PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech President Petr Pavel was injured on a motorcycle, but not seriously, his office said on Thursday. “The president was injured while riding his motorcycle,” Pavel’s office said on social media platform X. “The injuries are not serious but will require a short observation in the hospital.” The office said it would provide …
By Michelle Nichols and Daria Sito-Sucic UNITED NATIONS/SARAJEVO (Reuters) -The United Nations General Assembly declared July 11 an international day of remembrance of the Srebrenica genocide in a vote on Thursday that survivors branded as historic and Serbs as a failure, reflecting deep ethnic divisions in Bosnia. The massacre of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men …
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By Greg Torode and Laurie Chen HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – In launching two days of “punishment” drills to protest against what it sees as the separatist instincts of Taiwan’s newly inaugurated President Lai Ching-te, Beijing is sending a finely calibrated warning. Analysts, regional diplomats and senior Taiwan officials note that so far the scale of …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold wide-ranging talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on Thursday and Friday, the Kremlin said. Russia and Belarus are close allies, with Minsk set to take part in exercises aimed at simulating preparations for the launch of tactical nuclear weapons this month. Belarus has …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday said President Vladimir Putin had not had any contact with Donald Trump, after the former U.S. president said he would use his ties with Putin to get Wall Street reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from a Russian prison. Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that …
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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) – Thousands of Iranians turned out to mourn President Ebrahim Raisi in the city of Tabriz on Tuesday, after he was killed in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border at the weekend along with his foreign minister and seven others. State TV broadcast live images of mourners, many of …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed 35 Palestinians in aerial and ground bombardments across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and battled in close combat with Hamas-led militants in areas of the southern city of Rafah, health officials and Hamas media said. Israeli tanks advanced in Rafah’s southeast, edged towards the city’s western …
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(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a fresh plea on Wednesday for upgraded defence systems to protect Ukraine’s cities against guided bombs, which he described as the “the main instrument” now used by Moscow in its attacks. Zelenskiy has long called for improved air defences as Russia intensifies its assaults on energy and other infrastructure. …
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By Anne Kauranen and Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s plan to allow border agents to block asylum seekers from trying to enter from Russia received both praise and criticism on Wednesday, as the country’s parliament began debating a draft law. The government on Tuesday proposed emergency legislation that would allow border guards to reject …
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By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Already under global pressure over the mounting toll from the war in Gaza, Israel slipped further into international isolation on Wednesday after three European countries broke with their main EU partners and decided to recognise a Palestinian state. The move, described by an Israeli government spokesperson as “obscene”, will …
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