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NATO official: Alliance in close contact with US on force posture in Europe

29 Oct 2025

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO and US authorities are in close contact about force posture, a NATO official said on Wednesday after Romania’s defence ministry said allies were notified of U.S. plans to cut the number of troops stationed on Europe’s eastern flank. “Adjustments to US force posture are not unusual,” the NATO official said, adding that …

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Turkey’s Eurofighter Typhoon jet deal includes weapons package, source says

29 Oct 2025

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey’s deal to buy 20 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets from Britain for 8 billion pounds ($10.7 billion) also includes a comprehensive weapons package, including MBDA Meteor air-to-air missiles and Brimstone ground attack missiles, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. NATO allies Turkey and Britain signed the deal at a …

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Czech election winner Babis says his party will sign coalition agreement on Nov 3

29 Oct 2025

(Reuters) -Czech election winner Andrej Babis said on Wednesday that his ANO party will sign a coalition agreement with the eurosceptic Motorists party and the far-right, anti-European Union and anti-NATO SPD party on November 3. “We have an agreed coalition agreement. We agreed to sign it on Monday, November 3, the day when the new …

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Polish jets intercepted a Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea, army says

29 Oct 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish jets intercepted a Russian aircraft on Tuesday that was flying a reconnaissance mission in international airspace over the Baltic Sea without a filed flight plan and with its transponder turned off, the Polish army said on Wednesday. Countries on NATO’s eastern flank have been on high alert for potential airspace incursions since …

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Israel strikes Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating US-brokered ceasefire

29 Oct 2025

By Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli planes launched strikes in Gaza on Tuesday after Israel accused the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory, the latest test of a fragile deal brokered earlier this month by U.S. President Donald Trump. Local health authorities said the strikes killed at …

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Factbox-Who are the main candidates in the Dutch election?

29 Oct 2025

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Netherlands holds a general election on October 29, when more than 13 million voters will pick parties to form a governing coalition. The poll will ultimately determine who becomes the next prime minister, succeeding the unaffiliated Dick Schoof. Here is a look at the main candidates: GEERT WILDERS – PVV Far-right leader Geert …

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Portugal’s budget bill clears first hurdle in parliament

28 Oct 2025

LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s parliament on Tuesday approved the centre-right minority government’s 2026 budget bill on its first reading thanks to an abstention by the opposition Socialist Party while the far-right Chega and most smaller parties voted against. The bill targets slightly stronger economic growth of 2.3%, after a predicted expansion of 2.0% this year, and …

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At least 60 dead in Rio de Janeiro police operation, local media reports

28 Oct 2025

(Reuters) -At least 60 people died, including four police officers, in an operation against organized crime in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, broadcasters GloboNews and CNN Brasil reported, a death toll more than double official figures released earlier in the day. (Reporting by Andre RomaniEditing by Brad Haynes)

How Venezuela’s Nobel Prize Winner built a high-stakes alliance with Trump

28 Oct 2025

By Sarah Kinosian and Julia Symmes Cobb WASHINGTON (Reuters) -On January 6, 2025, four members of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s team piled onto a couch in a Capitol Hill office, across from Mike Waltz, who was soon to become Donald Trump’s national security adviser. Machado made a cameo via video call from her …

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