By Lefteris Papadimas and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece, host of the headquarters of the EU operation to shield ships from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, hopes to play a more central role in ensuring security of the 27-nation bloc, the defence minister said. “We have to be able to defend ourselves,” Nikos …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A railway bridge near the Russian city of Samara has been rocked by a blast, the RIA news agency reported on Monday, citing emergency services. Located on the Volga river in Russia’s southwest, the Samara region is one of the country’s heavy industry hubs. The incident was caused by an explosive device, …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean and U.S. militaries kicked off their spring drills on Monday with twice the number of troops joining compared to last year, officials said, as the allies seek to better counter North Korea’s increasing nuclear and missile threats. The Freedom Shield exercises, set for March 4-14, come as …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) of Marine Le Pen kicked off the party’s campaign for the European elections in June on Sunday saying the vote will be a referendum on immigration. Opinion polls show RN is set to make large gains in the elections – some polls crediting it with 28%-30% …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Bassam Masoud and Jeff Mason CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday demanded Palestinian militant group Hamas agree to an immediate six-week ceasefire while forcefully urging Israel to do more to boost aid deliveries into Gaza, where she said innocent people were suffering a “humanitarian catastrophe.” In some …
(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday called for Ukraine’s Western partners to summon the political will to provide Kyiv with necessary military supplies or the world will face “one of the most shameful pages of history.” Zelenskiy issued his appeal as a U.S. package to provide military and other assistance remains blocked by disagreements in …
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By Maha El Dahan and Alex Lawler DUBAI (Reuters) -OPEC+ members led by Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed on Sunday to extend voluntary oil output cuts of 2.2 million barrels per day into the second quarter, giving extra support to the market amid concerns over global growth and rising output outside the group. Saudi Arabia, …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Rescue workers completed operations on Sunday after a drone strike on an apartment building in the southern city of Odesa, finding four more bodies and bringing the death toll to 12. Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper, writing on Telegram, said rescue teams working into Sunday evening had found the bodies of an eight-year-old …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has agreed to revise the lyrics of its potential submission to the Eurovision Song Contest after the contest organizers took issue with verses that appeared to reference Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, Israel’s national broadcaster Kan said on Sunday. Eurovision, which this year will take place on May 7-11 in the Swedish …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s military said on Sunday most of the Palestinians killed last week as crowds massed near an aid convoy in Gaza died in a stampede but local health officials said casualties brought into hospitals had been hit by large-calibre ammunition. Pressure has mounted on Israel over the deaths of dozens of Palestinians during …
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