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LONDON, March 23 (Reuters) – A British man detained in Tehran urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday to “step out of the shadows” and publicly challenge the spying charges against him and his wife, who now fear for their lives more than three weeks into the Iran war. Craig Foreman and his wife Lindsay …
(Corrects al-Maabilahin to al-Maawil in paragraph 3) DUBAI, March 23 (Reuters) – At least five people have died in Oman over the past 24 hours after vehicles were swept away by floodwaters, authorities said on Monday. Oman’s Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority said seven people were rescued after a vehicle carrying 10 people was swept …
TAIPEI, March 23 (Reuters) – Improving ties with Beijing does not require being anti-U.S., while Taiwan’s survival depends on stable relations with China, the leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party said on Monday. Former lawmaker Cheng Li-wun won election as chair of the Kuomintang (KMT) in October and has signalled a swing towards even closer …
JERUSALEM, March 23 (Reuters) – An Israeli civilian killed on Sunday on the Lebanese border dies as a result of friendly fire and not from a rocket attack from Hezbollah, the Israeli military said on Monday. Initial findings indicate that the man, Ofer Moskowitz, was killed by artillery fire that was carried out to assist …
(Changes media identifier) PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) – Former French Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin died at age 88, broadcaster BFM reported. Jospin was head of government under the centre-right President Jacques Chirac from 1997 to 2002 during cohabitation, a term used in France when the president and the prime minister come from opposing camps. …
DUBAI, March 23 (Reuters) – An attack on Iran’s southern coast and islands will lead to Gulf routes being cut with the laying of sea mines, the country’s Defence Council said on Monday according to state media. The U.S. is considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran’s Kharg Island, the country’s main oil export hub, …
March 23 (Reuters) – The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Express regional jet were killed after it collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia airport late on Sunday. Below are the details of other fatal crashes in recent years. Hundreds of people were killed in June when an Air …
MOSCOW, March 23 (Reuters) – A fuel reservoir in Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, Russia’s largest western oil exporting hub, caught fire after a drone attack, Alexander Drozdenko, the governor of northwestern Leningrad region, said on Telegram messaging app on Monday. The port, which is able to export more than 1 million barrels of crude …
ATHENS, March 23 (Reuters) – The long-awaited trial over a train crash that killed 57 people in Greece in 2023 begins on Monday amid protests and strikes against what many see as the state’s role in the incident. A passenger train carrying students from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided with a freight …
BEIJING, March 23 (Reuters) – China on Monday urged all parties involved in the Middle East conflict affecting the Strait of Hormuz to end military operations to prevent a “vicious cycle” and return to negotiations. “Should hostilities continue to escalate and the situation deteriorate further, the entire region will be plunged into chaos,” the Chinese …