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TIRANA (Reuters) – Opposition protesters pelted Albania’s government building with petrol bombs and rocks late on Tuesday, accusing state officials of involvement in organised crime and corruption after their leader was placed under house arrest. Thousands gathered in front of the government headquarters in the capital Tirana as riot police officers were called in to …

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LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange launched on Tuesday what could be his last chance in an English court to stop his extradition to the United States to face criminal charges including one under the espionage act. WHO IS JULIAN ASSANGE? Assange was born in Townsville, Australia, in July 1971, to parents who were …

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By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was targeted by the U.S. over his exposure of state-level crimes, and Donald Trump had requested options on how to deal with him, his lawyers said on Tuesday as they battle to stop his extradition from Britain. U.S. prosecutors are seeking to put …

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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russian troops would push further into Ukraine to build on their success on the battlefield after the fall of the town of Avdiivka where he said Ukrainian troops had been forced to flee in chaos. The town, which once had a population of 32,000, …

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By Christopher Bing and James Pearson WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – One of the world’s biggest criminal hacking gangs woke up on Tuesday to a startling discovery: Law enforcement, after taking over their main website on Monday, were now threatening to reveal their personal details and data about their cybercrime organisation.  The group, Lockbit, had become notorious …

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By Jonathan Saul, Mohamed Ghobari and Renee Maltezou LONDON/ADEN/ATHENS (Reuters) -The Greek-flagged bulk cargo vessel Sea Champion arrived in the southern Yemeni port of Aden on Tuesday after being attacked in the Red Sea in what appeared to have been a mistaken missile strike by Houthi militia, shipping and military sources said. Shipping risks are …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union summoned Russia’s representative to the EU and called for an independent international investigation into the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the EU’s diplomatic service said on Tuesday. It said Michael Siebert, a senior official in the European External Action Service, also urged Russia to release Navalny’s body to …

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