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Poland detains Russian citizen accused of being member of Islamic State

29 Feb 2024 29 Feb 2024

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) has detained a Russian citizen accused of being a member of Islamic State (IS), the National Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement on Thursday. “The prosecutor… charged the detainee with being part of armed groups in the Syrian Arab Republic aimed at committing crimes of a terrorist …

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Three people killed in Swedish train accident

29 Feb 2024 29 Feb 2024

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Three people were killed in a train accident late on Wednesday in the Swedish town of Orebro, police said on Thursday. Police said they had identified two of the victims, a man and a woman in their 20s, while one man remained unidentified. They were hit by the train while on foot …

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Ukraine repels Russian attacks but situation is difficult, top general says

29 Feb 2024 29 Feb 2024

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces have pushed back Russian troops from the village of Orlivka, west of Avdiivka, but the situation on the eastern front remains difficult, Ukrainian army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Thursday. Orlivka is less than 2 kilometres northwest of Lastochkyne, which was recently occupied by Russian forces. Russian forces last week …

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Russian opposition flickers with support for jailed Navalny protester

29 Feb 2024 29 Feb 2024

By Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) – One person approached the Russian protester and shook his hand, thanking him for his courage. Another headed to the shops to buy hygiene products, food and books to bring to him in detention. Andrei Vyazov was jailed on Feb. 16 in the southern city of Krasnodar, one of more …

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Helicopter crash lands in ocean off Norway, all 6 aboard rescued

29 Feb 2024 29 Feb 2024

By Nerijus Adomaitis and Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) -A helicopter carrying six people crash landed in the ocean off the coast of western Norway on Wednesday, and all those on board were later hoisted from the sea, the country’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centres said. Haukeland University Hospital, the region’s largest, said it had received all …

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Ukraine’s Zenskiy seeks Balkan arms, support at summit in Albania

28 Feb 2024 28 Feb 2024

By Fatos Bytyci TIRANA (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy tried to drum up Balkan support for his vision of peace in Ukraine and promoted the idea of joint arms production at a two-day summit of southeastern European countries on Wednesday. The summit in the Albanian capital Tirana comes as Kyiv is trying to improve its defensive …

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G7 finance meeting marred by divisions over seizing Russian assets

28 Feb 2024 28 Feb 2024

By Andrea Shalal and Christian Kraemer SAO PAULO (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Wednesday publicly challenged U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s view that it would be legal to monetize some $300 billion in frozen Russian assets, revealing deep divisions among Group of Seven countries. Le Maire, speaking after a G7 finance …

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German police defuse grenade found in Red Army Faction suspect’s home

28 Feb 2024 28 Feb 2024

BERLIN (Reuters) – The Berlin apartment block in which a suspected Red Army Faction (RAF) militant lived during three decades on the run had to be evacuated on Wednesday after authorities found a grenade in her apartment, police said. Daniela Klette, 56, and two other suspects are alleged to have belonged to the third generation …

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Hamas raises stakes in Gaza truce talks by calling for Ramadan march

28 Feb 2024 28 Feb 2024

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Jana Choukeir and Maayan Lubell CAIRO/DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hamas called on Wednesday for Palestinians to march to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque at the start of Ramadan, raising the stakes in ongoing negotiations for a truce in Gaza, which U.S. President Joe Biden hopes will be in place by then. The call by Hamas …

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Polish PM Tusk to meet protesting farmers on Thursday

28 Feb 2024 28 Feb 2024

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will meet protesting farmers’ leaders on Thursday as demonstrations continued across the country, he said on Wednesday. Ukrainian officials held lengthy talks with their Polish counterparts to tackle the border disruptions triggered by the protests. Ukraine said there had been no question of closing the joint border. Farmers …

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