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Sweden sentences woman to 12 years in prison for genocide, war crimes in Syria

11 Feb 2025 11 Feb 2025

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A court in Stockholm on Tuesday convicted a Swedish woman of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross war crimes committed in Syria in 2015 against women and children of the Yazidi religious minority, sentencing her to 12 years in prison. The woman, identified as 52-year-old Swedish citizen Lina Ishaq, returned to Sweden …

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Explainer-Why Trump’s proposal on Gaza is ringing alarm bells in the region

11 Feb 2025 11 Feb 2025

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has infuriated the Arab world by saying that Palestinians would not have the right of return to the Gaza Strip under his proposal to redevelop the enclave, which has been devastated by an Israeli offensive. From the earliest days of the Gaza war, Arab governments, particularly Egypt and Jordan, have …

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Drones become most common cause of death for civilians in Ukraine war, UN says

11 Feb 2025 11 Feb 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – Short-range aerial drones were the most common killer of civilians in Ukraine in January, the U.N.’s monitoring mission said on Tuesday, highlighting how drone use has ballooned during three years of war with Russia. The U.N. mission said at least 139 civilians were killed and 738 wounded in January 2025, with 27% …

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US envoy in Moscow held talks with senior Russian diplomat, RIA reports

11 Feb 2025 11 Feb 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Lynne Tracy, the U.S. ambassador in Moscow, on Tuesday held talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and discussed the operations of Russian diplomatic institutions abroad, the RIA state news agency reported. RIA cited Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, as the source of the information. On Monday, …

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Swedish police apprehend person suspected of preparing terrorist crimes

11 Feb 2025 11 Feb 2025

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Swedish police said on Tuesday they had apprehended one person in the Stockholm area on suspicion of preparing terrorist crimes in a case concerning violent Islamist extremism. The person was suspected of preparation for a terrorist offence, aggravated participation in a terrorist organisation, preparation for attempted murder and preparing to violate legislation …

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Norwegian Refugee Council NGO to suspend some aid work across 20 countries due to Trump policy

11 Feb 2025 11 Feb 2025

(This Feb. 10 story has been corrected to clarify that the NRC has not suspended all work, but some work, in nearly 20 countries, in paragraph 1 and in the headline) COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on Monday it would suspend some of its humanitarian work across nearly 20 countries worldwide …

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Russia’s budget deficit jumps 14-fold in January

11 Feb 2025 11 Feb 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s fiscal deficit jumped 14-fold in January due to a 73.6% increase in spending at the start of the year, reaching 1.7 trillion roubles ($17.73 billion) or 0.8% of national output, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, citing preliminary data. “This is primarily due to the accelerated financing of expenditures within the …

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In search of economic boost, some African countries send workers abroad

11 Feb 2025 11 Feb 2025

By Aaron Ross and Maria Martinez NAIROBI/BERLIN (Reuters) – They line up by the hundreds to meet recruiters at schools in provincial towns and convention halls in large cities, some carrying advanced diplomas, others with only a primary education to their name. Each is hoping to land one of the million jobs the Kenyan government …

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U.S. lifts pause on food donations for World Food Programme

11 Feb 2025 11 Feb 2025

By Michelle Nichols and Humeyra Pamuk NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has lifted a pause on food donations, the U.N. World Food Programme said, ending a suspension that an aid watchdog on Monday warned had left 500,000 metric tons of food currently at sea or ready to be shipped in limbo. “We can …

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Ukraine attack damages industrial facility in Russia’s Saratov, regional governor says

11 Feb 2025 11 Feb 2025

(Reuters) -A Ukrainian drone attack damaged an industrial facility in Russia’s southern region of Saratov, its governor said early on Tuesday, while a Ukrainian official said an oil refinery had been hit. “There are no casualties,” Roman Busargin, the governor of Saratov, said in a post on the Telegram messaging app, citing initial details, but …

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