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Turkish asylum seeker killed in rare Moldovan drive-by shooting, police say

10 Jul 2024

CHISINAU (Reuters) – A man described by police as a convicted Turkish drug dealer seeking asylum was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday, a highly unusual occurrence in Moldova’s normally quiet capital. The Interior Ministry of the ex-Soviet state said an assailant aboard an electric scooter fired several shots on Friday morning …

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Explainer-Coalition or chaos? What lies ahead after France’s election

10 Jul 2024

(Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron has urged the mainstream parties in France’s hung parliament to form a coalition able to muster a “solid” majority. He broke his silence following Sunday’s parliamentary election in a letter published in regional newspapers. France’s fractured parliament means the path to forming a government is littered with obstacles. A period of …

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Le Pen blames Macron for French government gridlock

10 Jul 2024

By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Zhifan Liu PARIS (Reuters) -France’s left-wing alliance and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc battled to put together rival bids to form a government, as far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday that blame for the political impasse lay squarely with Macron. The unexpected outcome of Sunday’s snap election, in …

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Poland will do what is needed to end Belarus border crisis, says deputy minister

10 Jul 2024

By Barbara Erling WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will do whatever it takes to resolve a migrant crisis on its border with Belarus, a deputy defence minister said, as Warsaw weighed options that may include closing the frontier. The border has become a flashpoint as Western officials accuse the Belarus government of sending migrants from outside …

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More than two dozen Gazans killed in Israeli strike as Hamas says truce talks may be in jeopardy

10 Jul 2024

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ramadan Abed CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Palestinian officials said an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza Strip killed more than two dozen people while advancing tanks in Gaza City forced residents to flee under fire as Israel on Tuesday stepped up an offensive that Hamas warned could jeopardise ceasefire talks. The airstrike hit the …

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US intelligence official indicates Russia prefers Trump as election victor

10 Jul 2024

By Jonathan Landay and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. has not seen Russia shift on its preference from previous U.S. presidential elections on who it prefers to win this year, a U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday, indicating that Moscow again favors Republican Donald Trump. The official, briefing reporters on U.S. election security, did …

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Russia says its forces take control of Yasnobrodivka in eastern Ukraine

9 Jul 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday that its forces took control of Yasnobrodivka settlement in Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, it said in a report on the Telegram messging app. Ukraine acknowledged no such loss and identified the village as one of several where its forces were defending positions. The Russian defence …

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NATO agency places $700 million order for Stinger anti-aircraft missiles

9 Jul 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NATO has placed an order for Stinger anti-aircraft missiles worth almost $700 million in the name of several member states, the alliance’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. “Just today, the (NATO procurement agency) NSPA signed a new multinational contract for Stinger missiles worth almost $700 million,” he told a gathering of defence …

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The race to save Ukrainian infant’s life after hospital strike

9 Jul 2024

By Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) – Oleh Holubchenko’s team was in the middle of surgery on five-month-old Taras when an explosive wave sent the medics flying across the room. Shards of glass tore into Holubchenko’s back and his colleague Ihor Kolodka’s face. The baby remained in place on the table, surrounded by shattered equipment and …

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