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Lithuania’s capital airport suspends traffic over smugglers’ balloons

22 Oct 2025

VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania suspended air traffic at Vilnius Airport late on Tuesday due to a presence of dozens of smugglers’ balloons in its airspace, the country’s National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC) said in a statement. European aviation has repeatedly been thrown into chaos in recent weeks by drone sightings and air incursions, including at airports …

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Erdogan turns Trump’s Gaza deal into a power play for Turkey

22 Oct 2025

By Samia Nakhoul, Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ece Toksabay ANKARA/DUBAI (Reuters) -Turkey’s ties to Hamas, once a liability in Washington, have turned into a geopolitical asset. By persuading Hamas to accept Donald Trump’s Gaza deal, Ankara has reasserted itself on the Middle East chessboard, to the dismay of Israel and Arab rivals. Initially resistant to the …

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Putin-Trump summit on hold after Russia rejects ceasefire

22 Oct 2025

By Tom Balmforth and Steve Holland (Reuters) -A planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was put on hold on Tuesday, as Moscow’s rejection of an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine cast a cloud over attempts at negotiations. A senior White House official told Reuters “there are no plans for President …

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Australia PM Albanese backs ambassador Rudd after Trump comments

22 Oct 2025

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Prime Minister Anthony Albanese endorsed Australia’s ambassador in Washington as doing a “fantastic job”, describing comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that he does not like Kevin Rudd as “light-hearted”. Australia’s main conservative opposition party has called for Rudd, a former Labor prime minister, to be sacked after Trump made …

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Ukraine says it struck Russia’s chemical plant with Storm Shadow missiles

22 Oct 2025

(Reuters) -Ukraine’s military said late on Tuesday that it struck a chemical plant in southern Russia’s Bryansk region that it described as vital to Moscow’s war effort, in an attack that included Franco-British Storm Shadow air-launched missiles. “A massive combined missile-and-air strike was carried out, including with air-launched Storm Shadow missiles that penetrated Russia’s air …

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Exclusive-Russia reiterated previous Ukraine peace terms to US in private communique, sources say

22 Oct 2025

By Gram Slattery, John O’Donnell and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Russia reiterated its previous terms for reaching a peace deal with Ukraine in a private communique sent to the U.S. over the weekend known as a “non-paper,” according to two U.S. officials and a person familiar with the situation. The communique reiterated Russia’s demand that …

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Anti-immigrant protesters burn police van in Dublin after young girl attacked

21 Oct 2025

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Anti-immigrant protesters burned a police vehicle and attacked officers near a building housing asylum seekers in Dublin on Tuesday, the justice minister said, a day after a man was arrested for an attack on a young girl nearby. The incident comes two years after anti-immigrant protesters triggered a major riot in the centre …

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Europe, Ukraine prepare new proposal to end Russia’s war, diplomats say

21 Oct 2025

PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European nations are working with Ukraine on a new proposal for a ceasefire in Russia’s war along current battle lines, four European diplomats said, mainly incorporating ideas already under discussion while pressing to keep the U.S. in a central role. A senior European diplomat said the proposal included a reference to a peace …

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Damage from Louvre jewellery heist estimated at 88 million euros, Paris prosecutor says

21 Oct 2025

PARIS (Reuters) -Thieves who staged a daring daylight heist at the Louvre museum in Paris made off with jewels worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102.63 million), Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Tuesday. “It is important to remember that this damage is an economic damage, but it is nothing compared to the historical …

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UK deploys small number of military officers to Israel following US request

21 Oct 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -A small contingent of British military planning officers has been sent to Israel to join a task force led by the United States to support stabilisation efforts in Gaza, the UK defence ministry said. Gaza mediators – the United States, Egypt and Qatar – stepped up their efforts this week to stabilise the …

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