By Tom Perry and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon’s Hezbollah will bury its former leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, in a mass funeral aimed at showing political strength after the group emerged badly weakened from last year’s war. Nasrallah was killed on September 27 …
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ROME (Reuters) – Tourists climbing Sicily’s Mount Etna volcano at night in sneakers and light clothing to get a close-up view of an ongoing eruption may be risking their lives, rescuers warned on Friday. Europe’s highest and most active volcano erupted in spectacular fashion last week, lighting up the night sky with explosions and bright …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe needs to spend around 250 billion euros ($261.6 billion) annually in defence investments to secure itself without U.S. support, a sum the bloc could bear given its economic strength, according to a study published on Friday. This spending, equivalent to 1.5% of the EU’s gross domestic product, would allow Europe to …
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By Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) – Adapting civilian platforms for military use can speed up defence production while increasing standardization, the CEO of Norway’s Kongsberg Gruppen said, as pressure to boost military spending in Europe grows under President Donald Trump. “The processes need to be simplified so that we get the speed up,” arms manufacturer …
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By Anna Magdalena Lubowicka and Małgorzata Wojtunik SOPOT, Poland (Reuters) – Three years since the arrival of Russian forces drove her from her home in eastern Ukraine to Poland, Oksana Sapronova and other refugees fear their homeland’s battlefield losses could now end up being in vain. “I simply don’t want to think that our boys …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – A Ukrainian has been found guilty of planning acts of sabotage on behalf of Russian services and sentenced to eight years in prison, a Polish court ruled on Friday. Poland and other NATO countries have been experiencing increased sabotage, subversion and other “hybrid warfare” activity by Moscow since Russia’s full-scale invasion of …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Defence is a top spending priority for Poland, and the country may use European Union recovery funds to boost its arms industry, Polish cabinet members said on Friday. The war in Ukraine prompted neighbouring Poland to modernise its army and boost weapons purchases. It has allocated 4.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had taken control of the villages of Nadiivka, Novosilka and Novoocheretuvate in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Reuters could not independently verify the advances. Even as it embarks on talks with the United States on ending the war, Russia continues to make …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that there was a mutual understanding about the need for a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that the details of such an encounter had yet to be worked out. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the two sides agreed at talks …
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By Gram Slattery and Emma Farge WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Russian participants have met in Switzerland for unofficial talks about the Ukraine war in recent months, including as recently as last week, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. While the attendees have diplomatic and security experience, they are not government officials and …
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