WASHINGTON- Intelligence briefings reviewed by Reuters have warned of the potential for extremists and criminals to target the World Cup at a time when hundreds of millions of dollars of approved security funds have been delayed, causing U.S. preparations to fall behind. The previously unreported briefings from U.S. federal and state officials and FIFA, the...
SYDNEY, March 20 (Reuters) – Protesters heckled and booed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia’s largest mosque for Eid al-Fitr prayers, voicing anger over his stance on ally Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Some in Australia’s Muslim and Jewish communities are angry over a fine line walked by the centre-left government...
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Troops of the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, operating under Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have arrested two suspected gunrunners and recovered a large cache of ammunition during a security operation in Taraba State. The operation, which took place on March 19, 2026, was carried out by soldiers stationed at the Forward...
BRUSSELS – European Union leaders failed to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday to lift his blockade on a 90-billion-euro ($103 billion) EU loan to help Ukraine keep up its fight against Russia’s invasion. After a summit in Brussels, several leaders voiced deep frustration with Orban, who has cited a dispute over a...
DOHA/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, March 20 (Reuters) – Israel launched a fresh wave of attacks on Iran on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump told it not to repeat its strikes on Iranian natural gas infrastructure, which sharply escalated the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The conflict has killed thousands of people, spread to neighbouring nations and hit...
TEHRAN, – Nearly three weeks of war on Iran have hit the usually teeming alleys of Tehran’s grand bazaar, shutting many of the shops and driving up prices for Iranians already suffering from years of sanctions that have throttled the economy. The days before the Persian new year and Muslim Eid al-Fitr holidays would normally...
AGUACATE, Cuba, March 19 (Reuters) – Juan Carlos Pino, a Cuban mechanic with an eighth-grade education, may have found a way to outsmart the U.S. oil blockade. Employing the kind of ingenuity many Cubans have developed over decades of U.S. sanctions, Pino, 56, modified his 1980 Polish-built Fiat Polski to run on charcoal, a cheaper...
Tor-Damisa, Donga LGA, Taraba State, Nigeria — Suspected bandits have carried out a deadly assault on Tse Kwe village in the Tor-Damisa (also known as Tordamisa) community, Akate Ward, Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State, killing three police officers and five civilians during a gun battle with security forces. A survivor of the attack...
CAIRO, March 19 (Reuters) – Israel reopened the Rafah crossing with Egypt on Thursday after nearly three weeks to allow some wounded Palestinians to leave for treatment, after Gaza medics said Israeli strikes had killed four people in the enclave. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said only eight Palestinians who were injured in Israeli attacks...
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