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US suspends dialogue with Kosovo, says government moves stoke ‘instability’

PRISTINA (Reuters) -The United States has suspended a dialogue on strengthening economic and diplomatic ties with Kosovo over concerns that some moves by the caretaker government have stoked “tensions and instability”, the U.S. Embassy in Pristina said on Friday. The embassy did not specify which moves had prompted the decision but Washington has previously accused …

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Ukrainian drones disrupt Russia’s key western oil terminal for the first time

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s northwestern port of Primorsk has for the first time forced the suspension of loadings at its key western oil terminal, according to two industry sources and Ukraine’s military. Primorsk has a capacity to load about 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude, making it a …

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Israel intensifies Gaza City strikes as many residents refuse evacuation

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday, local health authorities said, most of them in Gaza City, where many residents are staying put despite Israeli evacuation orders because they have nowhere safe to go. Israel has stated its intention to take full control …

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Ukraine increasingly finds Russian and Belarusian electronics in missiles

By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine is finding more and more Russian and Belarusian electronics in the wreckage of missiles fired at it by Moscow, a senior Ukrainian official said. The remarks by Vladyslav Vlasiuk, commissioner for sanctions policy and an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, suggest Russia is increasingly able to replace smuggled Western …

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Norway’s ex-NATO chief Stoltenberg campaigns for Labour Party’s re-election

(This Aug 29 story has been corrected to show that the fund had divested from 12 companies up to June 30, not two dozen, in paragraph 13) By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg is fighting on two fronts in Norway these days: bringing star power to the Labour Party’s re-election …

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Nepal’s former chief justice Sushila Karki chosen interim leader, president’s office says

KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepal’s former Chief Justice Sushila Karki has been chosen as the country’s interim leader, said an official from Nepal president’s office, after violent anti-corruption protests forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign this week. Karki, 73, the only woman to have held the post of chief justice of the Supreme Court of …

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Russia and Belarus start military exercise near NATO border after drone incursion

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) – Russia and Belarus began a major joint military exercise on NATO’s doorstep on Friday at a time of heightened tension with the Western alliance, two days after Poland shot down Russian drones that crossed into its airspace. The “Zapad-2025” exercise, a show of force by Russia and its close ally …

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Spain summons Israeli charge d’affaires over comments by Netanyahu’s office

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares summoned the Israeli charge d’affaires in Madrid on Friday over recent comments about Spain made by the office of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Albares summoned Dana Erlich – currently Israel’s top diplomat in Madrid – to “categorically reject the false and slanderous statements from the Israeli …

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Poland says Russian drone attack was ‘no mistake’ after Trump comments

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday that this week’s drone incursions into his country’s airspace were not a mistake by Russia, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the incident could have been accidental. “We would also wish that the drone attack on Poland was a mistake. But it wasn’t. And …

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