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By Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) -It took just minutes for a new Greek-made anti-drone system to show what it is capable of. On its first test run with a European Union patrol in the Red Sea a year ago, the Centauros system detected and swiftly brought down two aerial drones launched by Yemen’s Houthis, who …

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By Alexander Cornwell and Nidal al-Mughrabi TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met senior security officials to finalise a new strategy for the nearly two-year war in the Gaza Strip, his office said on Tuesday, with media reporting he favoured a complete military takeover of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory. Despite intense international pressure …

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By Ross Kerber and Isla Binnie (Reuters) -U.S. companies are spending record amounts to keep their executives safe in response to rising threats and the killings of two high-profile corporate officials in separate attacks in Manhattan over the last eight months.  Corporations have doubled the number of plain-clothed security teams outside buildings in New York …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Sunday and said he prayed there, challenging rules covering one of the most sensitive sites in the Middle East. Under a delicate decades-old “status quo” arrangement with Muslim authorities, the Al-Aqsa compound is administered by a Jordanian …

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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Ireland’s Foreign Ministry called on Tuesday on Haitian authorities to ensure “everything is done” to secure the release of a group of people, including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child, taken by gunmen who stormed a local orphanage. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Harris spoke with his Haitian counterpart overnight, the government said …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that he had had a “productive” conversation with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on ending the war, sanctions on Russia and the finalisation of a U.S.-Ukraine drone deal. “President Trump is fully informed about Russian strikes on Kyiv and other cities and communities,” Zelenskiy wrote on …

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