By Jonathan Saul and Timothy Gardner LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dozens of oil tankers used by Russia have stopped sailing under the Liberian and Marshall Islands flags in recent weeks after the United States ramped up sanctions enforcement on ships linked to those registries, according to shipping data and interviews with industry and government officials. The …
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Two Ukrainian drones struck fuel facilities at one of Russia’s largest iron ore plants on Wednesday, though no one was injured and the plant was working as normal, Russian officials and the owner of the plant said. Kursk governor Roman Starovoit said a second drone had hit the Mikhailovsky GOK iron ore plant …
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By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira SAO VICENTE E VENTOSA, Portugal (Reuters) – Along the main street of Sao Vicente e Ventosa, a quiet village lined with white-washed houses in central-eastern Portugal, there’s a clear winner among the campaign posters jostling for voters’ attention ahead of Sunday’s general election. The right-wing populist Chega party’s posters …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Wednesday said he was still suffering from a cold as he again limited his speaking at a weekly audience in St Peter’s Square, instead letting an aide read his prepared text. Francis told crowds who came to listen to him that the reason for this was “because I still …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia does not recognise the arrests warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for two Russian commanders, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. The Kremlin said Russia was not party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC – and that the process at the court was closed. The ICC issued arrest …
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(This March 5 story has been corrected to clarify that Israeli officers are embedding with units in the field, not trucks, in paragraph 14) By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Emily Rose GENEVA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Crowds of men ran through rubble-strewn Gaza City streets past fires and bullet-riddled cars in hope of reaching a rare aid convoy, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on possibly sending NATO soldiers to Ukraine are pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) chief was quoted as saying on Tuesday. Last week, Macron opened the door to European nations sending troops to Ukraine, although he cautioned that there …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian sea drones hit and sank a Russian Black Sea Fleet patrol ship off occupied Crimea in an overnight attack, the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday. Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency said a special unit called Group 13 had fired Magura V5 maritime drones at the Sergey Kotov near the Kerch Strait, which …
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HETTA, Finland (Reuters) – In the snows of Finland, Swedish and Finnish soldiers take part in NATO’s biggest exercise since the end of the Cold War, intended to test the military alliance’s ability to reinforce places such as the Nordic far north. Swedish and Finnish forces have trained together for years, but NATO membership for …
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces shot dead a 16 year-old Palestinian at a flashpoint road junction in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday after a stabbing attack in which a soldier was severely injured, the military and Palestinian authorities said. The incident in the northern West Bank town of Huwara was the latest …
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