Category Archives: National
Israeli shelling strikes Lebanese army post after infiltration warning
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli shelling struck a Lebanese army observation post at the border on Friday, three sources in Lebanon told Reuters, after the Israeli military warned of a suspected armed inf...
Oct 13, 2023 Smoke rises after Israeli shelling , as seen from Lebanese side, near the border with Israel, in Alma Al-Shaab, southern Lebanon, October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Kaiser Permanente, union reach tentative agreement after biggest healthcare strike
(Reuters) -Kaiser Permanente's frontline healthcare workers union reached a tentative deal with the company on Friday, moving toward settling a dispute over staffing levels and pay that had sparked th...
Oct 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO-Healthcare workers strike in front of Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, as more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers go on strike from October 4 to 7 across the United States, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
U.S. ready to send more military aid to Israel, says Austin
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Friday that the Pentagon was ready to deploy more military aid to Israel as Israeli forces prepare for a likely invasion of Gaza in re...
Oct 13, 2023 U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks to the media during a NATO Defence Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
UPDATE: Israeli military says troops make first ground raids into Gaza
UPDATED 1:15 P.M. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said its infantry and tanks had carried out raids inside the Gaza Strip on Friday, its first announcement of a shift from an air war to ground operations...
Oct 13, 2023 Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble in the aftermath of Israeli strikes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Ford says it is 'at the limit' with UAW contract offer
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Ford executive said Thursday the automaker is "at the limit" of what it can spend on higher wages and benefits for the United Auto Workers, and warned the union...
Oct 13, 2023 United Auto Workers (UAW) union members picket outside Ford's Kentucky truck plant after going on strike in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Luke Sharrett
UPDATE: US House Republicans nominate Jim Jordan for speaker, testing hardline appeal
UPDATED 3:54 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday nominated hardline conservative Jim Jordan to lead the chamber, a move that will test whether the lon...
Oct 13, 2023 House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a prime contender in the race to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting as Republicans work to restart their effort to pick a new leader for the U.S. House of Representatives after party infighting led nominee Steve Scalise to withdraw from the race for speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
US says Iran cannot access its $6 billion in Qatar any time soon
TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Thursday that Iran would not gain access any time soon to $6 billion in Iranian funds parked in a Qatar bank last month as part of a prisoner e...
Oct 12, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference, in Tel Aviv, Israel October 12, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS
US will offer charter flights to help Americans leave Israel starting Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department will begin offering charter flights to Europe to help Americans leave Israel if they want starting Friday, the White House said, after extensive talks w...
Oct 12, 2023 People walk next to a sign directing for Shelter after landing in Israel at the arrivals section of Ben Gurion International airport in Lod near Tel Aviv, Israel October 11, 2023 REUTERS/Marius Bosch
US Senator Menendez charged with conspiring to act as foreign agent
(Reuters) -Prosecutors pursuing a corruption case against Bob Menendez on Thursday brought a new charge against the Democratic U.S. senator, accusing him of engaging in a conspiracy to act as a foreig...
Oct 12, 2023 U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) speaks to reporters while on his way to a vote following a Senate Democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Craig Hudson/File Photo
Republicans mull next move on Steve Scalise's US House speaker nomination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives were set to meet behind closed doors on Thursday as Steve Scalise faced a test of whether he could gain enough support from his s...
Oct 12, 2023 House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks to reporters after he won a majority of votes in the House Republican caucus to become their nominee for next Speaker of the House during a Republican meeting held behind closed doors in the Longworth House office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
