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Belarus to deploy Russia’s Oreshnik missile system in December, TASS reports

28 Oct 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarus will deploy Russia’s new Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile system in December, Russian state-run TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing Natalya Eismont, spokesperson for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Eismont said that preparations for the deployment were nearing completion. Earlier, Lukashenko said the deployment was a response to what he called Western escalation. …

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Europe’s top rights court rejects climate challenge against Norway’s oil

28 Oct 2025

By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) -The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favour of Norway’s government in a climate lawsuit brought by young activists who claimed the country’s policy of Arctic oil exploration had put their future at risk. Norway is western Europe’s largest oil and gas producer, with daily output of …

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Soccer-Man dies after being hit by car driven by Inter goalkeeper Martinez

28 Oct 2025

(This story has been refiled to remove an incorrect image) (Reuters) -A man in an electric wheelchair died on Tuesday after being hit by a car driven by Inter Milan goalkeeper Josep Martinez in the province of Como, Italy police said. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning, with police stating that the wheelchair appeared to …

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Zelenskiy says Kyiv ready for peace talks, but will not cede territory

28 Oct 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine is ready for peace talks but will not withdraw its troops from additional territory first as Moscow has demanded, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. In comments to reporters released on Tuesday, he said he was happy for talks to be held anywhere, except in Russia itself or on the territory of Moscow’s close …

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Ukraine to begin limited weapons exports in November, Zelenskiy says

28 Oct 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine plans to begin limited exports of weapons next month, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday. During his meeting with a government team, Zelenskiy also ordered a continued increase in drone production and sought to ensure that domestically produced weapons and ammunition cover about 50% of the army’s needs. (Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, …

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Family pays $187,000 to free pregnant British teen held for drug trafficking in Georgia

28 Oct 2025

TBILISI (Reuters) -The family of Bella Culley, a pregnant British teenager arrested earlier this year on drug smuggling charges in Georgia, said on Tuesday they had paid $187,000 in compensation to a court to secure her release. Culley, 19, from Billingham in northeast England, went missing in Thailand before flying to the South Caucasus country’s …

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Kyiv, Europeans to meet this week to discuss ceasefire plan details, Zelenskiy says

28 Oct 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukrainian and European officials would meet at the end of the week to discuss the details of a ceasefire plan. “It is not a plan to end the war. First of all, a ceasefire is needed,” Zelenskiy told media. “This is a plan to begin diplomacy… …

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Poland may open more border crossings with Belarus next month, Tusk says

28 Oct 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland will be ready to reopen two more border crossings with Belarus in November, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday. Poland closed its border with Belarus on September 12 as a result of Russia-led military exercises taking place in Belarus and 21 Russian drones entering its airspace on the night of September …

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Spain eyes revamp of 1882 law to allow prosecutors, not judges, lead criminal probes

28 Oct 2025

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s cabinet approved on Tuesday a bill to put prosecutors in charge of criminal investigations instead of court magistrates as it seeks to align the country’s outdated criminal justice system with those of its European peers. Spain’s unique system whereby “investigating magistrates” lead criminal probes dates back to 1882, and the proposed move …

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Georgia’s ruling party will ask court to ban three largest opposition parties

28 Oct 2025

By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgia’s ruling party will ask the Constitutional Court to ban the three largest opposition parties, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in what would mark a sharp escalation in the drift towards authoritarian rule in the EU candidate nation. Shalva Papuashvili, a senior member of the ruling Georgian Dream …

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