Smoke rise from clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze militias in Sweida city, southern Syria on Tuesday. Omar Sanadiki/AP hide caption toggle caption Omar Sanadiki/AP DAMASCUS, Syria — Clashes raged in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on Wednesday after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed and as Israel threatened…
Fighting between Druze armed groups and government troops has continued in the southern Syrian city of Suwayda, with a ceasefire in tatters, as Israel launched further attacks on Syrian forces and warned it would escalate unless they withdrew. The sectarian violence in the predominantly Druze city resumed in force on Wednesday, despite the announcement of…
TOKYO (Reuters) -A Beijing court on Wednesday sentenced a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma to 3-1/2 years in prison, the Nikkei newspaper reported, citing the Japanese ambassador to China. The man had been detained since March 2023 on suspicion of spying and had been indicted about a year ago. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian AI startup developing software for crewless boats said it has been granted one of the first AUKUS exemption licences by the Australian government, allowing it to share information with defence contractors in the U.S. and Britain. Defence officials have said Australia will rely more on autonomous systems to…
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United States has sent five men to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The U.S. has already deported eight men to another African nation, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court…
While previous US president Joe Biden and his administration placed range limits on the ATACMS and HIMARS sent to Ukraine, the Trump administration did not put a public limit on the latest weapons agreement until the president issued his warning about Moscow. Trump raised questions about Ukraine’s ability to strike Russian territory in a phone…
BEIJING (AP) — A Japanese business person was sentenced Wednesday to three and a half years in prison in China on espionage charges, according to the Japanese embassy in Beijing. The embassy did not identify the man, who has been detained since March 2023. Japan’s Kyodo News Agency described him as a man in his…
Scott Anthony Mitchell and Davanh DiMarco of Hollywood were on their regular Sunday hike at Runyon Canyon when they saw a palm tree on fire and a man emerging from the bushes nearby. Six months after they evacuated their home during the Sunset fire in the same area, the couple were aware of the risks…
By Mohi Narayan and Sam Li NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s naphtha imports will hit record levels this year as new plants and caution over U.S. propane and ethane purchases will drive demand and support refiners’ margins for the petrochemical feedstock, analysts and traders said. Cracker operators in the world’s largest petrochemical producer, which pivoted in…
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