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Australia withdraws troops from Iraq

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - About 500 Australian combat troops pulled out of their base in southern Iraq on Sunday, fulfilling an election promise by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to bring the soldiers home this year.

France calls on Iran to open nuclear plants for scrutiny

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Iran should open its nuclear installations to international scrutiny to clear suspicions about its nuclear ambitions, French Defense Minister Herve Morin said on Sunday.

Israel to build new homes in occupied West Bank

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel announced plans on Sunday to build hundreds of new homes in an area of the occupied West Bank the Israeli government considers part of Jerusalem, despite U.S. and Palestinian calls to halt settlement expansion.

Pakistan puts clocks forward to save power

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan put its clocks forward an hour on Sunday while shops have been ordered to close early as the country struggles with an acute electricity shortage.

Macedonia PM wins election in shadow of violence

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski claimed victory in Sunday's parliamentary election, a vote marred by alleged fraud and shootings that could cloud the country's European Union ambitions.

Thai opposition vows to maintain street protests

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai opposition group vowed on Sunday to hold more anti-government street rallies in Bangkok in a bid to force the government of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to step down.

Nepal back to work after republic

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal was back to work on Sunday as government offices and schools opened for the first time since the Himalayan nation turned into a republic, ending its 239-year-old monarchy.

Myanmar warned over forcing cyclone survivors home

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar must stop forcing cyclone survivors to return to their shattered homes where they face more misery or even death, rights groups said on Saturday, as a U.S. official accused the junta of being "deaf and dumb" to foreign aid pleas.

WITNESS: Royal flaws in focus at birth of Nepal's republic

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
Gopal Sharma has been a Reuters correspondent in Nepal since 1995, covering the Maoist insurgency as well as the peace process which led to the fall of the monarchy. In the following story, Gopal recounts the royal family's decline.

S.Korea may build 9 new nuclear reactors by 2030

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea may build more than nine new nuclear power reactors by 2030, raising the ratio of nuclear power use to 55 percent from the current 37 percent, the Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.

Venezuela says troops kill Colombian "subversive"

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan troops killed a Colombian "subversive" in a border gun battle, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday, an incident that could fuel new tensions between the two countries.

China quake-lake fears ease as angry parents grieve

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - Engineers have completed work to drain a lake formed by last month's earthquake that had threatened to inundate towns downstream and add to the toll of China's deadliest natural disaster in more than 30 years.

Petrol fuels political woes for Australia's Rudd

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Rising petrol prices have ended Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's political honeymoon after 6 months in office, with commentators warning his Labor government may now be vulnerable at the next election.

Egyptian Christians, Muslims clash, killing one

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
CAIRO (Reuters) - One Egyptian Muslim was killed and four Christians were wounded and on Saturday in a clash over disputed land near a Christian monastery in central Egypt, security sources said.

Venezuela says troops kill Colombian "subversive"

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan troops killed a Colombian "subversive" in a border gun battle, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday, an incident that could fuel new tensions between the two countries.

Macedonians vote amid EU, NATO uncertainty

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonians vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election seen as a test of the Balkan country's political maturity after campaign violence raised fears its slow march toward European Union membership could be further delayed.

Zimbabwe TV says MDC supporters shoot ZANU-PF members

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's state-owned television said on Saturday two ruling ZANU-PF party members had been shot dead by suspected opposition supporters in a rural district that has been gripped by political violence.

Former Pakistan minister stopped from entering India

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A former Pakistani minister was denied entry to India because he arrived at the New Delhi airport without proper papers, not as reports said because he was mistaken for a criminal, the government said on Saturday.

Qaeda claims failed attack on oil refinery in Yemen

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
DUBAI (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a mortar attack on a refinery in Yemen, which officials said did not cause any damage, according to an Internet statement.

Putin backs Abkhazia autonomy, Russian troops sent

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39
PARIS (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he approved of a plan to give Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia autonomy but not full independence.