MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air defence units have repelled a “massive” drone attack on fuel and energy infrastructure facilities in the Volgograd region, Governor Andrey Bocharov said on Wednesday. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties, he said. Russia’s defence ministry said air defence systems had intercepted and destroyed 70 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions …
By Gram Slattery and Kanishka Singh UNITED NATIONS/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday recognizing the state of Palestine does not amount to forgetting the October 2023 Hamas attack, with the French leader making his comments as he sat next to President Donald Trump in a bilateral meeting. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Trump …
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(Reuters) -If U.S. President Donald Trump really wants to win the Nobel peace prize, he needs to stop the war in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. Speaking to France’s BFM TV from New York, Macron said only Trump had the power to put pressure on Israel to end the war. “There is …
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By Tom Balmforth and Gram Slattery UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he believed Ukraine could retake all its land occupied by Russia and that Kyiv should act now with Moscow facing “big” economic problems, in a sudden and striking rhetorical shift in Ukraine’s favor. But there was no sign that …
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OSLO (Reuters) -Norwegian police said on Tuesday they were investigating a blast on a street in central Oslo and later conducted a controlled detonation of a second explosive device found on the site, adding that a suspect had been apprehended for questioning. There were no reports of injuries at the location, in the immediate vicinity …
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By Humeyra Pamuk NEW YORK (Reuters) -Syria and Israel are close to striking a “de-escalation” agreement in which Israel will stop its attacks while Syria will agree to not move any machinery or heavy equipment near the Israeli border, a senior U.S. envoy said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of U.N. General …
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By Andrew Gray, Lili Bayer and Kanishka Singh BRUSSELS/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NATO warned Russia on Tuesday that it would use “all necessary military and non-military tools” to defend itself as it condemned Moscow for violating Estonian airspace in a “pattern of increasingly irresponsible behaviour”. The warning came after Estonia said on Friday that three Russian …
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By John Irish and Parisa Hafezi UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Iran and European powers remained at loggerheads on Tuesday to strike a last-ditch deal to avert the reimposition of U.N. sanctions before a September 27 deadline, but both sides left the door open for further talks. The foreign ministers of France, Britain and Germany – the …
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By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) -Billionaire Andrej Babis is widely expected to return to power in a Czech election next month, in a boost to the populist, anti-immigration camp within the European Union that could weaken backing for Ukraine’s defence against Russia. Having parted with liberal EU allies since his last term as prime minister …
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By Michelle Nichols and Gram Slattery NEW YORK/GAZA (Reuters) -President Donald Trump told the United Nations on Tuesday that he condemned moves by Western powers to recognise a Palestinian state, as the United States appeared increasingly isolated in its staunch support of ally Israel. In a speech to the UN General Assembly, Trump said world …
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