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Ukraine drone strike temporarily cuts utilities in Russia’s Voronezh, governor says

9 Nov 2025

(Reuters) -An overnight drone attack by Ukraine temporarily disrupted power and heating supplies in the southwestern Russia city of Voronezh, a regional governor said on Sunday. The attack on Voronezh, the administrative centre of the wider Voronezh region, caused no injuries, Governor Alexander Gusev said on the Telegram messaging app. Several drones were suppressed by …

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Russian attacks target nuclear substations, kill seven, Ukraine says

9 Nov 2025

By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles in overnight attacks on Ukraine, targeting substations that supply two nuclear power plants and killing seven people, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday. “Russia once again targeted substations that power the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants,” Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on …

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Tens of thousands march in Lisbon against planned labour changes

8 Nov 2025

By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of people protested in Lisbon on Saturday against the centre-right government’s plan to overhaul labour laws, which unions say will undermine workers’ rights, and to demand higher wages. Portugal’s biggest union, CGTP, which called the protest, accused the government of favouring big business while low-paid workers struggle …

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Italy urges US to unlock pay for military base workers amid shutdown

8 Nov 2025

MILAN (Reuters) -Local staff at some American military bases in Italy have not been paid due to the U.S. government shutdown and Rome is in talks with U.S. authorities to resolve the issue, the Italian foreign ministry said on Saturday. About 2,000 non-military Italian employees, mainly at Aviano Air Base and the Vicenza army base …

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Second external power line restored at Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

8 Nov 2025

(Reuters) -A second external power line to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has been restored, the station’s Russian operators were quoted as saying on Saturday. The plant – Europe’s largest, with six reactors – was seized by Russian troops in the first weeks of the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Russia and …

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Soccer-Irish governing body overwhelmingly backs call for UEFA to ban Israel

8 Nov 2025

By Graham Fahy and Philip O’Connor DUBLIN (Reuters) -Members of Irish soccer’s governing body voted overwhelmingly on Saturday for its board to request that UEFA immediately suspend the Israel Football Association from European competitions, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) said. A resolution passed by the FAI members cited alleged violations by Israel’s Football Association …

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Russia’s Lavrov says work under way on Putin’s order on possible Russian nuclear test

8 Nov 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that work is under way on President Vladimir Putin’s order to prepare proposals for a possible Russian nuclear test, state news agency TASS reported. According to TASS, Lavrov said: “Regarding President Vladimir Putin’s instruction at the Security Council meeting on November 5, it has been …

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Putin appoints deputy defence minister Bulyga to security council

8 Nov 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin has appointed Andrei Bulyga, one of Russia’s deputy defence ministers since last year, as deputy secretary of the country’s powerful security council, according to a decree published on the Kremlin’s website on Saturday. In a separate decree, Putin appointed Colonel-General Alexander Sanchik, who had been serving as commander of Russia’s …

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Palestinian militants hand over body of another Gaza hostage

8 Nov 2025

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad handed over the body of a deceased hostage on Friday as part of the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military said in a statement on Saturday it had confirmed the body was that of Lior Rudaeff following an identification process. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s …

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In Syria’s south, Bedouins uprooted by sectarian clashes see little hope of return

8 Nov 2025

By Laila Bassam and Tom Perry NAWA, Syria (Reuters) -As sectarian violence swept through Syria’s southern Sweida province in July, the Sbeih family say they were taken by Druze gunmen and held in a school with other Bedouin tribe members. When their guards disappeared after three nights, they tried to escape. Shots were fired, and …

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