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A medic holds a Palestinian newborn girl after she was pulled alive from the womb of her mother Sabreen Al-Sheikh (Al-Sakani), who was killed in an Israeli strike, along with her husband Shokri and her daughter Malak, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still image taken from a video recorded April 20, 2024. Reuters TV via

Gaza baby saved from dead mother's womb dies

Mohammad Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi |Updated 8 minutes ago |2 min read

By Mohammad Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAFAH, Gaza (Reuters) - A baby girl who was delivered from her dying mother's womb in a Gaza hospital following an Israeli airstrike has herself died after just a few days of life, the doctor who was caring ...

Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020.

US FDA approves Pfizer's gene therapy for rare bleeding disorder

Reuters |Updated 9 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer's gene therapy for hemophilia B on Friday, the second such therapy for the rare bleeding disorder that typically requires regular infusions of a blood-clotting protein. People with ...

View of ambulances and police at the scene after an explosion on busy pedestrian Istiklal street in Istanbul, Turkey, November 13, 2022.

Turkish court convicts Syrian woman over Istanbul bombing, media says

Reuters |Updated 27 minutes ago |1 min read

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A Turkish court sentenced Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian national, to life in prison on Friday over a 2022 bombing that killed six people in Istanbul's main shopping street, Demiroren news agency (DHA) and other media said. Six Turkish ...

A Palestinian man carries belongings as he walks through the rubble of a destroyed residential building following an Israeli raid, in Qatari-funded Hamad City, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 13, 2024.

UN official says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza

Reuters |Updated 27 minutes ago |2 min read

GENEVA (Reuters) - The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel's devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said on Friday. Israel's military campaign against ...

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Missile launched from Yemen's Houthi area, no injuries reported, CENTCOM says

Reuters |Updated 27 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - One anti-ship ballistic missile was launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen into the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, with no injuries or damage reported by U.S, coalition, or commercial ships, U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) said on ...

Masked youths take part in the occupation of a building of the Sciences Po University and block the entry in support of Palestinians in Gaza, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Paris, France, France, April 26, 2024.

Students block Paris' Sciences Po university over Gaza war

Lucien Libert |Updated 38 minutes ago |2 min read

By Lucien Libert PARIS (Reuters) - Students blocked access to Paris' prestigious Sciences Po university over the war in Gaza on Friday, demanding the institution condemn Israel's actions, in a protest that echoed similar demonstrations on U.S.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting held by defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Astana, Kazakhstan, April 26, 2024.

Analysis-Arrest of Russian defence minister's deputy may be strike by rival 'clan'

Andrew Osborn |Updated 38 minutes ago |5 min read

By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Sergei Shoigu, Russia's defence minister, has tried to send a "business as usual" message since his deputy was arrested on a bribery charge. But the widening scandal looks bad for him too, and is seen as a push ...

A nodding donkey pumps oil in an oil field in the settlement of Balaxani near Baku, Azerbaijan, October 5, 2017. Picture taken October 5, 2017.

COP29 climate summit host Azerbaijan defends oil and gas investments

Reuters |Updated 47 minutes ago |2 min read

BERLIN (Reuters) - Azerbaijan, host of this year's U.N. climate summit, will defend the right of oil and gas producing nations to invest in the sector, the country's president said on Friday, noting that despite climate targets, fossil fuel ...

Christopher Cash, 29, who has been charged with spying for China, arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court, in London, Britain, April 26, 2024.

Two men accused of being Chinese spies appear in London court

Reuters |Updated 48 minutes ago |2 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - Two men accused of spying for China, including a former researcher for a prominent British lawmaker in the governing Conservative Party, appeared in a London court on Friday. The two, ex-researcher Christopher Cash, 29, and ...

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France, Germany push on with 2040 joint tank project

Reuters |Updated 48 minutes ago |2 min read

PARIS (Reuters) - France and Germany agreed on Friday to move to the next phase of a project to jointly develop a battle tank by 2040, their defence ministers said, as they seek fresh impetus despite reservations and differences on each side.

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