(Reuters) – Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian residents said on Friday, and video showed “Revenge”, “Death to Arabs” and other slogans had been spray-painted in Hebrew on the building’s facade. Black burn marks were visible at the entrance to the Muslim holy site in the northern West …
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KYIV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military said on Friday its forces had pulled back from the area around Uspenivka and Trudove villages in the eastern region of Donetsk to avoid being encircled by advancing Russian troops. With the war now in its 33rd month, the Ukrainian forces are engaged in intense defensive battles and are …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Large-scale returns of refugees to Syria could overwhelm the country and even stoke conflict following the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad, the head of the U.N. migration agency said on Friday. The U.N. refugee agency has estimated that 1 million people will return to Syria in the first six …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will decide on Dec. 27 whether to dissolve parliament to pave the way for new elections, according to a post on the Presidency website on Friday. (Writing by Friederike Heine)
By Amel Emric and Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A blanket of fog and smog descended on the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo this week, reducing daytime visibility to a few dozen metres and forcing residents indoors as pollution levels surged to hazardous levels. Only India’s capital New Delhi, which has 100 times more people than …
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By Louise Rasmussen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -China has allowed representatives from Germany, Sweden, Finland and Denmark to board a Chinese bulk carrier at the centre of an investigation into Baltic Sea cable breaches, the Danish foreign minister said on Thursday. The Yi Peng 3 vessel is wanted in Sweden for questioning over a breach of two …
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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean police have questioned Prime Minister and Acting President Han Duck-soo as part of an investigation into the short-lived decision this month to impose martial law, an official at his office said on Friday. The acting president was among 12 people present at a cabinet meeting on Dec. …
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By Tassilo Hummel and Michel Rose MAMOUDZOU/PARIS (Reuters) -People in storm-ravaged Mayotte implored French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to do more to help as he toured the overseas territory, where scores are feared dead in the rubble left by Cyclone Chido. Some in the crowds that gathered outside the airport booed the presidential motorcade, …
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By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI (Reuters) – 2025 will be a year of reckoning for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his country’s arch foe Iran. The veteran Israeli leader is set to cement his strategic goals: tightening his military control over Gaza, thwarting Iran’s nuclear ambitions and capitalising on the dismantling of Tehran’s allies — …
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By Juliette Jabkhiro AVIGNON, France (Reuters) -A French court found Dominique Pelicot guilty on Thursday of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade, and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her unconscious body in a case that has horrified the world. All the Frenchman’s 50 co-defendants were also found guilty of rape, …
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