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Russia hands long prison sentences to 15 captured Ukrainian fighters

17 Oct 2025

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) -Fifteen members of a Ukrainian militia group were convicted by a Russian military court on Friday of taking part in “a terrorist organisation” and sentenced to between 15 and 21 years in a maximum security penal colony, Russia’s prosecutor general said. The men were members of Ukraine’s Aidar Battalion who were captured …

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Putin held meeting of top officials following call with Trump

17 Oct 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin convened a meeting of Russia’s powerful Security Council following a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian news agencies reported on Friday, citing Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov. According to Ushakov, Putin provided a detailed briefing to Security Council members about the conversation with Trump. Trump and Putin agreed …

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Trump says he will meet Putin in Budapest, touting progress in Ukraine talks

17 Oct 2025

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to another summit on the war in Ukraine, a surprise move that came as Moscow feared fresh U.S. military support for Kyiv. Trump and Putin may meet within the next two weeks in Budapest, the U.S. president said, …

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Church of Norway apologises to LGBTQ+ community for past discrimination

17 Oct 2025

OSLO (Reuters) -The Church of Norway apologised on Thursday to the country’s LGBTQ+ community for decades of discrimination, acknowledging the institution had caused harm to gay people and thanking those who campaigned for change. Presiding Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit delivered the apology at the London Pub in Oslo, a gay bar that was the site …

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As Russia pounds Ukraine’s power supply, one nursery battles to provide food and warmth

17 Oct 2025

By Pavel Polityuk CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian cook Natalia Meshok leaves home at 2 a.m. for the nursery where she works, using night-time hours when power supply is more or less stable to prepare food for dozens of children. Meshok, 59, lives and works in the northern city of Chernihiv, which has been hammered by …

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Exclusive-Belarus makes overture to EU countries after rapprochement with US

17 Oct 2025

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -A senior Belarusian diplomat has held meetings with Europeans after his country sent out invitations last month, in what European diplomats called an overture to reduce Minsk’s isolation after a thaw with Washington under Donald Trump. Senior officials from Belarus have largely been persona non grata in the EU since …

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Israel, Hamas trade blame over truce violations amid delay in return of dead hostages

17 Oct 2025

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell CAIRO/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israel said on Thursday it was preparing for the reopening of Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to let Palestinians in and out, but set no date as it traded blame with Hamas over violations of a U.S.-mediated ceasefire. A dispute over the return of hostages’ bodies held …

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France and Britain refine plans at UN for Gaza force resolution

17 Oct 2025

By John Irish and Michelle Nichols PARIS/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -France and Britain, in coordination with the United States, are working to finalise a U.N. Security Council resolution in the coming days that would lay the foundation for a future international force in Gaza, France said on Thursday. With a shaky U.S.-mediated ceasefire between Israel and …

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Russian journalist killed by Ukrainian drone, his media outlet says

16 Oct 2025

(Reuters) -Russian war correspondent Ivan Zuyev was killed by a Ukrainian drone strike on Thursday while on assignment on the front line of the war in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, his publication, state news agency RIA said. Zuyev’s colleague at the same agency, Yuri Voitkevich, was seriously wounded in the attack, RIA said. Zuyev received …

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Zelenskiy hopes Middle East agreement can lead to peace with Russia

16 Oct 2025

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday, on the eve of talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, that momentum in the Middle East peace process would help end his country’s more than 3-1/2-year-old war with Russia. “We have a meeting planned with President Trump tomorrow and we are counting on the impulse to curb …

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