MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday it had destroyed five Ukrainian SU-27 fighter jets with Iskander-M missiles and damaged two more at the Myrhorod airfield in Ukraine’s central Poltava region. Ukraine said there had been a strike at the airfield but that Russia was exaggerating the damage caused. Ukraine did not detail exactly what …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said in a statement on Monday that a civilian had been killed in Ukrainian shelling of an agricultural facility. Moscow says Belgorod, which borders Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, has come under regular attack from Kyiv’s forces since President Vladimir Putin ordered tens of thousands of troops into …
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday as fighting raged in Gaza and Israeli tanks advanced deeper in parts of the enclave, residents and officials said. Islamic Jihad, an ally of Hamas – both of whom are backed by …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis said on Monday that they conducted four military operations targeting four ships in the Red, Arabian and Mediterranean Seas as well as the Indian Ocean “linked to the United States, the United Kingdom and Israel.” In the first operation, “Israeli ship MSC Unific was targeted in the Arabian Sea,” Yahya …
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By Catarina Demony and Charlotte Van Campenhout (Reuters) -As the Netherlands on Monday marked 161 years since the abolition of slavery with annual Ketikoti celebrations, activists have questioned the sincerity of apologies by Dutch authorities since the issue of reparations has not been addressed. “Ketikoti” is a Surinamese expression that means the “the chain is …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said on Monday that “the Ukrainian crisis cannot be solved in one day,” when asked about U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s frequent claims that he could end the war within 24 hours if reelected. Republican candidate Trump has not given any details and has …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia shot down five aerial targets over Crimea on Monday, the Russian-installed governor of the Crimean port of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on his Telegram channel. Fragments of the downed targets fell in the coastal area and near Balaklava, which is a part of the Sevastopol agglomeration. Razvozhayev, who had initially reported …
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By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Yulia Navalnaya, widow of late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, said on Monday she would use a new role as chair of the U.S.-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) to step up her husband’s struggle against President Vladimir Putin. The New York-based HRF said in a statement on Monday it …
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – An Air Europa flight headed from Madrid to Montevideo, Uruguay, was diverted to a Brazilian airport on Monday after hitting severe turbulence, the carrier said, and 30 passengers experienced minor injuries, local health authorities said. Flight UX045 made an emergency landing at the Natal Airport in northeastern Brazil at 2:32 a.m. …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that the outcome of the first round of parliamentary elections in France confirmed trends already being observed in various European countries. Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party scored historic gains to win the first round of France’s parliamentary election, but the final outcome will depend …
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