(Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said late on Thursday that air defence units had downed 17 Ukrainian drones in four southern regions in a period of just over two hours. A ministry statement said 11 of the 17 drones were downed between 7:50 p.m. and 10 p.m. Moscow time (1650 GMT and 1900 GMT) over …
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(Reuters) -The United Nations expressed deep concern at reports of M23 rebels and Rwandan troops advancing south towards the Congolese city of Bukavu on Thursday, as the militants sought also to assert their control over east Congo’s largest city Goma. The Rwandan-backed insurgents’ seizure of Goma this week and ongoing offensive southwards are the biggest …
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(Reuters) -A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy early on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 13, including a child, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. “Hour by hour we get updates on the situation in Sumy. Work at the site of the impact of a Russian ‘Shahed’ (drone) …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s foreign ministry summoned Slovakia’s ambassador in Kyiv on Thursday to reject accusations that it is meddling in its neighbour’s internal affairs and to accuse Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico of being a “mouthpiece” for Russia. Kyiv and Bratislava have been at odds for weeks over Ukraine’s decision not to extend a deal …
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(Corrects name in paragraph 27: Fouad instead of Fuad) By Jonathan Landay and Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A small U.S. security firm is hiring nearly 100 U.S. special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, according to a company spokesperson and a recruitment email seen by Reuters, introducing …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte discussed the alliance in a call on Wednesday, including “building a stronger, more lethal NATO Alliance” and raising allied defense spending, the Pentagon said. The two officials also discussed the importance of “expanding the defense industrial base capacity on both sides of …
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By Gabriel Stargardter PARIS (Reuters) -French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Thursday said those behind death threats against a judge and prosecutors trying her in a graft trial should be punished, in her first comments on a police investigation into the abuse. Reuters reported this week that police are investigating threats against a judge …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian airspace reopened on Thursday after a closure lasting a little over an hour due to a technical issue with air traffic controllers’ Skeyes computer system, Brussels airport said on social media platform X. The disruption ended after Skeyes rebooted its system, a Sketes spokesperson told local media. The closure forced a …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A British man captured fighting on the Ukrainian side in Russia’s Kursk region will face terrorism and mercenary charges that could see him jailed for years, Russian state investigators said on Thursday. Moscow announced it November it had captured James Anderson, describing him as a former British soldier. Britain’s foreign minister, David …
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By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) -A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor said on Thursday he would return his federal order of merit award to the German state in protest over a parliamentary vote in which support from the far-right was used for the first time to secure a majority. Germany’s main opposition conservatives, who are tipped to …
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