MOSCOW (Reuters) – A court in Moscow on Thursday ordered the suspect in the killing of top Russian general Igor Kirillov to be sent to pre-trial detention for a period of two months, the court said on its Telegram channel. The suspect, a native of Uzbekistan, was charged with an act of terrorism resulting in …
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE -Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and extermination. “This policy, inflicted as part of a mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, means Israeli authorities …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the Ukraine war with his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis in a phone call on Wednesday, his ministry said on Thursday. Switzerland hosted a peace conference in June at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to which Russia was not invited. Zelenskiy has said he hopes …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The suspect in the killing of top Russian general Igor Kirillov has been charged with an act of terrorism resulting in the death of a person, a notice on the website of the Moscow court said on Thursday. Russia said on Wednesday it had detained an Uzbek man who had confessed to …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund stands ready to assist Syria’s reconstruction alongside the international community, but the situation on the ground remains fluid, IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack said on Thursday. Kozack told a regular press briefing that the IMF has had no meaningful contact with Syrian authorities since an economic …
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq sent back nearly 2,000 Syrian soldiers on Thursday to their homeland after they had sought refuge in Iraq during the advance of rebel forces that toppled President Bashar al-Assad earlier this month, according to an Iraqi military statement. The Syrian soldiers were returned at their request and entered via a border …
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By Lili Bayer and Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged European countries on Thursday to provide guarantees to protect Ukraine after the war with Russia ends but said these would not be enough without support from the United States under Donald Trump. While the fighting triggered by Russia’s 2022 invasion goes on …
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By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – After more than a decade of rising deadly gang violence, Swedish police say the country’s violent crime statistics are finally improving and attribute this to new powers including increased electronic eavesdropping and more surveillance cameras. Police said they had prevented more than 100 serious crimes this year, resulting in …
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(Reuters) -A Paris court convicted a brother of French international footballer Paul Pogba and five others on Thursday of attempting to extort the World Cup winner, French media reported. Mathias Pogba received a three-year sentence, with two of them suspended, after being found guilty of organised extortion and attempted extortion, the daily L’Equipe said. He …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine launched six U.S.-made long-range ATACMs missiles and four British-made Storm Shadow missiles at Russia’s southern Rostov region on Wednesday, the Russian defence ministry said on Thursday. Russian forces downed all of the ATACMS and three out of four of the Storm Shadows, the ministry said, adding that Moscow would respond to the …
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