MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday it had detained a dual Russian-German citizen on suspicion of preparing an act of sabotage on a railroad in Nizhny Novgorod, a city some 280 miles (450 km) east of Moscow. The FSB did not name the man, but said he was born in 2003. …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will raise the issues of Ukraine being invited to join the NATO military alliance as well as security guarantees at a meeting with European partners this month, Kyiv said on Tuesday. Ukraine announced the meeting on Monday and said it would help coordinate a joint position and ensure …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 34 Palestinians overnight and on Tuesday, medics said, as Israeli tanks pushed into areas in central and southern parts of the enclave. An Israeli airstrike killed at least 25 people in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces have operated …
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ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government has scrapped fines on people who refused to get mandatory COVID-19 jabs, it said in a statement late on Monday, after they were introduced to boost vaccinations with the country struggling to curb the pandemic. Italy has been one of the country’s hardest hit by the pandemic, which was …
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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Iran-backed Hezbollah needs to focus on domestic issues in Lebanon and not the wider region, senior Lebanese Maronite politician Gebran Bassil said on Tuesday, adding that he was against the head of the army running for the presidency. A year of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel, which culminated in …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the Ukraine war would continue until the goals set by President Vladimir Putin were achieved by military action or by negotiation. Putin has demanded that Ukraine abandon its ambition to join NATO and withdraw fully from four regions of the country that Russia has claimed as …
(Reuters) – Croatia said it had temporarily suspended asylum applications from Syrians, following the lead of other European governments, after rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad after 13 years of civil war. Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said his ministry had instructed authorities “to halt on an interim basis requests for asylum by Syrian citizens until some …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Austria will support Syrians who want to return now that rebels have seized Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad has fled, Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Tuesday. “The fall of the Assad regime is changing the overall situation in Syria. The country now needs its citizens,” Nehammer posted on social media platform X. …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief said on Tuesday that Russia was close to achieving its goals in Ukraine with Moscow holding what he said was the strategic initiative in all areas in the war. Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has left tens of thousands of dead, displaced millions and triggered …
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By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) -European countries put asylum applications from Syrians on hold until further notice on Monday after rebels seized the Syrian capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia following 13 years of civil war. The decision, which affects tens of thousands of open claims, reflects the rapidly changing political situation in …
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