By Dilara Senkaya and Mehmet Emin Caliskan ADANA, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon as hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian rally on Sunday tried to storm an air base that houses U.S. troops, hours before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in Ankara for talks on Gaza. …
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By Stephen Farrell, Aditi Bhandari, Prasanta Kumar Dutta and Claire Trainor LONDON (Reuters) -Israeli air strikes devastated parts of the Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza this week, flattening buildings in a densely populated area where, Palestinian authorities say, at least 195 civilians were killed and scores more are still missing. Israel says the attacks …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s new strategic nuclear submarine, the Imperator Alexander III, has successfully tested a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday. The missile, which the Federation of American Scientists says is designed to carry up to six nuclear warheads, was launched from an underwater position in the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s 15-year-old son, who was shown beating a prisoner in custody this year, has been appointed to a senior role in his father’s bodyguard, top Chechen security officials said on Sunday. Allies of the Chechen leader heaped praise on Adam Kadyrov, who turns 16 this month, for his courage …
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By Maria Starkova LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s defence minister ordered on Saturday an investigation into an alleged Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukrainian assault brigade, after reports that more than 20 soldiers were killed during an awards ceremony. “My condolences to the families of the fallen soldiers from the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Police held back protesters outside the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, amid widespread anger at the failures that led to last month’s deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on communities around the Gaza Strip. Waving blue and white Israeli flags and chanting “Jail now!”, a crowd in the hundreds pushed …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Hamburg police said on Saturday they were dealing with a hostage situation after a man drove through a barrier onto the grounds of the city’s airport with a child. The airport closed for all takeoffs and landings shortly after the incident at around 8 p.m. local time. The car with the 35-year-old man …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine hit a shipyard in the city of Kerch with 15 cruise missiles on Saturday, damaging one ship, Russian news agencies cited the Russian defence ministry as saying. The ministry said in a statement that air defence systems destroyed 13 of the Ukraine-launched missiles. (Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne)
By Gloria Dickie and Valerie Volcovici Countries moved a step closer on Saturday to getting a fund off the ground to help poor states damaged by climate disasters, despite reservations from developing nations and the United States. The deal to create a “loss and damage” fund was hailed as a breakthrough for developing country negotiators …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Simon Lewis and Suleiman Al-Khalidi GAZA/AMMAN (Reuters) -Arab leaders publicly pressed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday to secure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Palestinians said an Israeli air strike killed at least 15 people in a U.N.-run school being used as a shelter. In a rare open …
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