Category: World News
UN agency investigating humanitarian food theft in Ethiopia
Washington Post The United Nations food relief agency is investigating the theft of food aid from lifesaving humanitarian operations in Ethiopia, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/11/ethiopia-un-wfp-food-theft-investigation/3c5008ae-d83b-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreGermany: ‘Uncooperative’ squirrel freed from manhole cover
Washington Post Firefighters say they have freed an “uncooperative” squirrel that was stuck in a manhole cover in western Germany https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/11/germany-squirrel-rescue-manhole-dortmund/d5450874-d837-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreUkraine live briefing: Leak reveals challenges of likely counteroffensive; Russia bolsters defenses near Finland
Washington Post A top Russian general said the Kremlin will ramp up its air defenses near Finland, which recently became the newest member of NATO. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/11/russia-ukraine-war-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreShootout in southwest Pakistan kills 4 policemen, militant
Washington Post Pakistani police say security forces raided a suspected hideout of the Pakistani Taliban in the southwestern city of Quetta, triggering a shootout that killed four police officers and a militant commander https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/11/pakistan-policemen-killed-shootout-militants/ec417e14-d831-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreHundreds flee from wildfire in South Korean seaside city
Washington Post Hundreds of people have been forced to flee as a wildfire destroyed dozens of homes in a South Korean coastal city https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/11/south-korea-wildfire-gangneung/874c8c84-d821-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreGood Friday Agreement is a rare success story of 1990s U.S. diplomacy
Washington Post The 25th anniversary of the pact is a reminder of the relative failure of two other Clinton-era diplomatic agreements in the Middle East and the Balkans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/11/good-friday-agreement-northern-ireland-diplomacy-united-states/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreIndia residents try to save a river, officials deny problems
Washington Post Eloor, a small island on the Periyar River in southern India, used to have rich farmland and be teeming with fish https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/india-pollution-river-biodiversity-chemicals/c847d3bc-d810-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreColombian who made racist comments to VP will be sentenced
Washington Post A 62-year-old woman has been convicted of discrimination and harassment on for making racist comments about Colombia’s first Black vice president during an antigovernment protest last year https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/colombia-vice-president-racism/7e0b9002-d80d-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreLebanon still proxy battleground, 50 years after Israel raid
Washington Post It was a cold night 50 years ago when an Israeli commando team led by a man disguised as a woman infiltrated a posh Beirut neighborhood and shot and killed three top officials from the Palestine Liberation Organization in their apartments https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/lebanon-israel-plo-beirut-ehud-barak/849c75f4-d80c-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreThe key countries and revelations from the Pentagon document leak
Washington Post The leaked documents contain references to countries all over the world, ranging from China to Haiti. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/10/pentagon-document-leak-russia-china-israel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
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