(Reuters) -The United States lifted financial sanctions on a top lieutenant of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel on Wednesday, saying Jesus “El Rey” Zambada, who gave testimony against kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, had shown behavioral…
UK advocacy groups have raised fresh concerns about building cladding after a fire broke out at an east London tower block.Firefighters were called to tackle a blaze at a 19-storey residential building in Poplar, which…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Three rockets were launched from Lebanon toward northern Israel on Thursday but landed in the Mediterranean Sea, causing no damage or casualties, the Israeli military said.A Lebanese security source said the rockets were…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A surge in domestic COVID-19 cases in Taiwan after months of relative safety is intensifying pressure on the government to accept vaccines from China, as the island has vaccinated just 1% of…
Manchester United's game against Liverpool was called off on Sunday after fans invaded the pitch in protest against the club owners' move to take it into the proposed European Super League.Around 100 fans managed to…
Three Portuguese border police officers have been handed prison sentences for beating a Ukrainian migrant to death.A Lisbon court found that the inspectors kicked and beat the handcuffed Ihor Homeniuk with batons, breaking his ribs…
By David Ljunggren and Conor HumphriesOTTAWA -The United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) agreed on Thursday to investigate the forced grounding of a Ryanair passenger plane in Minsk, an incident that prompted international outrage.ICAO‘s…
Greece and Turkey's foreign ministers are due to meet on Monday amid renewed tensions over rival claims to energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey's foreign affairs minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, has already angered officials in…
By Matthias Williams and Andrius SytasKYIV/VILNIUS (Reuters) -Airlines re-routed flights to avoid Belarus’s airspace on Tuesday and Belarusian planes faced a possible ban from Europe, as international outrage mounted over Minsk forcing down a jetliner…
By Ryan WooBEIJING (Reuters) -An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua reported, making China the second space-faring nation after the United States to land on…
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