BEIRUT (AP) — Hours after Israel killed the top commander of Iran’s Basij this week, it struck again — this time at the rank and file of the feared force that helped crush widespread protests this year. A drone blasted one of the Basij’s many temporary roadblocks erected around the capital, Tehran. Israel and the …
ATHENS/LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) – A manager at London-listed insurer Hiscox faces a criminal charge of providing false testimony during an attempted extradition of a former colleague from Greece to Bermuda, court proceedings and filings seen by Reuters show. An Athens prosecutor alleges the manager, who cannot be named under Greek law, submitted false evidence …
8m ago Explosions over Dubai, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as more Iranian weapons intercepted Heavy explosions shook Dubai as air defenses intercepted early incoming fire over the city, where people were observing Eid al-Fitr, the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, and mosques made the day’s first call to prayers. Bahrain’s Interior …
MADRID, March 20 (Reuters) – The massive power outage that hit the Iberian Peninsula in April last year was the result of multiple factors that ultimately led to a voltage surge and a chain of power-generation loss, a European network of electricity transmission system operators called ENTSO-E said in a report on Friday. In the organisation’s …
NUUK/COPENHAGEN, March 20 (Reuters) – Greenlandic candidates competing for two seats in Denmark’s election next week hope to leverage the unprecedented attention brought to their island by U.S. President Donald Trump to wrangle concessions from its former colonial power. Trump’s ambitions for the U.S. to acquire Greenland have drawn sharp focus on the Arctic island of …
COPENHAGEN, March 20 (Reuters) – Denmark will hold a national election on Tuesday as it grapples with U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize Greenland, a semi-autonomous Arctic island of 57,000 people that has been under Danish rule for centuries. Following is a timeline of the saga: In a surprise announcement during his first …
BERLIN, March 20 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives face their second electoral test this month on Sunday when they hope to unseat the centre-left Social Democrats, their coalition partner at the national level, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. For Merz, however, battling to shore up Western support for Ukraine and facing the looming …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Stevie Young, guitarist for the legendary Australian rock band AC/DC, was hospitalized in Buenos Aires just days before he is scheduled to perform in the city as part of the band’s “Power Up” world tour. Young, the nephew of the band’s late founder Malcolm Young, “was not feeling well. As …
BRUSSELS, March 19 (Reuters) – European Union leaders called on Thursday for a moratorium on military strikes on energy and water facilities in the Middle East, amid growing concerns about the impact of the Iran war on the global economy. “The European Council calls for de-escalation and maximum restraint, the protection of civilians and civilian …
By Michael Erman and Leah Douglas March 19 (Reuters) – A top U.S. health official said on Thursday he was encouraged by interviews to select the next leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, signaling progress toward stabilizing the agency after wrangling over vaccination policy threw it into turmoil. The Health and Human …