By Layli Foroudi and Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) – The first time French police informed the Chechen refugee that he was prohibited from leaving the northeastern city of Strasbourg and must check in with them daily, he did not think it worth contesting the order. France was in the midst of a massive security operation …
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By Pesha Magid RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, the highest number in decades, despite de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman’s 2022 assertion that the death penalty had been eliminated except for murder cases under his vision for a new open kingdom. The country is spending billions to transform its reputation …
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova faces a harsh winter but will overcome the challenge, President Maia Sandu said at the inauguration for her second term on Tuesday. Sandu, who won a closely contested election in November, faces a potential energy crisis as the threat of Russia cutting off gas supply to the small eastern European nation …
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By Jaidaa Taha, Mahmoud Salama and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) – Syrian refugees and residents in Egypt face an uncertain future as new regulations may jeopardise their right to remain in the country after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster earlier this month. European countries quickly suspended Syrian asylum applications after the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham …
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By Leonardo Benassatto and Nacho Doce CORME, Spain (Reuters) – On the craggy rocks on northwestern Spain’s treacherous Costa da Morte (Death Coast), wetsuit-clad fishermen dodge crashing waves as they pick barnacles, a prized Christmas delicacy facing decline due to climate change and other factors. Fetching up to 200 euros ($208) per kilogram (2.2 pounds) …
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ZURICH (Reuters) -A Swiss International Air Lines flight bound for Zurich from Bucharest made an emergency landing in Austria because of engine problems and smoke in the cabin and cockpit that left one crew member in intensive care, the carrier said. The Airbus A220-300 aircraft involved in Monday’s incident was carrying 74 passengers and five …
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By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s former royal family has been granted Greek citizenship and pledged loyalty to the republic in a landmark move 50 years after the country abolished the monarchy. Ten members of the family, including the children and grandchildren of former King Constantine who died in 2023, applied for citizenship last …
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By Tom Balmforth ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Spying runs in the family for Oleh Kolesnikov. The Ukrainian citizen said his father was a Soviet intelligence agent in Cuba during the Cold War, posing as a translator, and his cousin works with the Russian security service. That made him a prime candidate for wartime espionage. Kolesnikov …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz admitted on Monday for the first time publicly to Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July, further risking tensions between Tehran and its arch-enemy Israel in a region shaken by Israel’s war in Gaza and the conflict in Lebanon. “These days, when the Houthi …
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Gaps between Israel and Hamas over a possible Gaza ceasefire have narrowed, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials’ remarks on Monday, though crucial differences have yet to be resolved. A fresh bid by mediators Egypt, Qatar and the United States to end the fighting and release Israeli …
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