By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s foreign ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday to demand the immediate release of reporter Cecilia Sala, who was seized in Tehran on Dec. 19 while working under a regular journalistic visa. The ministry said in a statement it had relayed “serious concern” over Sala’s detention and stressed the …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Elon Musk looks likely to host the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of Germany’s Feb. 23 national election in a live interview on X, his social media platform. In December, the Tesla mogul endorsed the AfD, an anti-immigration, anti-Islamic party labelled as right-wing-extremist by German security services, …
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(Reuters) – The European Union could submit a proposal as soon as March on the creation of so-called ‘return hubs’ to expedite the removal of illegal migrants, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Thursday. Kristersson sketched out the potential timetable during a meeting in Vienna with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, a fellow conservative, in …
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By Fatos Bytyci and Florion Goga TIRANA (Reuters) – Every evening, Ergus Katiaj uploads a video on TikTok reminding customers that his shop in Tirana delivers potato chips, cigarettes and alcohol through the night. His phone buzzes with orders that add about 1,000 euros to his monthly profit. But Katiaj will soon have to find …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he was preparing to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria, less than a month after the overthrow of the Russia-backed government in Damascus. Zelenskiy spoke after a visit to Syria by his Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha, and by Agriculture Minister Vitaliy Koval who said earlier Ukraine …
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By Clauda Tanios DUBAI (Reuters) – An Israeli hostage held by Gaza’s Islamic Jihad militant group has tried to take his own life, the spokesperson for the movement’s armed wing said in a video posted on Telegram on Thursday. One of the group’s medical teams intervened and prevented him from dying, the Al Quds Brigades …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Five-time Olympic champion Hungarian gymnast Agnes Keleti, the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist and a survivor of the persecution of Jews in World War Two, died at the age of 103 on Thursday, the Hungarian Olympic Committee said. Born as Agnes Klein in Budapest on Jan. 9, 1921, Keleti joined the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday it had attacked energy facilities in Ukraine that support Kyiv’s military-industrial complex. The Russian Defence Ministry said that over the last 24 hours it had used its air force, drones, missiles and artillery to target energy facilities, military airfields and Ukrainian military personnel across multiple locations. Reuters could …
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By Alexander Tanas and Mark Trevelyan CHISINAU (Reuters) -The breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria cut heating and hot water supplies to households on Wednesday after Russia stopped supplying gas to central and eastern Europe via Ukraine. The severing of the gas flow was felt immediately in the mainly Russian-speaking territory of about 450,000 people, which …
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By Stevo Vasiljevic CETINJE, Montenegro (Reuters) -A gunman killed at least 10 people in a rampage on a small town in Montenegro on Wednesday, police said, one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings. A 45-year-old man, identified by police as Aleksandar Martinovic, was on the run after opening fire at a restaurant in …
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