NUUK (Reuters) -Denmark did not invite the U.S. military to take part in Arctic Light 2025, the largest military exercise in Greenland’s modern history, as NATO allies step up defence cooperation in the Arctic amid U.S. interest in the island. Denmark’s Arctic commander, Soren Andersen, confirmed that, while U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Real Madrid defender Raul Asencio will face trial on charges of allegedly sharing a video of sexual content without consent, a court on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria said on Thursday. Three members of Real Madrid’s youth team will also appear before the judge, accused of recording and sharing sexual videos of …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine has received the remains of 1,000 service personnel killed in the war that began with Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion during its latest exchange with Russia, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. More than 7,000 mostly unidentified bodies have been brought to Ukraine in recent months in multiple exchanges, a result of talks between …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian troops and engineers will train their Polish counterparts in a joint group on countering drones, Ukraine’s defence minister Denys Shmyhal said on Thursday, a week after Russian drones flew into Poland. “We are talking about training engineers and training soldiers who will withstand and defend the air domain,” Shmyhal told reporters at …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland observed more drone activity near its border with Belarus during the night, the government said on Thursday, after closing the frontier ahead of Minsk’s military drills with ally Russia. NATO alliance and EU member Poland’s concerns about the “Zapad” (West) war games were reinforced when some 21 Russian drones entered its airspace …
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TIRANA (Reuters) -Albania’s parliament confirmed a fourth four-year mandate for Prime Minister Edi Rama on Thursday, who pledged he would make it his mission for the Balkan country to join the European Union by 2030. Rama, who was the only candidate for prime minister, received 82 votes in the 140-seat parliament. His Socialist Party gained …
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ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey is monitoring “attempts to disrupt the balance in Cyprus” and will act to safeguard security in the north of the island, a Turkish official said on Thursday after Cypriot reports that the government there had procured an air defence system from Israel. Cyprus was split in a Turkish invasion after a brief …
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By Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates could downgrade diplomatic ties with Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government annexes part or all of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to three sources briefed on the Gulf Arab state’s deliberations. UAE is one of just a few Arab states with diplomatic relations with …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s main journalists’ union urged major U.S. media to support journalists after Walt Disney-owned broadcaster ABC pulled ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ in a row over comments by the show’s host about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “We are observing a rampant erosion of freedom of the press and freedom of expression in …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo will keep Pope Francis’ signature policies to welcome gay Catholics, discuss women’s ordination and give China input on bishop appointments, but is not planning big changes to Church teaching, he said in his first interview, released on Thursday. Leo, who became the first U.S. pope in May, …
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