Dec 17 (Reuters) - Among the 15 victims of a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach targeting an event for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah were two who tried to thwart the attack, and others who died shielding friends and family, according to family members, officials and
SYDNEY, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Australian state parliament of New South Wales will reconvene next week to discuss urgent legislation on gun control in the wake of the deadly Bondi shootings and consider protest reforms, Premier Chris Minns said on Wednesday.
The Eurovision Song Contest heads into its 70th anniversary edition next year mired in its biggest-ever political boycott, with five countries staying away over Israel's participation. Eurovision organisers announced Monday that 35 countries would take part in the world's
By Asif Shahzad and Ariba Shahid ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan's most powerful military chief in decades faces the toughest test of his newly amassed powers as Washington pushes Islamabad to contribute troops to the Gaza stabilisation force, a move analysts say could
The new proclamation cites the Palestinian Authority's 'weak or nonexistent control,' adding that 'several U.S.-designated terrorist groups operate actively in the West Bank or Gaza Strip and have murdered American citizens'
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday sharply expanded a travel ban by barring people from seven more countries including Syria, as well as Palestinian Authority passport holders, from entering the United States. The latest move brings to nearly 40 the number of countries whose
Six members of Canada's parliament travelling from Jordan were denied entry to the occupied West Bank on Tuesday by Israeli authorities who accused the delegation of being sponsored by "a terror entity." Jenny Kwan, an opposition lawmaker with Canada's left-wing New Democratic
The U.S. bipartisan celebration of the hyper-capitalist hereditary monarchies of the Gulf states – symbolized most prominently by the rise of Qatar – signals a future in which the Gulf model goes global
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation further restricting and limiting the entry of foreign nationals to the United States, the White House said on Tuesday. The U.S. has imposed full restrictions and entry limitations on
The economic agenda of the meetings in Moscow and Tehran reflected a deliberate effort by both governments to signal momentum in a partnership increasingly shaped by isolation from the West.
Iranian authorities are refusing to allow an independent medical examination of Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi after she was beaten during her arrest last week, her family said on Tuesday. Her brother Hamid Reza Mohammadi, who lives in Norway, told reporters in Paris
Shares in SGTM jumped by 10% on Dec. 16 after the construction firm raised roughly $550 million from its IPO, underscoring demand in a market that has featured few new listings in recent years.
By John Irish PARIS, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The brother and lawyer of Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi said on Tuesday they have no information on her whereabouts or health, four days after her arrest. Mohammadi was arrested on Friday
Some pushed cars through the Gaza Strip's flooded streets, while others took to donkey-pulled carts to wade through the floodwaters after fresh winter rains lashed the war-battered Palestinian territory. The rains have flooded tents and makeshift shelters in Gaza, where most of
Modi’s two-day visit to Jordan made investments and economic cooperation a central piece of the talks with Amman.
By Mahmoud Hasano NAYRAB, Syria, Dec 16 (Reuters) - As Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years unfolded, a Sydney shopowner was captured on camera charging at one of the gunmen and disarming him. Halfway around the world in Syria, a group of men watching the
By Francois Murphy VIENNA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The host broadcaster of the next Eurovision Song Contest, Austria's ORF, will not ban the Palestinian flag from the audience or drown out booing during Israel's performance as has happened at previous shows, organisers said on
The probe into the TV series has fueled debate over censorship and artistic freedom in the country.
KABUL, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme is unable for the first time in decades to provide effective aid to millions of Afghans suffering from malnutrition, with deaths especially among children likely to rise this winter, the WFP said on Tuesday.
By Rishika Sadam HYDERABAD, India, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Indian police said on Tuesday that the dead gunman in Australia's Bondi beach shooting incident, Sajid Akram, was originally from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad but had limited contact with his family in India. The
The struggle between the Israeli prime minister and the envoy is an acknowledgment by Israeli leaders that "what will happen is what Trump wants to happen."
NICOSIA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The key U.N. envoy seeking to break a deadlock in Cyprus's long-running division said she was cautiously optimistic about a breakthrough but that it would be premature to convene a multi-nation summit on the conflict.
SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) - While a Sydney shopowner is being hailed as a hero after disarming one of the gunmen shooting at a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, a couple and another man who died after physically confronting the attackers are also being remembered
NAJAF, Iraq, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Iraqi wheat farmer Ma'an al-Fatlawi has long depended on the nearby Euphrates River to feed his fields near the city of Najaf. But this year, those waters, which made the Fertile Crescent a cradle of ancient civilisation 10,000 years ago, are
SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Flowers were laid on Tuesday in front of the shuttered shop of Ahmed al Ahmed, the 43-year-old tobacco shop owner who locals hailed as the “Bondi hero” after he wrestled a gun from one of the attackers during a mass shooting on Sydney's Bondi
MANILA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Philippines Bureau of Immigration said on Tuesday that the two alleged gunmen behind the mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach travelled to the Philippines on November 1 aboard Philippine Airlines Flight PR212 from Sydney to Manila and onward