By Elizabeth Piper and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) – Peter Mandelson, Britain’s urbane ambassador to the U.S., was sacked by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday after a trove of emails revealed the depth of his ties with the late convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Known for his behind-the-scenes manoeuvring during a career lasting …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian authorities said on Thursday thay had reopened the main airport in Krasnodar, one of the largest cities in southern Russia, for the first time since flights were suspended for security reasons in 2022 after the start of the war in Ukraine. The transport ministry said it had resolved outstanding security issues and …
By Renee Maltezou THERMAIC GULF, Greece (Reuters) -“Octopus!” shouted the crew of the Sea Eagle vessel as a slippery cephalopod squirmed out of a plastic pot they had hauled from the seabed off northern Greece. The octopus, which moments before was caught in an illegal trap, stretched its tentacles wide before its rescuers lowered it overboard …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany needs its BND foreign intelligence service to operate at a level that reflects the country’s size and economic weight to deal with hybrid attacks from increasingly aggressive rivals, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday. In a speech marking the inauguration of a new head of the BND, Merz said the foundations …
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SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Slovenia has barred entry to the separatist leader of the Serb part of Bosnia, who has been sentenced to a year in jail and banned from politics for defying Bosnia’s international peace envoy, Deputy Prime Minister Matej Arcon said on Thursday. Arcon said the decision preventing the Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik from …
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By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -President Donald Trump wants to reopen the U.S. embassy in Belarus in the near future, normalise ties, and revive the economic and trade relationship, John Coale, a Trump representative, said on Thursday. Coale was speaking in Minsk to Belarusian reporters after holding talks with President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of …
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Dutch government has summoned Russia’s ambassador to the Netherlands over the violation of Poland’s airspace by Russian drones earlier this week, Foreign Minister David van Weel said on X, confirming an earlier report by Dutch news agency ANP. “Russia’s reckless violation of Polish airspace threatens our European security. That is why I …
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By Yimou Lee, Fabian Hamacher and Ann Wang ON BOARD THE TAIWAN COAST GUARD SHIP PP-10079, Taiwan Strait (Reuters) -Taiwanese coast guard captain Juan Chung-ching’s patrol boat moves across the Taiwan Strait, scanning for threats to what Taipei says is the newest target of China’s grey-zone warfare: undersea cables vital to the democratic island’s communications. …
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TBILISI (Reuters) -The Georgian Security Service has detained two Ukrainian citizens for attempting to smuggle 2.4 kg of the hexogen explosive into the country from Turkey, Georgian media outlet Interpress reported on Thursday. The explosive was hidden in secret compartments in the detainees’ car, Interpress reported, saying that the arrests had occurred on Wednesday. The …
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden is budgeting another 70 billion crowns ($7.47 billion) for military support to Ukraine over the coming two years, Defence Minister Pal Jonson said on Thursday, adding the country also stood ready to lend further support Poland if needed. Much of the spending would be allocated through purchases managed by Sweden’s defence material …
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