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After Gaza captivity, freed Israeli hostage sees no peace ‘in our generation’

6 Oct 2025 6 Oct 2025

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -When Tal Shoham walks through Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel where he and his family were abducted by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023, he says it feels like a graveyard filled with the horrors of the attack. While remembering the calmer days before the assault, he has little expectation that U.S. President …

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Former Greek PM Tsipras quits parliament amid rumours of new party launch

6 Oct 2025 6 Oct 2025

ATHENS (Reuters) -Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, the leftist firebrand who stormed to power on an anti-austerity agenda at the peak of Greece’s debt crisis in 2015, resigned as a parliamentary deputy on Monday, amid rumours that he is preparing to launch a new political party. Tsipras became a global household name during Greece’s …

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Polish court extends custody for Ukrainian wanted in Nord Stream case

6 Oct 2025 6 Oct 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) -A Polish court ruled on Monday that the Ukrainian diver wanted by Germany over his alleged involvement in explosions which damaged the Nord Stream gas pipeline must remain in custody for another 40 days, his lawyer said. Volodymyr Z. was detained near Warsaw last Tuesday and the court decided he would be kept …

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Iran, France see progress in prisoner exchange deal

6 Oct 2025 6 Oct 2025

DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) -Iran and France indicated on Monday that talks on the release of two French citizens held in Iran in exchange for an Iranian national detained by France were progressing. Iran has been holding Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris since 2022. An 18-year-old French-German cyclist, Lennart Monterlos, is also being held in …

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UN to investigate suspected abuses in Afghanistan

6 Oct 2025 6 Oct 2025

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations Human Rights Council is to investigate abuses in Afghanistan, which could eventually enable criminal investigations into suspected violations by both the Taliban and foreign troops, including those from the United States. The United States, which had troops in Afghanistan until 2021 within a NATO coalition, has previously …

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Analysis-Youth-led unrest exposes cracks in Morocco’s economic model

6 Oct 2025 6 Oct 2025

By Ahmed Eljechtimi and Alexander Dziadosz RABAT/CAIRO (Reuters) -Youth-led unrest that spread across Morocco last week revealed deep-seated anger over poverty and public services behind a storyline of ambitious infrastructure projects and modern stadiums opening ahead of the 2030 World Cup. The protests in major cities – inspired by similar revolts in Nepal, Madagascar and …

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Red Cross ready to act as intermediary in bringing Israeli hostages, Palestinian detainees home

6 Oct 2025 6 Oct 2025

BERLIN (Reuters) -The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Monday that it was ready to act as a neutral humanitarian intermediary to help bring Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees back to their families. “We are also prepared to bring aid into Gaza and distribute it safely to civilians in desperate need,” ICRC President …

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Avalanche in Slovenia’s Alps kills three Croatian climbers

6 Oct 2025 6 Oct 2025

BOHINJ, Slovenia (Reuters) -Three Croatian climbers were killed after an avalanche struck below the Toska mountain peak in Slovenia’s Julian Alps on Sunday, rescuers said on Monday. The search for the trekkers, who went climbing despite weather warnings, began on Sunday when rescuers found the body of one of them before being forced to suspend …

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Iran acquits French-German national Monterlos of espionage charges- Tasnim

6 Oct 2025 6 Oct 2025

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran acquitted French-German national Lennart Monterlos of espionage charges, the chief justice of the southern province of Hormozgan said on Monday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. Monterlos is a young cyclist who was arrested in Iran in June during a 12-day-war between Iran and Israel. The prosecutor could still raise objections …

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Russia welcomes Trump’s remark on Putin’s offer to preserve nuclear arms limits

6 Oct 2025 6 Oct 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Monday welcomed remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump who said that President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to voluntarily preserve nuclear arms limits set out in the New START treaty for another year sounded like a good idea. Putin in September offered to voluntarily maintain for one year the limits on deployed …

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