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(Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visited a military base where Russian troops are stationed, the defence ministry said on Friday. During the meeting, Lukashenko and an unnamed representative from the Russian army discussed the two countries’ joint military drills, it said. “At this stage, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are …

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(Reuters) -The Kilauea  volcano in Hawaii began erupting on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Service’s volcanic activity notice said, after detecting a glow in the summit producing smog that is confined within the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The  volcano alert level was raised to ‘Red’ after an evaluation of the eruption and associated hazards, the notice …

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By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) -A newly appointed senior Portuguese government official quit on Thursday in a fresh embarrassment for the Socialist administration that is facing tough criticism over its vetting procedures following a wave of scandals and resignations. The Socialists, led by Prime Minister Antonio Costa, won an outright parliamentary majority in an election …

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By Andreas Rinke and Susan Heavey BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The leaders of the United States and Germany on Thursday announced they were sending armoured fighting vehicles to Ukraine, ramping up military support for Kyiv to repel Russian forces after a similar move by France earlier this week. In a joint statement after a call between President …

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(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia was seeking a truce to use as a cover to stop Ukrainian advances in the eastern Donbas region and bring in more men and equipment. “They now want to use Christmas as a cover, albeit briefly, to stop the advances of our boys in Donbas …

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he may meet Syria’s Bashar al-Assad as part of a new peace process, after their defence ministers met last week for the highest-level talks between the two foes since the Syrian war began in 2011. In a speech in Ankara, Erdogan said the next step, following …

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The World Court said on Thursday Azerbaijan had asked it to order neighbouring Armenia to stop planting landmines in territories it once occupied and to hand over information about the location of mines, booby-traps and other explosives. In its request for provisional measures in a case that has lasted years, Azerbaijan said …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call on Thursday for a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine is “hypocritical” and the only route to restore peace is for Russia to withdraw its troops from the country, European Council President Charles Michel said. The Kremlin said Putin had ordered a ceasefire from midday on Friday after a …

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