By John Davison and Phil Stewart DUBAI/TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militants on ships in the Red Sea are disrupting maritime trade and prompting U.S. efforts to build a coalition to deal with the threat, as freight firms reroute around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the Suez Canal. The …
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SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnian police on Monday arrested the president of the state court and the former head of the spy agency for suspected abuse of office and other criminal acts, the state prosecutor´s office said in a statement. The officers of the State Information and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested court president Ranko Debevec and …
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By James Davey and Helen Reid LONDON (Reuters) – Supermarkets in the UK and Europe are offering more own-brand festive food from roast duck to truffle crackers as cash-strapped families spend on Christmas meals at home while cutting down on gifts and eating out. Festive meals are being prioritised as inflation forces households to adjust …
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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday again suggested Israel was using “terrorism” tactics in Gaza, deploring the reported killing by the Israeli military of two Christian women who had taken refuge in a church complex. At his weekly blessing, Francis referred to a statement about an incident on Saturday by the …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s security service said on Sunday it had launched a criminal probe under a law on information gathering after a “technical device” was found in an office that could have been used in the future by Commander in Chief Valery Zaluzhnyi. The security service said on the Telegram messaging app that an investigation …
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By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) -The ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of President Aleksandar Vucic is in the lead in a snap election on Sunday with 46.6% of votes, according to a projection by pollsters Ipsos and CeSID. The opposition Serbia Against Violence (SPN) alliance is set to come second with 23%, while the Socialist …
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By Emily Rose JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza opened on Sunday for aid trucks for the first time since the outbreak of war, officials said, a move intended to double the amount of food and medicine reaching the enclave. The crossing had been closed after an Oct. 7 attack by …
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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Signs reading “S.O.S.” and “help, three hostages” in Hebrew were found on the walls of a Gaza building where three Israeli hostages had been hiding before they were mistakenly killed, Israel’s military said on Sunday. The military distributed photographs of the white cloth signs written in red, likely with …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces have taken more than 1,000 people captive in the war against Hamas in Gaza, Israel’s military chief said on Sunday. Addressing soldiers inside the bombarded enclave, Chief of the General Staff Major-General Herzi Halevi said that when combatants “lay down their arms and raise their hands, we arrest them, we …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine and the European Commission will soon assess Kyiv’s progress on aligning its legislation with that of the European Union and a framework for EU accession talks is expected in the spring, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday. In his nightly video address, he reminded the country that EU leaders decided at …
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