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Rights groups tells Hamas to probe abductions

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
GAZA (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch has urged the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip to investigate the abduction and alleged torture of three Palestinians by an Islamist militant group that accused them of spying for Israel.

South Africa violence toll rises to 62

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A wave of attacks on foreigners in South Africa has killed 62 people since the violence broke out three weeks ago, police said on Saturday.

Ethiopia flash floods kill 19 children

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Nineteen of 25 people killed by flash floods in Ethiopia's eastern town of Jijiga this week were children, a regional official said on Saturday.

Egypt finds weapons cache near Gaza border

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian police seized a cache of weapons including anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles in the Sinai desert near the Gaza border on Saturday, security sources said.

Kenya police disperse food protesters

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police fired teargas on Saturday to disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting against high food prices in the east African country.

Latvian gays hold march amid strong police presence

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
RIGA (Reuters) - About 400 gay men and women and their supporters held a parade in the Latvian capital on Saturday, accompanied by a strong police presence and chants and insults from anti-gay activists.

Putin pushes Abkhazia autonomy, not independence

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
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, a sign Moscow will not support a break-up of the ex-Soviet state.

Bangladesh detains 50 grassroot leaders: police

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
DHAKA (Reuters) - Nearly 50 grassroot leaders were detained in Bangladesh late on Friday, police said, after the country's key political parties rejected an offer of talks with the army-backed interim government on elections scheduled later this year.

Iran says its right to enrichment is non-negotiable

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will not give up its right to enrich uranium, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday, days before major powers submit an upgraded package of incentives to try to coax Tehran into halting the work.

Putin still looks presidential on visit to France

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
PARIS (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin was treated like a president in Paris on his first visit to a Western capital as prime minister, reinforcing an impression that he still runs Russia even after leaving the Kremlin.

One soldier dead and 6 wounded in Afghan suicide blast

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed one foreign soldier and wounded six other people, including three civilians, in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Saturday, the provincial governor said.

Malaysia's Mahathir dismisses opposition claim

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's former premier Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday dismissed de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's claim that he can soon form a new government, easing worries about a change in rule that has unnerved markets.

Galapagos eruption no threat to giant turtles

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
QUITO (Reuters) - A volcano in the Galapagos islands that spewed molten lava is not a threat to 100-year-old giant tortoises living around the crater, island officials said on Friday.

Singapore jails man for faking his death: report

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore man was jailed for three years after he faked his own death in a civil war shoot-out in Sri Lanka in 1987 to escape his creditors and claim S$331,341 ($243,600) in insurance money, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

Plane skids off runway in Honduras, 5 dead

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A Salvadoran passenger plane skidded off a rain-soaked runway on landing at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras on Friday, killing five people and injuring 38 as it veered onto a road and smashed into cars and a building.

China evacuates 197,000 as quake rivers swell

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
YOUXIAN, China (Reuters) - China has evacuated over 197,000 people from an area that risks flooding by landslide- blocked rivers near the epicenter of this month's earthquake in Sichuan province, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.

Thai PM backs away from protest crack down

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police said on Saturday they would not break up an anti-government rally in Bangkok after an apparent reversal by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

Myanmar warned over forcing cyclone survivors home

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
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.

Guinea pays troops in bid to end mutiny

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea began paying salary arrears to junior soldiers on Friday in an attempt to end a five-day bloody mutiny that had worsened instability in the world's top bauxite exporter.

Tropical Storm Alma dies out over Central America

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:47
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Alma, the first tropical storm of the hurricane season, lost its strength on Friday over Central America, sparing oil platforms in southern Mexico after slamming parts of the region with deadly winds and rain.