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Ukrainian drones kill three people in Russia’s Rostov region, authorities say

18 Dec 2025

Dec 18 (Reuters) – Three people, including two crew members of a cargo vessel, were killed in overnight Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian port of Rostov-on-Don and the town of Bataysk in the southern Rostov region, the local governor said on Thursday.  The vessel was Russia-flagged tanker Valeriy Gorchakov, according to British maritime risk …

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Albanian parliament erupts over corruption allegations against deputy PM

18 Dec 2025

TIRANA, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Opposition lawmakers scuffled with police inside the Albanian parliament on Thursday, following weeks of tensions over corruption allegations against the deputy of Prime Minister Edi Rama and other officials. Lawmakers lit flares, threw water at the speaker and occupied seats reserved for government ministers in a bid to disrupt the …

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Spanish police search laboratory in African swine fever probe

18 Dec 2025

MADRID, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Spanish police searched a state-funded laboratory near Barcelona on Thursday as part of an investigation into the origin of the African swine fever outbreak in the same area, regional police said. The court-ordered move follows concerns raised this month that the outbreak detected in wild boars could have been caused …

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Russia says it hopes Trump does not make a ‘fatal mistake’ on Venezuela

18 Dec 2025

MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it hoped that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration would not make a fatal mistake over Venezuela and said Moscow was concerned about U.S. decisions that threatened international shipping. Trump on Tuesday ordered a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela as …

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Russia is preparing for contacts with the United States on Ukraine, the Kremlin says

18 Dec 2025

MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia was preparing for contacts with the United States to get details about U.S. talks with European powers and Ukraine on a possible peace settlement to end the Ukraine conflict. Politico reported that U.S. and Russian officials are expected to meet in Miami at …

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EU to lift sanctions on Kosovo and release financial aid, von der Leyen says

18 Dec 2025

BELGRADE, Dec 18 (Reuters) – The European Union is set to lift sanctions it imposed on Kosovo in 2023 over tensions in the north of the country and will release financial assistance, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. EU countries introduced punitive measures against ethnic Albanian-majority Kosovo after Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s government …

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Migrants stuck in Mauritania after EU border pact brings crackdown

18 Dec 2025

NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Moktar Diallo left Mali in 2015, dreaming of reaching Europe by boat from Mauritania to Spain’s Canary Islands. A decade later, Diallo is stuck working long hours making bricks in Mauritania’s coastal capital Nouakchott, and trying to dodge a police crackdown that has reduced the flow of irregular dinghies making …

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Ukraine says 180,000 consumers were left without power after Russian overnight attack

18 Dec 2025

KYIV, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Around 180,000 consumers were left without electricity supplies across five Ukrainian regions after a Russian attack overnight, Ukraine’s acting energy minister Artem Nekrasov said on Thursday. Nekrasov said on the Telegram messenger that the southern regions of Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia, the central regions of Cherkasy and Dnipropetrovsk, and the north-eastern …

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Ukrainian negotiators to meet US team on Friday, Saturday, Zelenskiy says

18 Dec 2025

KYIV, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Ukrainian peace negotiators are en route to the United States and plan to meet the U.S. negotiating team on Friday and Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday. Zelenskiy told reporters in a WhatsApp media chat that there were no final aligned peace proposals for now, reiterating his plea to …

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