MILAN (Reuters) -An explosion at a farmhouse in northern Italy during a police raid killed three Carabinieri officers and injured 12 others, Italy’s fire service said on X on Tuesday. The explosion occurred in Castel d’Azzano, near the city of Verona, overnight and caused the farmhouse to collapse, firefighters said. A woman was also injured …
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(Reuters) -A first batch of bodies of Palestinians killed during the Gaza war has arrived in the enclave after being released by Israel, local health authorities told Reuters on Tuesday. Israel still hold hundreds of bodies of Palestinians killed since October 7, 2023, including of fighters who took part in the attack and the fighting …
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By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday it had opened a criminal case against exiled businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky and other prominent Kremlin critics, accusing them of plotting to violently seize power. The FSB said it was investigating all 22 members of the Russian Antiwar Committee – a group of …
DUBAI (Reuters) -An Iranian lower court handed heavy prison sentences to two French citizens charged with spying for France and Israel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday, a week after Paris and Tehran indicated progress in talks to release them. Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris are the only two French citizens …
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LONDON (Reuters) -An Afghan national was jailed for five years on Tuesday after being found guilty of making a threat to kill Nigel Farage, leader of the populist Reform UK party that leads opinion polls in Britain. Fayaz Khan was last week convicted by a jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court of a single count …
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PARIS (Reuters) -Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu told his new Cabinet on Tuesday that the political crisis the country is going through is not yet a regime crisis, government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said on Tuesday. She said that Lecornu had also said that “we are capable of taking action, but the government will not do just anything”. Lecornu …
GAZA (Reuters) -As the Gaza war dragged on, a diminished Hamas faced growing internal challenges to its control of Gaza from long-standing rivals, many of them affiliated with powerful local clans. Since Friday’s ceasefire took hold, Hamas has sought to reassert itself, killing dozens of opponents in a crackdown after appearing to get a U.S. …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek ships remained in port and train services were halted as workers walked off the job on Tuesday to protest against planned labour reforms that include the extension of working hours in the private sector. The walkout, the second this month by Greece’s main public and private sector unions GSEE and ADEDY, was …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Tuesday it welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s desire to focus on the search for a peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine after achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and hoped he’d be able to push Kyiv towards a settlement. Addressing the Israeli Knesset a day earlier after brokering …
By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI (Reuters) -A group of non-profit groups in Georgia has condemned a series of amendments proposed by the government that would strengthen punishment for protesters and effectively ban some opposition figures from running for political office. The ruling Georgian Dream party announced a slate of amendments on Monday to strip “persons associated …
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