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Israeli airstrikes kill 20 in Gaza, Palestinian officials say
CAIRO (Reuters) - Twenty Palestinians were killed in the early hours of Tuesday in Israeli air strikes on Rafah and central parts of the Gaza Strip, Gaza health officials said. In the southern Gaza city of Rafah near the Egyptian border, where ...
US IRS chief sees workforce topping 100,000 within three years
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel said on Monday that the tax agency will need to boost its workforce to over 100,000 people over the next three years to achieve its modernization, service ...
Israeli airstrikes target Damascus countryside, Syria says
AMMAN (Reuters) - Israel early on Tuesday launched missiles at several military targets outside the Syrian capital Damascus resulting in some "material damage," Syria's defense ministry said. Syrian air defenses intercepted Israeli "missiles and ...
Biden, Japan's Kishida and Philippines' Marcos to hold April summit at White House
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr for a summit in Washington on April 11 to discuss economic relations and the Indo-Pacific, the White House said on ...
Afghan asylum seeker convicted for New Mexico killing of Pakistani immigrant
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A New Mexico jury on Monday found an Afghan asylum seeker guilty of murdering a Pakistani immigrant in one of three 2022 ambush-style shootings that terrified Muslims in the state's largest city. Muhammad Syed, 53, faces ...
US Senator Joe Manchin vows infrastructure permitting reform will pass
HOUSTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Joe Manchin on Monday told energy executives that legislation reforming infrastructure permitting "will get done." The legislation is his senate energy committee's top issue, he said to a packed audience at the ...
Out of money, Pentagon chief looks to convince allies of commitment to Ukraine
By Idrees Ali RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday will try and convince European allies that President Joe Biden's administration is still committed to supporting Ukraine, even as Washington has ...
UN secretary-general alarmed by reports of Myanmar airstrikes
(Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is alarmed by reports that military airstrikes in Myanmar, including on Monday in Minbya township, have killed and injured many civilians, a U.N. spokesman said. Myanmar has been ...
New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon intends visit to China
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand’s prime minister Christopher Luxon intends to travel to China in the coming months following meetings with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Zealand this week. Luxon on Monday, along with ...
North Korea's Kim oversees firing drills with 'super-large' rocket launchers, state media says
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen firing drills by artillery units in the western region involving "newly-equipped super-large" multiple rocket launchers, state media KCNA said on Tuesday. The drills ...