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Two US Navy sailors reported missing while conducting operations off coast of Somalia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia on Thursday evening, the U.S. military said in a statement on Friday, add...
Jan 12, 2024
Biden warns of more strikes on Yemen's Houthis if Red Sea attacks persist
By Nandita Bose and Mohammed Ghobari WASHINGTON/ADEN (Reuters) - President Joe Biden vowed further military action against Yemen's Houthi forces if they keep up their attacks on shipping in the Red Se...
Jan 12, 2024
Blinken discusses human rights issues, Taiwan Strait with senior Chinese official
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday raised concerns over China's human rights issues in a meeting with senior Chinese official Liu Jianchao in Wash...
Jan 12, 2024
US carries out new strike in Yemen -U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is carrying out an additional strike against the Houthis in Yemen, a day after launching a wave of attacks on nearly 30 locations in the country to degrade the...
Jan 12, 2024
Polls open in Taiwan's critical elections watched closely by China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Polls opened on Saturday in Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections which China has framed as a choice between war and peace and are happening as Beijing ramps up pressure...
Jan 12, 2024
Biden says Yemen's Houthis are a 'terrorist' group
By Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh EMMAUS, Pa. (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called Yemen's Houthi forces a "terrorist" group, after American and British warplanes, ships and submarin...
Jan 12, 2024
US optimistic Yemen strikes degraded Houthi capabilities
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Friday appeared to be cautiously optimistic that Iran-backed Houthis will be unable to replicate the type of complex attacks they ...
Jan 12, 2024
Venezuela's 2023 inflation hit nearly 190%, but December prices barely ticked up
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's annual inflation rate settled at 189.8% last year, according to data from the central bank released on Friday, marking a slight easing of the still sky-high rate of ris...
Jan 12, 2024
UN aid chief calls anew for Gaza ceasefire, urges UN action to end war
By Jonathan Landay and Daphne Psaledakis (Reuters) - The U.N. aid chief on Friday said he was "deeply alarmed" by Israeli ministers' statements about "plans to encourage the mass transfer" of Palestin...
Jan 12, 2024
Italy's junior culture minister investigated over stolen painting
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's junior culture minister Vittorio Sgarbi, an art critic and outspoken TV personality whose brief includes protecting the country's cultural heritage, is under investigation ove...
Jan 12, 2024
