MOSCOW (Reuters) – A drone fell on an oil depot in Russia’s southern Stavropol region, local governor Vladimir Vladimirov said on Friday. It was the second suspected Ukrainian attack in consecutive days on Russian fuel and energy targets, following a lull of about seven weeks since a fuel facility in Tula was attacked on Sept. …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov plans to visit Malta in December to take part in a meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Vedomosti daily reported on Friday, citing foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. This will be Lavrov’s first visit to a European …
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(Reuters) – Russia is “surprised” that Turkey continues to supply Ukraine with weapons while trying to act as a mediator in the conflict between the two countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Hurriyet newspaper. “Turkish weapons are used by the Ukrainian armed forces to kill Russian military personnel and civilians,” Lavrov said in …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States has received information that indicates that “right now” there are 8,000 North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk region, deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood told the Security Council on Thursday. “I have a very respectful question for my Russian colleague: Does Russia …
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By Laila Bassam, Timour Azhari and Emily Rose BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. envoys on Thursday that Israel’s ability to counter threats to its security from Lebanon and return displaced people to the north were key elements of any ceasefire deal with Lebanon. He was speaking shortly after a Hezbollah attack …
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By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) -Bird flu has been spreading faster in the European Union this season than a milder 2023, raising concerns of a repeat of previous crises that led to the deaths of tens of millions of poultry and renewing fears that it could expand to humans. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, …
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By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Rescue teams completed recovery operations on Thursday at a high-rise residence in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv hit by a Russian-guided bomb, with emergency services saying the death toll had risen to three. Emergency services said children aged 12 and 15 were among the dead in the Wednesday …
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By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) -Human rights lawyers have filed a court appeal in Berlin seeking to block a 150-metric-ton shipment of military-grade explosives aboard German cargo ship MV Kathrin which they say is to be delivered to Israel’s biggest defence contractor. The European Legal Support Center said on Wednesday the action was filed on …
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(Reuters) – Russian air defence systems intercepted 10 Ukrainian drones over four regions in the space of an hour on Thursday evening, the Russian Defence Ministry said. No damage or injuries were reported. The ministry, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said five drones were downed in Kursk region, where Ukrainian troops staged a mass …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – A man was killed and a woman was seriously hurt in an explosion in an apartment in the Greek capital Athens on Thursday and an anti-terrorism investigation was underway, the fire brigade and police officials said. One of the officials said Greece’s anti-terrorism police unit was investigating based on indications that the …
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