4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (317+ words) Sept 9 (Reuters) – A tanker carrying about 2 million barrels of Iraqi fuel oil was struck by a drone in Iraqi territorial waters on Wednesday, port officials said, ​and British navy-affiliated UKMTO reported that several merchant vessels ‌in the Gulf had been…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (261+ words) STOCKHOLM, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Norway on Tuesday to attend the funeral of King Harald V, the office ​of Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said. Tens ‌of thousands of people as well as leaders from…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (606+ words) LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The yen surged on Tuesday and stocks fell after a volley of attacks on energy facilities around the Gulf drove oil to near $100 a barrel, while copper prices hit record highs. Brent crude futures hit their highest…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (447+ words) Sept 8 (Reuters) – Operations at some energy facilities in Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, were halted on Tuesday following attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis that wounded 73 people, in what Saudi authorities described as a dangerous escalation. Fires erupted ​at…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (195+ words) Classic Rock 103.5 WIMZ Russia’s Lavrov calls accusations of Moscow’s involvement in Leipzig drone incident ‘start of real war’, TASS reports MOSCOW, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that the ​accusations levelled at Moscow by the West…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (408+ words) ATHENS, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday unveiled a four-year economic plan that includes tax breaks and wage hikes for pensioners and employees, as he seeks to recover lost ground in ​opinion polls ahead of next year’s…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (660+ words) By Olena Harmash and Yuliia Dysa KYIV, Sept 4 (Reuters) – A Russian drone hit the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service in Kyiv on Friday, one of the most high-profile targets struck during the war as Russia intensified its campaign of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (400+ words) By Alasdair Pal and Kanishka Singh SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Australia and the United States on Wednesday announced a combined $580 million in funding for the Pacific Islands as they battle China for influence in the region. The U.S. ​contribution, while…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (448+ words) Aug 31 (Reuters) – A Las Vegas jury on Monday found an ex-gang leader guilty of murder in a case accusing him of masterminding the drive-by killing of legendary hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur, bringing a decades-old cold case to ​a close. Duane…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (513+ words) SEOUL, Aug 31 (Reuters) – A South Korean court on Monday sentenced Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja to a combined two years in prison over political funding and bribery offences linked to efforts to gain influence with former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s…...