KABUL, Dec 16 (Reuters) – The U.N. World Food Programme is unable for the first time in decades to provide effective aid to millions of Afghans suffering from malnutrition, with deaths especially among children likely to rise this winter, the WFP said on Tuesday. International aid to war-torn Afghanistan has dwindled significantly since 2021, when …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will hold closed, classified briefings for all U.S. senators and representatives on Tuesday about the Trump administration’s strategy toward Venezuela. President Donald Trump’s objectives remain unclear to many lawmakers, even after 3-1/2 months, more than 20 …
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LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Britain’s British Broadcasting Corporation said on Tuesday it will fight a lawsuit filed by U.S. President Donald Trump over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. “As we have made clear previously, we will be defending …
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SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Flowers were laid on Tuesday in front of the shuttered shop of Ahmed al Ahmed, the 43-year-old tobacco shop owner who locals hailed as the “Bondi hero” after he wrestled a gun from one of the attackers during a mass shooting on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Ahmed was identified on social …
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By Alasdair Pal and Karen Lema SYDNEY/MANILA, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Standing in the rain outside a suburban Sydney train station, seventeen-year-old Naveed Akram stares into the camera and urges those watching to spread the word of Islam. “Spread the message that Allah is One wherever you can … whether it be raining, hailing or …
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(Corrects headline and first paragraph to clarify that the drone approached from the Black Sea and was not downed over the Black Sea) ANKARA, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Turkey shot down an uncontrolled drone that approached its airspace from the Black Sea, the defence ministry said. The incident follows Turkey’s warning last week of Black …
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WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. Southern Command said on Monday that it carried out strikes on three vessels in international waters, killing eight men. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking,” the military said in a post on X. The …
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SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Australian police said on Tuesday that the two alleged gunmen behind the mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach travelled to the Philippines last month, and that the reasons for their trip were under investigation. Police said initial investigations suggested the gunmen could have been inspired by the ideologies of the …
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WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump sued the BBC on Monday for defamation over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol, opening an international front in his fight against media coverage he deems untrue or unfair. Trump asked for at least $5 billion …
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would likely soon file a lawsuit against Britain’s BBC over its editing of a speech he made in 2021 on the day his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. “In a little while, you’ll be seeing I’m suing the BBC …
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