BERLIN (Reuters) – A German police officer has been suspended from duty pending a homicide investigation after shooting dead a 21-year-old Black man, state prosecutors said on Thursday, in a case that has raised concerns over racism. Police said the man began spraying tear gas at security staff of a night club in the northern …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Iran’s ambassador to the Netherlands was summoned on Thursday after the Dutch intelligence agency said it suspected Tehran of being behind two assassination attempts in Europe, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. The Dutch general intelligence agency, known as the AIVD, said in its annual report published on Thursday that two men …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will remove restrictions on some Syrian sectors, including financial services and energy production, to help rebuild the country, the government said on Thursday as it eased sanctions imposed during Bashar al-Assad’s presidency. (Reporting by Muvija M; editing by William James)
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Bosnia’s international peace envoy, Christian Schmidt, said on Thursday he had ordered a halt of all budget allocations for the party of the secessionist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who is sought by state authorities. The decision marks an escalation of Bosnia’s biggest political crisis since the end of the country’s war …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump turned his criticism on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday after Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight, saying “Vladimir, STOP!” “I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing,” Trump wrote in a social media post a day after saying …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court has sentenced Miguel Angel Cardenas Montilla, a Colombian who fought on the side of Ukraine, to nine years in prison for fighting against Russian forces as a mercenary, Russian investigators said on Thursday. Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement that Cardenas Montilla, 33, who previously served in the …
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland has begun exhuming the remains of Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War Two in the former Polish village of Puzniki, after long-standing demands from Warsaw over the issue, which has caused friction between the close allies. A succession of Polish governments has demanded access to the sites in western …
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MADRID (Reuters) -The Spanish government has unilaterally cancelled a contract to purchase ammunition rounds for its police force from an Israeli firm, a government source said on Thursday, ceding to pressure from its hard-left junior coalition partner Sumar. Spain, a long-time critic of Israel’s policies in the occupied Palestinian territories, pledged in October 2023 to …
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(Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine traded new barbs over faltering peace efforts on Thursday, with Moscow accusing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of blocking diplomacy and Kyiv saying Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted the war to continue. U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will walk away from trying to negotiate a settlement to end Russia’s war …
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ALMATY, Kazakhstan (Reuters) – Uzbekistan’s government is negotiating with Belgian authorities over the return of $108 million in frozen assets belonging to Gulnara Karimova, the jailed daughter of the country’s former president, Russian state news agency RIA reported on Thursday. RIA cited Uzbekistan’s deputy finance minister as saying that the funds may be given back …
