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Australia PM supports spy chief decision not to name ex politician who 'sold out'
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday he supported the spy chief's decision not to name a former politician who had "sold out" to a foreign intelligence service....
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2024
Former US ambassador to plead guilty for spying for Cuba over decades
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. ambassador will plead guilty to charges of spying for Cuba for decades, court records showed on Thursday, in what the Justice Department describe...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2024
Canada says what happened to Gaza aid convoy is 'a nightmare'
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Thursday said the deaths of dozens of people waiting for an aid convoy in Gaza was "a nightmare" and called for an end to fighting in the e...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2024
US Senate defeats bid to stop F-16 fighter jet sale to Turkey, voting continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday soundly defeated an effort to stop the $23 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to Turkey, which President Joe Biden's administra...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2024
Five countries pledge personnel for Haiti security mission, UN says
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin and Chad have formally notified the United Nations of their intent to contribute personnel to an international f...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2024
Gang violence sparks in Haiti as prime minister visits Kenya
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A wave of panic swept through downtown Port-au-Prince on Thursday, with an outburst of violence marked by heavy gunfire and improvised barricades, and a gang leader took res...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2024
Nicaragua accused of violations 'tantamount to crimes against humanity' by UN experts
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Nicaragua's government committed human rights violations that amount to "crimes against humanity," a United Nations-appointed team of human rights experts said in a report on Thur...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2024
Russian man who smuggled military technology to Russia pleads guilty in US court
(Reuters) - A Russian man pled guilty on Thursday to U.S. charges that he smuggled large quantities of American-made, military-grade microelectronics to Russia, top U.S. justice officials said in a st...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2024
Israel's Netanyahu says he will pave way to conscript ultra-Orthodox
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday his government would find a way to end exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews from Israeli military service in the face of politica...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2024
Fire kills 43 in Bangladesh capital, AFP reports
(Reuters) - At least 43 people have died in a fire in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka, AFP posted on the social media platform X early on Friday, citing the health minister. (Reporting by Maria Pon...
Thomson Reuters Feb 29, 2024

