MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there was no time left this year to sign a new Ukrainian gas transit deal, and laid the blame firmly on Ukraine for refusing to extend the agreement that brings gas to Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Austria. “They announced that they would not renew the …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had asked the Defense Department to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine, after condemning Russia’s Christmas Day attack on Ukraine’s energy system and some of its cities. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Russia attacked Ukraine on Wednesday with cruise and ballistic missiles, …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon said on Thursday it was looking forward to having the best neighbourly relations with Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad opened the way to a new era in the often turbulent relations between the two neighbours. Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib passed on the message – Beirut’s first to the …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military loosened its rules of engagement at the start of the Gaza war to enable commanders to order attacks on targets despite a heightened risk of civilian casualties, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Immediately after the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel by groups of Hamas-led gunmen, the …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia declared a federal emergency on Thursday over an oil spill caused by two Russian tankers in the Black Sea, the Emergencies Ministry said. The tankers were hit by a storm on Dec. 15. One split in half and the other ran aground. The resulting spill has coated sandy beaches at and …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Thursday it had foiled several plots by Ukrainian intelligence services to kill high-ranking Russian officers and their families in Moscow using bombs disguised as power banks or document folders. On Dec. 17, Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service killed Lieutenant General Kirillov, chief of Russia’s Nuclear, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s aviation watchdog said on Thursday all four Moscow airports had resumed work after the lifting of temporary restrictions that were introduced to ensure the safety of civil aircraft flights. “Aircraft crews, air traffic controllers and airport services have taken all necessary measures to ensure flight safety – this is the main …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO on Thursday called for a full investigation into the cause of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and victims of Azerbaijan Airlines flight J28243,” NATO spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah said in a post on the platform X. “We wish those injured …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia is willing to work with Donald Trump’s incoming administration to improve relations if the U.S. has serious intentions to do so but it is up to Washington to make the first move, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. Trump, who will return as U.S. president …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s ultranationalist security minister ascended to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Thursday for what he said was a “prayer” for hostages in Gaza, freshly challenging rules over one of the most sensitive sites in the Middle East. Israel’s official position accepts decades-old rules restricting non-Muslim prayer at the compound, Islam’s …
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