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One dead, at least 25 injured in Comoros protests over president’s re-election

By Abdou Moustoifa MORONI (Reuters) -One person has been killed and at least 25 injured in violent protests that erupted after Comoros President Azali Assoumani’s re-election on Sunday, a health official said on Thursday. Demonstrations erupted on Wednesday, a day after the electoral body declared Assoumani winner, giving him a fourth five-year term. A seven-year-old …

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Kate, Princess of Wales, ‘doing well’ after surgery, King Charles ‘fine’

LONDON (Reuters) – Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, is “doing well” after undergoing abdominal surgery this week, a royal source said on Thursday, while King Charles is also “fine” ahead of treatment for an enlarged prostate, his wife Queen Camilla said. Kate, 42, was admitted to the private London Clinic on Tuesday for planned surgery, …

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Factbox-How companies are responding to attacks on ships in the Red Sea

(Reuters) -Attacks on vessels by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen have disrupted international commerce on the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia. The attacks, targeting a route that accounts for about 15% of the world’s shipping traffic, have pushed several shipping companies to reroute their vessels. The U.S. and Britain launched air strikes against …

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U.S. lists Houthis as terrorists, rebels hit another US-operated ship

By Jonathan Saul, Simon Lewis and Megan Davies LONDON/WASHINGTON/DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -The U.S. on Wednesday returned the Yemen-based Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups, as the militants attacked their second U.S.-operated vessel in the Red Sea region this week and the U.S. military carried out fresh strikes. Attacks by the Iran-allied Houthi militia …

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Israel presses southern Gaza assault, Jordan decries damage to hospital

By Arafat Barbakh, Tyrone Siu and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER/DOHA (Reuters) – Israel pressed its assault on Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Wednesday, sending tanks westwards while Jordan decried shelling that badly damaged its field hospital in the city. The Jordanian army said it held Israel responsible for a “flagrant breach of international law” …

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Japan’s Mizuho hunting for deals to bolster asset management business

By Makiko Yamazaki and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) -Mizuho Financial Group is in talks with overseas asset managers about deals as the major Japanese banking group looks to more than double its assets under management to $1 trillion within 10 years, a senior executive told Reuters. Mizuho, which has about 70 trillion yen ($474.71 billion) …

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