ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s upper house of parliament has backed a motion to toughen measures to expel spies, taking particular aim at Russian intelligence agents as Bern prepares to host a major summit aimed at paving the way for peace in Ukraine. Voting 32 in favour and nine against late on Monday, upper house legislators …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany granted citizenship to a record number of people last year, due largely to a jump in the number of Syrians who qualified for a passport after fleeing their country around a decade ago, the Federal Statistics Office said on Tuesday. Overall, some 200,100 foreigners were naturalised last year, a 19% rise …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian forces captured two villages in Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Monday. The settlements were Ivanivka in the Kharkiv region and Netailove in Donetsk. The Ukrainian military’s General Staff said in a report late on Sunday its forces had repelled an attack near Ivanivka, east of the town of Kupiansk. In …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit Belgium on Tuesday and sign a security pact with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, the Belgian government said. The Ukrainian leader is seeking more military aid from his Western allies as his troops struggle to hold back Russia’s invasion forces. On Monday, he visited Spain, which …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -An Israeli airstrike triggered a fire that killed 45 people in a tent camp in the Gazan city of Rafah, officials said on Monday, prompting an outcry from global leaders who urged the implementation of a World Court order to halt Israel’s assault. Palestinian families rushed to …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s top commander said on Monday he had signed paperwork allowing French military instructors to visit Ukrainian training centres soon. “I am pleased to welcome France’s initiative to send instructors to Ukraine to train Ukrainian servicemen,” Oleksandr Syrskyi said on the Telegram messaging app after talks via video link with French defence minister …
(Reuters) – Russian air defence units downed a drone outside Moscow on Monday, Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said. Vorobyov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said fragments from the downed drone landed on a private house at about 9 p.m. (1800 GMT) in Balashikha, just east of the capital. Those inside the house escaped …
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(Reuters) -A Ukrainian missile attack triggered a fire on Monday in the Russian-held northeastern city of Luhansk, the latest in a series of strikes near the city, the regional Russia-installed governor said. Leonid Pasechnik, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the strike was made with cluster munitions. “A fire has broken out as a …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis used a highly derogatory term towards the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops that gay people should not be allowed to become priests, Italian media reported on Monday. La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera, Italy’s largest circulation dailies, both quoted the pope as …
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(This April 29 story has been refiled to correct academic’s surname to ‘Gillett’ instead of ‘Gillet,’ in paragraph 14) By Andrew MacAskill JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is voicing concern that the International Criminal Court could be preparing to issue arrest warrants for government officials on charges related to the conduct of its war against Hamas. …
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