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Family in remote Himalayas gets own polling station for Indian election May 20, 2024 08:20AM

By Sharafat Ali

WARSHI, India (Reuters) - Five people from one family in a remote Himalayan village voted in India's election in their own polling station on Monday after officials travelled for seven hours and borrowed a power connection from the military to enable them to cast their ballots.

Officials collected the voting equipment on Sunday from Leh, capital city of the Himalayan federal territory of Ladakh, and boarded a bus, for the... (continue reading...)


International Criminal Court prosecutor statement on arrest warrants for Hamas, Israeli leaders May 20, 2024 08:15AM

(Reuters) - Following is the statement from Karim Khan, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, on arrest warrants over the war in Gaza.

Today I am filing applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in the State of Palestine.

Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif), Ismail Haniyeh

On the basis of evidence collected and examined... (continue reading...)


Reactions to ICC decision on Israeli and Hamas leaders May 20, 2024 08:09AM

(Reuters) - The International Criminal Court prosecutor's office said on Monday said it had requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence minister and three Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes.

Here are some reactions to the decision:

SAMI ABU ZUHRI, SENIOR HAMAS OFFICIAL

The decision "equates the victim with the executioner" and encourages Israel to continue its "war of... (continue reading...)


Threat from Israeli operations preventing Rafah crossing aid deliveries, says Egypt May 20, 2024 08:05AM

(Reuters) - The cessation of aid deliveries through the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is connected to the threat posed to humanitarian work by Israel's military operation in the area, Egypt's foreign minister said on Monday.

"Now there is a military presence on the outskirts of the Rafah crossing and military operations that put aid convoys and truck drivers in danger," Sameh Shoukry told reporters after meeting his Greek counterpart... (continue reading...)


Drone startup Neros raises funding from Sequoia, eyes supplies to Ukraine, US military May 20, 2024 08:03AM

By Krystal Hu

(Reuters) - Neros, an autonomous drone startup founded about a year ago, has raised $10.9 million in a seed round from Sequoia Capital to build a new factory and manufacture more drones to sell to Ukraine, the company told Reuters.

Neros joined a series of American drone companies trying to capitalize on the huge demand for drones in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, where thousands of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been... (continue reading...)


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