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Japan doubles planned emergency budget reserves to back Noto quake relief
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet decided on Tuesday to double the planned amount of emergency budget reserves for fiscal 2024/25 to help recovery from the deadly Noto ...
Jan 16, 2024
South Korea, US to start defence cost talks early, before U.S. elections-media
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea and the United States have agreed to start early talks on how to share the cost of keeping U.S. forces in the country in a bid to reach a deal before the ...
Jan 16, 2024
Factbox-Pakistan election symbols and their importance
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The party of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been stripped of its traditional electoral symbol of a cricket bat in a court ruling, the latest blow t...
Jan 16, 2024
Iran says it launched missiles toward Iraq and Syria to deter security threats
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it had launched ballistic missiles at targets in Iraq and Syria in defence of its sovereignty and security as well as to counter terrorism. Iran's Revolutionary ...
Jan 16, 2024
Explosive goes off in southeastern Iran, causes no casualties - Tasnim
DUBAI (Reuters) - An improvised explosive device went off near the southeastern Iranian city of Iranshahr on Tuesday morning, causing no casualties or damages, the semi-official Tasnim news agency rep...
Jan 16, 2024
Israel's military says special forces carried out strike in Lebanon
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Tuesday that its special forces had carried out a strike in the area of Ayta ash Shab in Lebanon. "IDF special forces struck in order to remove a thr...
Jan 16, 2024
Japan's Tepco to start fourth release of treated Fukushima water in late Feb
By Katya Golubkova TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) plans to start a fourth release of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in late Fe...
Jan 16, 2024
Russian Central Bank Governor Nabiullina cancels appearance at exhibition
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Elvira Nabiullina, the governor of Russia's central bank, has cancelled a scheduled appearance at an exhibition in Moscow on Tuesday. No reason was given for her absence. The centra...
Jan 16, 2024
Russian prosecutors seek to nationalise seized car dealership, court says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has filed a lawsuit in a St Petersburg court seeking to nationalise car dealership Rolf, the court said late on Monday, just weeks after Moscow ...
Jan 16, 2024
Turkey launches airstrikes against militants in Iraq, Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's military carried out airstrikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria on Monday night, destroying 23 targets, the defence ministry said, sustaining an esca...
Jan 15, 2024
