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(Reuters) – Russia has signed a contract to supply Igla-S hand-held anti-aircraft missiles to India and allow production of the Igla there under licence, the Russian state news agency TASS quoted a top arms export official as saying on Tuesday. The Igla-S is a man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) that can be fired by an individual or crew to bring down an enemy aircraft. “We have already signed the corresponding […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -At least seven Palestinians were killed in clashes after Israeli troops backed by the air force raided a town in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, medics and local media said. The Israeli army and police said their forces, sent into Tulkarm close to the boundary with Israel to detain suspected militants, came under fire and killed several Palestinian gunmen in the skirmish that followed. An […]

By Fransiska Nangoy and Bernadette Christina JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s state energy company Pertamina and U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil and Chevron Corp are moving ahead with their discussions to invest in carbon capture facilities while Exxon eyes a petrochemical project in the country. Pertamina and Exxon agreed to carry out further evaluations for $2 billion in investments in carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities using two underground basins in […]

By Natalie Grover and Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) – The International Energy Agency (IEA) on Tuesday raised its oil demand growth forecasts for this year and next despite an expected deceleration in economic growth in nearly all major economies. Oil demand has been supported this year by resilient U.S. deliveries and record September demand from China, while 2024 expectations are underpinned by hopes of interest rate cuts and the recent […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces bombarded southern Gaza on Tuesday after tanks advanced to the gates of the enclave’s biggest hospital in the north where health officials say dozens of patients, including babies, have died due a lack of power and the heavy fighting. At least 13 people were killed when Israeli forces targeted their homes in the southern city of Khan Younis, Gaza health […]

By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) -Excavators began drilling with heavy machinery on Tuesday to fix a wide steel pipe that will help pull out almost 40 Indian workers trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan highway tunnel that caved in two days ago in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand. The 4.5-km (3-mile) tunnel, which was being built on a national highway that is part of a popular Hindu pilgrimage route, […]

By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – More places for Africa at the next World Cup finals has not lessened the intensity of the qualifying process, often described as the toughest in world football, and which kicks off this week. Qualification for the 2026 tournament has begun in Asia and South America, and Africa starts its two-year qualifying campaign on Wednesday to determine who will fill the nine automatic places […]

(Reuters) – The German cartel office said on Tuesday it opened an investigation into Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Deutschland over pricing practices in the country. “There are indications that Coca-Cola could competitively hinder other companies through the design of its conditions towards German food retailers, in particular the discount structure,” Andreas Mundt, president of the cartel office, said in a statement. (Reporting by Linda Pasquini; Editing by Madeline Chambers) Brought to […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli troops backed by the air force raided a town in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, touching off clashes in which at least six Palestinians were killed, medics and local media said. The Israeli army and police said their forces, sent into Tulkarm to detain suspected militants, came under fire and killed several Palestinian gunmen in the ensuing skirmish. An Israeli air strike hit a […]