19+ hour, 8+ min ago   (269+ words) SEOUL, Sept 13 (Reuters) – South Korea’s expanded espionage law takes effect on Sunday, broadening espionage offences beyond acts involving North Korea to include all foreign countries as Seoul seeks to protect key technologies ​amid intensifying competition in semiconductors and other strategic…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (250+ words) SOFIA, Sept 12 (Reuters) – An explosion caused a fire at a weapons storage site in central Bulgaria overnight, local media and officials ​said on Saturday, the second blaze at ‌a munitions facility in the past few weeks. No one was reported…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (338+ words) HONG KONG, Sept 11 (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court sentenced two pro-democracy activists to seven years in prison on Friday, after they were convicted for inciting subversion, ​with judges highlighting their use of the phrase “end one-party dictatorship” ‌in their political…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (105+ words) MOSCOW, Sept 10 (Reuters) – One person was killed and seven ​were wounded ‌in Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia’s border Belgorod region, regional authorities ‌said ​on Thursday. One ⁠man was killed ⁠when a drone detonated at an unnamed facility in the town…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (517+ words) BOSTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer on Thursday asked the judge who oversaw the Massachusetts woman’s murder trial to declare her not guilty of murder by reason of insanity, saying prosecutors had failed to prove that, despite being mentally ill,…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1068+ words) Sept 10 (Reuters) – In the 25 years since al Qaeda militants hijacked passenger jets and flew them into New York’s World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, the group founded by Osama bin Laden has spawned affiliates and inspired attacks around the…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (272+ words) LONDON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – A British man appeared in a London court on Thursday accused of providing information about factories which manufacture ​drones and offering to sabotage them on behalf ‌of Russian intelligence. Joshua Cammidge, 31, has been charged with assisting a…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (92+ words) DAKAR, Sept 10 (Reuters) - ​A ‌fire at a ‌school ​in ⁠Congo's rebel-controlled ⁠city of Bukavu ​has ⁠killed ⁠at least ​17 ​people, including some ‌children, medical ⁠sources said on ⁠Thursday. (Reporting ‌by ⁠Congo ​newsroom; ‌Writing by ​Anait ⁠Mirid... School fire in Congo’s rebel-controlled…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (227+ words) QUITO, Sept 10 (Reuters) – An Ecuadorean court sentenced former President Abdala Bucaram to nine years and four months ​of imprisonment on Wednesday for his involvement ‌in a criminal organization that fraudulently sold medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bucaram, 74, who was…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (138+ words) MOSCOW, Sept 10 (Reuters) - A woman was ​killed and ‌two people wounded after drone debris fell fallen ‌on ​a ⁠house in the ⁠town of Borisoglebsk in Russia's Voronezh region, ​regional governor Alexander ⁠Gusev said ⁠on Thursday. Air ​defence systems... MOSCOW, Sept…...