By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Palestinian representatives on Monday asked judges at the U.N.’s highest court to declare Israel’s occupation of their territory illegal, saying their advisory opinion could contribute to a two-state solution and a lasting peace. The requests came at the opening of a week of …
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By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump, who drew criticism as U.S. president for his praise of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, on Monday made his first public comment on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a social media post that cast no blame but alluded to his own legal woes. “The sudden …
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By Bart H. Meijer and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) -All European Union countries except Hungary warned Israel on Monday against launching an offensive in Rafah that they said would deepen the catastrophe of some 1.5 million refugees crammed into the city on the southern edge of Gaza. “An attack on Rafah would be absolutely …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Researchers have traced the droppings of a German-born grey wolf that traversed three countries to reach northeastern Spain, making it the longest journey ever documented for that species, the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) said on Monday. The male, named GW1909m, travelled at least 1,240 km (770 miles) from his birthplace in …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union launched on Monday a naval mission to the Red Sea “to restore and safeguard freedom of navigation” there. The “defensive maritime security operation”, dubbed Eunavfor Aspides, comes after Iranian-aligned Houthi militants started attacking international shipping in the Red Sea in support of Palestinian militant group Hamas in its war …
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By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday moved closer to new sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine, as Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russia’s top opposition leader who died in prison last week, said President Vladimir Putin must be held accountable. Germany, Lithuania and Sweden were among EU countries …
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By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Iran continues to enrich uranium well beyond the needs for commercial nuclear use despite U.N. pressure to stop it, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday, adding he wanted to visit Tehran next month for the first time in a year to end the “drifting apart”. Speaking to Reuters …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military released footage on Monday which it said showed Israeli woman Shiri Bibas and her two small children being moved by Palestinian militants in Gaza shortly after the family was kidnapped in southern Israel on Oct. 7. The security camera footage showed what appeared to be a young woman carrying …
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(Reuters) – Finland, which accuses Moscow of funnelling migrants to its eastern border, plans to amend legislation to boost border and national security and fight what it calls “instrumentalised migration,” the interior ministry said on Monday. Finland closed its long eastern border with Russia late last year after an unusually large inflow of people from …
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(This Feb. 18 story has been corrected to fix the spelling of Frontex in paragraphs 1 and 2) PARIS (Reuters) – The former director of the European Union’s border agency Frontex said he will run in the June European elections on the list of French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN). Fabrice Leggeri, who quit Frontex …
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