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Time ripe for talks between Myanmar junta and ousted government, Malaysia’s Anwar says

22 May 2025

By Panu Wongcha-um, Danial Azhar and Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Separate talks with Myanmar’s junta leader and his key rivals have borne fruit, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said, setting the stage for the first time for direct contact between two sides embroiled in a protracted and devastating civil war. Junta chief Min Aung …

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Greek fire brigade on high alert after 6.1 magnitude quake strikes off Crete

22 May 2025

ATHENS (Reuters) -Emergency services were on high alert in Crete on Thursday after a 6.1 magnitude quake hit off the Greek island, causing tremors felt across Turkey and Israel. The fire brigade said it has not received any calls for assistance so far nor reports of any serious property damage. The tremor, which hit 79 …

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Second Oval Office ambush by Trump could make foreign leaders think twice

22 May 2025

By Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump turned down the lights in the Oval Office on Wednesday and made South African President Cyril Ramaphosa the target of his latest geopolitical ambush of a foreign leader in front of television cameras. In an extraordinary scene clearly orchestrated by the …

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Russia says it downed hundreds of Ukrainian drones, briefly shuts Moscow airports

22 May 2025

By Guy Faulconbridge and Anton Kolodyazhnyy MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday its air defences shot down more than 370 Ukrainian drones, including some approaching Moscow, and the capital’s airports were briefly shut down to ensure the safety of flights. There were no reports of casualties. As Russia, Ukraine, the United States and European …

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Poland intervenes as Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship spotted near power cable

21 May 2025

By Barbara Erling and Marek Strzelecki WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s military intervened after a ship from the Russian “shadow fleet” was seen performing suspicious manoeuvres near a power cable connecting Poland with Sweden, Poland’s prime minister said on Wednesday. NATO has stepped up security in the Baltic following a string of incidents in which power cables, …

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Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead outside elite American school in Madrid

21 May 2025

By Emma Pinedo and Inti Landauro MADRID (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former Ukrainian politician on Wednesday outside a school in a wealthy suburb of Madrid, Spain’s Interior Ministry said. Andriy Portnov, 51, was previously a senior aide to a pro-Russian former Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovich, who was ousted in a 2014 popular …

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Israel draws outcry from Europe as soldiers fire near diplomats on West Bank visit

21 May 2025

By May Angel JERUSALEM (Reuters) -European countries on Thursday condemned an incident where Israeli soldiers fired near a diplomatic delegation in the occupied West Bank, with Italy and France both summoning Israeli ambassadors to explain what happened. The Israeli military said the delegation had “deviated from the approved route and entered an area where they …

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Government-commissioned report says Muslim Brotherhood posing threat to French unity

21 May 2025

By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron convened senior ministers on Wednesday to address a state-commissioned report that accuses the Muslim Brotherhood of waging a covert campaign via local proxies to subvert France’s secular values and institutions. The report called for action to halt what it called a slow-burning spread of “political Islam” posing …

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Greenland gives Danish-French group permit to mine rock with green potential, in wake of Trump interest

21 May 2025

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Greenland on Wednesday handed a 30-year mining permit to a Danish-French mining group aiming to extract a moon-like rock that could offer a climate-friendly alternative in aluminium production. The Arctic island rich in minerals, oil and natural gas, and long seen as a potential resource frontier, has drawn international …

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