BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbian police have arrested 11 people suspected of placing pig heads outside mosques and targeting Jewish sites in and around Paris this month on the orders of a foreign intelligence service, the interior ministry said in a statement on Monday. As well as placing the pig heads outside at least nine mosques, those …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark ordered a ban on Sunday on civil drone flights, after drones were observed at several military facilities overnight, following a week in which drone sorties caused the temporary closures of several Danish airports. The Danish military said in a statement it had deployed “several capacities” in response to the overnight sightings at …
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SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria’s traffic control agency suspended two employees for demanding bribes from truck drivers delivering equipment for a concert by British singer Robbie Williams, Bulgaria’s BTA news agency said on Monday. Williams performed in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Sunday night as part of his “Britpop” tour. In the run-up, five trucks were stopped …
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(Reuters) – Spanish fifth-division goalkeeper Raul Ramirez has died at the age of 19 following a collision during a match for his club Colindres, the Cantabrian Football Federation (RFCF) said on Monday. Ramirez sustained a head injury during Saturday’s game against Revilla, with Spanish media reporting that the impact led to multiple cardiac arrests and …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece wants to buy four used Bergamini class frigates from Italy, Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said on Monday, as the NATO member seeks to modernise its navy. High-ranking officials from the two countries signed memorandums for naval cooperation, Dendias said in a statement after a meeting with his Italian counterpart Guido Crosetto in …
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By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s candidate scored a victory in the central region of Marche, vote projections showed on Monday, offering a fresh boost to her nearly three-year-old right-wing government. Incumbent regional governor Francesco Acquaroli, a member of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, was seen at over 50% of the …
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By Samia Nakhoul ABU DHABI (Reuters) -The UAE is pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace proposal at their meeting on Monday and to abandon any plan to annex the West Bank, a delegate with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The United Arab Emirates, the most prominent Arab …
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -A United Nations-backed plan outlining “tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” toward a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians describes what role the Palestinian Authority could play. The seven-page plan is the result of an international conference at the U.N. in July – hosted by Saudi Arabia and France – on …
By Matt Spetalnick and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, with the U.S. president pushing a Gaza peace proposal after a slew of Western leaders embraced Palestinian statehood in defiance of American and Israeli opposition. In Netanyahu’s fourth visit since Trump returned …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany, France and Britain will “continue to pursue diplomatic channels and negotiations” despite the reimposition of U.N. sanctions on Iran, the countries said in a joint statement circulated by the German Foreign Ministry on Monday. “The reinstatement of U.N. sanctions does not mean the end of diplomacy,” the statement said. “We urge Iran …
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