By Jonathan Saul, Renee Maltezou and Kanishka Singh LONDON/ATHENS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A drone and speedboat attack off Yemen killed four seafarers on a Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier, an official with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, the second incident in a day, following months of calm. Traffic in the Red Sea, a key waterway for …
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(Reuters) -Polish and allied aircraft were activated early on Wednesday to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched air strikes targeting western Ukraine, near the border with the Poland, the Operational Command of the Polish armed forces said. At 0215 GMT, most of western Ukraine had been under air raid alerts for nearly …
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By Andrea Shalal and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday met for a second time in two days with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Gaza as Trump’s Middle East envoy said Israel and Hamas were closing their differences on a ceasefire deal. The Israeli leader departed the White House …
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(Reuters) -Ukraine’s Fencing Federation (NFFU) is considering unspecified legal action after the sport’s global governing body confirmed that three athletes would compete as ‘neutrals’ at this month’s World Championships that the NFFU say have Russian military ranks. Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee last month urged the International Fencing Federation (FIE) to bar Russian Olympic multi-medallist Sofya …
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(Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, the highest profile international award given to an individual or organization deemed to have done the most to “advance fellowship between nations.” In his letter to the Nobel Committee, which he shared online, Netanyahu said Trump had “demonstrated …
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PARIS (Reuters) -France’s intelligence chief said on Tuesday that all aspects of Iran’s nuclear program have been pushed back several months after American and Israeli air strikes, but there is uncertainty over where its highly-enriched uranium stocks are. “The Iranian nuclear program is the material, it is highly-enriched uranium, it is a capacity to convert …
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By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had approved sending U.S. defensive weapons to Ukraine and was considering additional sanctions on Moscow, underscoring his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the growing death toll in Russia’s war with Ukraine. Trump, who pledged as a presidential candidate …
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By Nacho Doce XERTA, Spain (Reuters) -Spanish authorities ordered more than 18,000 residents of the northeastern Tarragona province to remain indoors on Tuesday and several dozen were evacuated as a wildfire raged out of control, consuming almost 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of vegetation. Large parts of Spain are on high alert for wildfires after the …
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By Emily Rose JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli researchers released a report on Tuesday detailing sexual assault allegations against Palestinian Hamas fighters who attacked Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, and offering a “legal blueprint” for potential prosecutions. The Bar-Ilan University report cites at least 17 witnesses testifying to at least 15 separate cases of sexual assault, …
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(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he ordered an expansion of contacts with the United States to ensure critical deliveries of military supplies, primarily air defence. Zelenskiy issued his call a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington would send more weapons to Ukraine, mainly defensive ones, to help the country defend …
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