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Serbian opposition figure to press on with hunger strike after health worsens

26 Dec 2023

BELGRADE (Reuters) – A leading figure in Serbia’s main opposition party vowed on Tuesday to press on with a hunger strike to protest against election fraud, in defiance of medical advice following a deterioration in her health after nine days without food. The opposition Serbia Against Violence alliance, which placed second in a general election …

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Ukraine’s top general criticises draft offices in rare press conference

26 Dec 2023

By Max Hunder (Reuters) -Ukraine’s armed forces chief on Tuesday expressed frustration with the performance of military draft offices, in remarks suggesting they should mobilise more troops for the war against Russia. General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi spoke at his first wartime news conference a day after Ukraine’s parliament published the text of a draft law containing …

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Victim’s partner sought after mother and kids found dead in Paris suburb

26 Dec 2023

PARIS (Reuters) – The bodies of a mother and her four children have been found in a flat in Meaux, near the outskirts of Paris, and police are hunting for the mother’s partner whom they say is suspected of their murders, a police spokesperson said on Tuesday. The spokesperson said the bodies were found on …

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US retaliates in Iraq after three US troops wounded in attack

26 Dec 2023

By Phil Stewart (Reuters) -The U.S. military carried out retaliatory air strikes on Monday in Iraq after a one-way drone attack earlier in the day by Iran-aligned militants that left one U.S. service member in critical condition and wounded two other U.S. personnel, officials said. The back-and-forth clash was the latest demonstration of how the …

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Russia says controls Maryinka in east Ukraine, Kyiv denies the claim

26 Dec 2023

MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russia said on Sunday that its forces have gained full control of Maryinka in Ukraine’s east, but Kyiv’s military denied Moscow’s claim, saying Ukrainian troops were still within the borders of the blighted town. “Our assault units (…) have today completely liberated the settlement of Maryinka,” Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told Russian President …

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Thousands protest over Serbia election result, march to main police station

26 Dec 2023

By Ivana Sekularac BELGRADE (Reuters) -Several thousand people gathered in front of the central election commission building in Belgrade on Monday to protest over an election earlier this month that international monitors said was unfair. The protesters marched to the main police station where they believed those detained by police were being held. Earlier in …

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Israel’s Netanyahu vows no let-up in war against Hamas as Gaza deaths mount

25 Dec 2023

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Bassam Masoud and Emily Rose CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep up the fight against Hamas militants on Monday while Palestinians mourned more than 100 people who Gaza health officials said were killed overnight in Israeli airstrikes. Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip just hours …

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Russia’s Navalny tracked down to ‘Polar Wolf’ prison in the Arctic

25 Dec 2023

By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrius Sytas MOSCOW (Reuters) -Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been tracked down to a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle, his spokeswoman said on Monday, after supporters lost touch with him for more than two weeks. Navalny, 47, was tracked down to the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp …

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US welcomes Russia’s Navalny being located, concerned for his well-being

25 Dec 2023

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States welcomed reports on Monday that jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny had been located but remained “deeply concerned” about his well-being, the U.S. State Department said, calling for his immediate release. THE TAKE Navalny has been tracked down to a penal colony north of the Arctic …

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Russian-backed union signs free trade pact with Iran

25 Dec 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Members of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) have signed a fully-fledged free trade agreement with Iran, Russia’s economy ministry and the EEU said on Monday. The agreement will become permanent and replace a similar temporary pact in force since 2019. The previous deal facilitated mutual trade with Iran and increased it …

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