By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Idrees Ali CAIRO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Saturday carried out the first of what it said would be a series of humanitarian airdrops of food into Gaza, as aid agencies warned of a growing humanitarian disaster in the Palestinian enclave in the absence of a ceasefire deal. Three C-130 U.S. …
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By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military on Saturday carried out its first airdrop of aid into Gaza, after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for food underlined the growing humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal enclave after months of Israeli military operations. Other countries including Jordan and France have …
(Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said its air defences destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, over Leningrad region, which borders the Gulf of Finland, and a second one in Belgorod region on Saturday. Alexander Drozdenko, the Leningrad regional governor, said “aerial targets” were hit over the waters and coastline of the Gulf …
ROME (Reuters) – An Italian navy ship shot down a drone flying towards it in the Red Sea on Saturday, the defence ministry said. A ministry statement described the action as self-defence by the Duilio, which is helping protect trade routes from drone and missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militia. “The drone, with similar characteristics …
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Houthi Transport Ministry in Yemen said on Saturday there had been a “glitch” in undersea communication cables in the Red Sea as a result of actions by U.S. and British naval vessels. The actions “endangered the security and safety of the international communications and the flow of information,” the ministry said …
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By Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Mediators expected to reconvene in Cairo as soon as Sunday are searching for a formula acceptable to Israel and Hamas to unlock a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, four sources with knowledge of talks said, as pressure mounts ahead of Ramadan for a pause in fighting. …
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By Iryna Nazarchuk ODESA, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian drone attack that killed seven people including an infant and a two-year-old on Saturday could have been avoided if Ukraine was not facing delays to weapons supplies, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. The drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa. Zelenskiy said …
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(Corrects speaker’s name, paragraph 1) BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian parliament speaker Sandor Lezsak has signed off on the ratification of Sweden’s NATO accession and forwarded the legislation to the president’s office for promulgation, voting records on parliament’s website showed on Saturday. Lawmakers approved Sweden’s NATO accession on Feb. 26, clearing the last hurdle before the …
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(This March 1 story has been corrected to clarify the source in paragraph 1 and adds an additional line from an Israeli official in paragraph 3) PARIS(Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday he was angered by what Gaza authorities said was the shooting of more than 100 Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid and …
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ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Two buildings were damaged and people were evacuated in Russia’s St Petersburg on Saturday morning after local residents reported a loud explosion that blew out windows. St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said “an incident” had taken place in the city’s north-eastern district of Krasnogvardeyskiy. There were no casualties, but residents were …
