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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...)


Factbox-Key facts about Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant May 20, 2024 08:02AM

(Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday said he had requested arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

Here are some facts about Yoav Gallant.

A member of Netanyahu's war cabinet and also his conservative Likud party, Gallant, 65, began military service as a navy frogman before rising to become one of the most senior... (continue reading...)


Wikileaks' Julian Assange given permission to appeal against U.S. extradition May 20, 2024 07:44AM

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange's battle to avoid extradition to the United States received a huge boost on Monday when London's High Court ruled that U.S. assurances over his case were unsatisfactory and he would get a full appeal hearing.

In March, the High Court provisionally gave Assange, 52, permission to appeal on three grounds. But it gave the U.S. the opportunity to provide satisfactory assurances that it would not seek the... (continue reading...)


Hungary detains captain of cruise ship involved in Danube collision May 20, 2024 07:42AM

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has detained the captain of a Swiss-based cruise ship involved in a collision with a small motor boat on the Danube River late on Saturday that killed two people, with five others still missing, police said on Monday.

The accident was reported on Saturday night after a 35-year-old man was found with a bleeding head wound near a main road by the river near Veroce, 55 km (34 miles) north of the capital Budapest.

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