By Aigerim Turgunbaeva BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyz security services have detained four people, including an employee of a Russian government agency, on suspicion of recruiting Kyrgyz citizens to fight in the Russian army, officials said on Wednesday. Kyrgyzstan’s domestic security agency told Reuters the detainees included an employee of Rossotrudnichestvo, a Russian agency for cultural …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Wednesday that countries involved in peace talks around Ukraine still needed to narrow their differences and that there were “a lot of nuances” that needed to be worked out before any deal could be reached. The Kremlin made its comments after talks between the U.S., Ukraine and European …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – No one knows who the world’s Catholic cardinals will choose to succeed Pope Francis as the new leader of the global Catholic Church. But for those watching attentively, there are sometimes hints about who might emerge as the next pontiff. The process to choose a new pope is …
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(This April 16 story has been corrected to fix the skateboarder’s surname to Albizu from Urbizu throughout the story) By Vincent West BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) – Grinning mischievously, Juanjo Albizu dons a baseball cap, tucks his T-shirt neatly into his sweatpants and adjusts the velcro straps on his elbow pads before positioning his skateboard on …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain jointly called on Israel to adhere to international law by allowing the unhindered passage of humanitarian aid into Gaza, in a statement released on Wednesday. “Humanitarian aid must never be used as a political tool and Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) – Four Czech soldiers will face trial for alleged crimes relating to the death of an Afghan soldier after he was detained and interrogated in 2018, Czech prosecutors said on Tuesday. The Czech state attorney’s office said in a statement that four members of the 601st special operations forces group would stand trial …
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(Reuters) – Russian forces destroyed an energy facility in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson early on Wednesday, the regional governor said. Oleksandr Prokudin said the facility, which provided the city of Kherson with electricity, had come under Russian artillery and drone attacks for more than 24 hours. “Our military fought all night to repel …
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By Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) – When a rival candidate in Poland’s presidential election campaign placed the LGBT community’s rainbow flag on Rafal Trzaskowski’s lectern during a debate, the liberal frontrunner and patron of recent Warsaw Pride marches quickly took it down. “Recently he has been running away from these symbols,” said Trzaskowski’s opponent, Karol …
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(Reuters) – Ammunition explosions at a military unit in Russia’s Vladimir region that started on Tuesday as result of a fire have been “gradually ending,” Alexander Avdeev, governor of the region, said on social media on Wednesday. Schools and several businesses, as well as roads in Vladimir’s Kirzhach district, where the detonations have been taking …
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend talks in London aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday, after earlier saying he planned to travel to London. After speaking with his British counterpart, Rubio said he was rescheduling his trip …
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