believes Hamas militants are holed up. Netanyahu told lawmakers …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 15 people were killed by an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the al Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Palestinian health officials said on Tuesday. Medics said rescue operations were still underway as some victims were believed to be trapped under the rubble of the three-floor building. (Reporting by …
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) -Russians and Belarusians will not take part in the parade of athletes at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics in July, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday. The athletes from the two countries who qualify for the Games will be competing as independents without their flags and anthems …
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said he visited Damascus on Tuesday to restart talks focused on fostering confidence in the peaceful use of atomic energy by Syria. Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, met with President Bashar al-Assad, who had extended the invitation, and Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad. …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank has drawn criticism from environmental groups after the central bank’s sustainability report on Tuesday showed its investments were linked to 12 million metric tons of carbon emissions last year. The report was the first time the SNB published a figure for the environmental impact of the companies in …
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(Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis have targeted a fuel tanker, MADO, in the Red Sea with naval missiles and Israel’s Eilat port and resort region with winged missiles, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea said on Tuesday. MADO is a Marshall-Islands flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker heading to Singapore from Saudi Arabia, maritime shipping trackers …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Around 9,000 children will be evacuated from the Russian city of Belgorod and from several districts in the wider region of the same name due to Ukrainian shelling, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the regional governor, said on Tuesday. The first group of 1,200 children will be evacuated on March 22, Gladkov said. (Reporting by …
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova expelled a Russian diplomat over the opening of polling stations for Russia’s presidential election in its breakaway region of Transdniestria, the foreign ministry said after summoning the Russian ambassador on Tuesday. The ministry protested over the opening of the polling stations in Transdniestria, a pro-Russian enclave that split from Moldova as …
(Reuters) – Thirteen miners were trapped after a rock fall in a gold mine in Russia’s Amur region, Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Tuesday. “Communications are being restored and mechanized clearing of the transport slope is being carried out,” the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. The accident occurred at the Pioneer …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Russia’s government is becoming increasingly aggressive towards the International Olympic Committee as the Paris Games draw near, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday. Russia sports minister Oleg Matytsin said last week Russia should not boycott the July 26 to Aug. 11 Games despite restrictions on its athletes imposed by the IOC …
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