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US aid vetting failures may have benefited militants in Afghanistan, watchdog finds
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two State Department bureaus could not prove compliance with internal policies for vetting aid groups in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan that received $293 million ...
Jul 17, 2024
Russian drone downed over Kyiv suburb, no damage recorded, mayor says
(Reuters) - Air defence units downed a drone over an eastern suburb of Kyiv on Wednesday, but falling debris caused no damage on the ground, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Klitschko, writing on the Tele...
Jul 17, 2024
British, Irish PMs seek to reset strained ties over pints of Guinness
LONDON (Reuters) - New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Irish counterpart Simon Harris sought to usher in improved relations with pints of Guinness on Wednesday, promising to work together clos...
Jul 17, 2024
UK's Starmer uses European forum to press for EU reset, Ukraine support
By Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Keir Starmer will use his role as host of a European forum on Thursday to press his desire to reset Britain's post-Brexit rela...
Jul 17, 2024
Trump national security adviser calls on Taiwan to lift defense spending
By Gram Slattery, Michael Martina and Simon Lewis MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A top national security adviser to Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Taiwan needs to boost its defense spending significantly ...
Jul 17, 2024
High-level US delegation stresses Papua New Guinea commitment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A high-level U.S. civilian and military delegation visited Papua New Guinea this week to stress U.S. commitment to the strategic Pacific territory, where China is competing for ...
Jul 17, 2024
US urges Bangladesh to uphold right to peaceful protest amid anti-quota protests
By Kanishka Singh and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has called on Bangladesh to uphold the right to peaceful protest amid demonstrations against the government's job quota syste...
Jul 17, 2024
Mali army chief launches investigation into video of soldier 'cannibalism'
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's armed forces have ordered an investigation into a video showing a man in Malian military uniform cutting into a corpse in front of his peers, the army chief said in a stateme...
Jul 17, 2024
Prosecutors appeal Trump classified documents case dismissal
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday formally appealed a federal judge's decision to throw out the criminal case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith accusing Dona...
Jul 17, 2024
US military ends Gaza pier mission
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military announced on Wednesday that its mission to install and operate a temporary, floating pier off the coast of Gaza was now complete, formally ending an extraordin...
Jul 17, 2024
