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Zelenskiy says Russian attack on US enterprise in Zakarpattia region injured 15 people

21 Aug 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian attack on an American civilian enterprise in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region injured 15 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday. “So far, there has been no signal from Moscow that they are really going to engage in meaningful negotiations and end this war,” Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “Pressure is …

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France probes death of man on live video stream after violence and humiliations

21 Aug 2025

(This Aug. 20 story has been refiled to remove an image) By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) -French authorities are investigating the death of a man during a live video stream on the Kick live streaming platform, where he had regularly been shown enduring violence and humiliations. Prosecutors ordered an autopsy and opened an investigation …

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Hungary ready to host Ukraine-Russia peace talks, foreign minister says

21 Aug 2025

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary has offered to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine twice, and the offer still stands, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a podcast broadcast on Facebook on Thursday. Szijjarto reacted to reports that the White House was eyeing the Hungarian capital Budapest as a venue for a possible trilateral meeting …

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Poland says its airspace was not violated during Russian strikes on Ukraine

21 Aug 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland said operations by Polish and allied aircraft on Thursday related to Russian strikes on Ukraine had concluded and that no violations of Polish airspace were observed. “Due to the reduction in the level of threat from missile strikes by Russian aviation on Ukrainian territory, the operations of Polish and allied aviation in …

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Israel says it has taken first steps of military operation in Gaza City

21 Aug 2025

By Alexander Cornwell, Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel’s military announced the first steps of an operation to take over Gaza City on Wednesday and called up tens of thousands of reservists while the government considered a new ceasefire proposal to pause nearly two years of war. “We have begun the preliminary …

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Talk of boots on the ground in Ukraine sparks unease in Germany

21 Aug 2025

By Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -Allied talk of sending European peacekeeping forces to protect Ukraine as part of a possible peace deal with Russia has sparked a backlash in Germany, a country still scarred by its militaristic Nazi past, even if the prospect remains remote. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has signalled openness to …

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Netanyahu escalates attack on Australia’s Albanese as Jewish group urges calm

21 Aug 2025

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday stepped up his personal attacks on Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese over his government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state, saying Albanese’s political record had been damaged forever. Diplomatic ties between Australia and Israel have soured since Albanese’s centre-left Labor government last week announced …

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Vance says Europe will have to take ‘lion’s share’ of burden for Ukrainian security

21 Aug 2025

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday that European countries will have to pay the “lion’s share” of costs for Ukraine’s security guarantees. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT President Donald Trump wants to strike a peace deal to end Russia’s 3-1/2-year-old war in Ukraine. One of Ukraine’s priorities is security guarantees …

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Jailed French researcher faces Russian espionage charge, court says

21 Aug 2025

(Reuters) -French researcher Laurent Vinatier, already jailed in Russia on charges of violating the country’s “foreign agent” laws, now faces a new espionage charge, according to court documents cited by Russian news agencies. Vinatier was jailed for three years last October for failing to comply with laws requiring individuals deemed “foreign agents” to register and …

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Trump administration imposes new sanctions on four ICC judges, prosecutors

20 Aug 2025

By Humeyra Pamuk and Anthony Deutsch WASHINGTON/THE HAGUE (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two judges and two prosecutors at the International Criminal Court, as Washington ramped up its pressure on the war tribunal over its targeting of Israeli leaders and a past decision to investigate U.S. officials. In a statement, …

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