BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto met Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik in Budapest on Tuesday to show Hungary’s support, the ministers said in social media posts. Dodik has close ties with Russia, which has also backed him, saying a one-year jail term and political ban he faces in …
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By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow hoped for more peace talks with Ukraine but that the momentum of the war was in its favour, signalling no shift in his stance despite a looming sanctions deadline from Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will impose new …
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CHISINAU (Reuters) -A Moldovan court jailed a pro-Kremlin regional leader on Tuesday for seven years for channelling money from Russia to finance a political party that Moldova says is a front for Russian meddling. Moldova, which will hold a parliamentary election on September 28, has regularly accused Moscow of interfering in domestic politics by stoking …
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By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Italy will tighten controls on the supply of gender-affirming medical care for minors, according to a draft law approved by the government that has triggered protests from transgender rights advocates. The law, passed by the cabinet late on Monday but still subject to parliamentary approval, will regulate medicines such as …
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NICOSIA (Reuters) -Decades-old property disputes stemming from Cyprus’s unresolved division are stirring tensions on the island, threatening to derail fragile progress in United Nations-led reconciliation attempts. Recent detentions on both sides over disputed property claims have exposed the enduring grievances of tens of thousands of internally displaced people. “I’m very concerned. I fear the property …
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(Reuters) -An overnight Ukrainian drone attack sparked several fires, including at a power substation, in the southern Russian region of Rostov, the acting regional governor said on Tuesday. There were no injuries as a result of the attack and the fire at the substation on an area of about 500 square metres (5,400 square feet) …
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By Ashley Tang, Naveen Thukral and Bernadette Christina PONTIAN, Malaysia (Reuters) -Malaysian farmer Suratmen Mosman faces a dilemma that threatens to sap supply from the world’s top palm oil exporters and drive up prices of the vegetable oil essential to billions of consumers worldwide in the next five years. The ageing trees on his plantation …
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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet this week to decide on Israel’s next steps in Gaza following the collapse of indirect ceasefire talks with Hamas, with one senior Israeli source suggesting more force could be an option. Last Saturday, during a visit to the country, U.S. Middle East envoy …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he would convene his security cabinet this week to discuss how to instruct the military to meet his war goals in Gaza. “We must continue to stand together and fight together to achieve all our war objectives: the defeat of the enemy, the release of …
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(Reuters) -A nuclear submarine base in Russia’s remote Far East region was damaged last week following one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the area in decades, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing satellite images. Photos captured by Planet Labs, a commercial satellite imaging firm, show damage to a floating pier at …
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