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Germany’s budget committee wants to approve 3 billion euros for Ukraine, sources say

30 Jan 2025

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s budget committee has called Finance Minister Joerg Kukies to approve an additional 3 billion euros ($3.13 billion) in military aid for Ukraine, sources told Reuters on Wednesday. The request was approved in the budget committee of parliament with the votes of the opposition conservatives of the CDU and the Free Democrats …

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Russian military reports capture of new village in eastern Ukraine

30 Jan 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that its troops had taken control of the village of Novoielyzavetivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, near the logistics centre of Pokrovsk, the latest target in their steady advance westward. Reuters could not independently confirm the battlefield report. The General Staff of Ukraine’s military made no …

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International law enforcement operation targets group of cybercrime websites

29 Jan 2025

By AJ Vicens DETROIT (Reuters) – The FBI and a host of law enforcement agencies seized a series of cybercrime-related websites on Wednesday, according to a seizure notice posted to the websites and one of the agencies involved. The websites’ seizure, carried out as part of “Operation Talent,” according to the seizure notice, includes websites …

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Denmark’s sovereignty is ‘essential issue’ for the EU, European Council president says

29 Jan 2025

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Denmark’s sovereignty is an “essential issue” for the EU, the European Council President said in an interview on Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to express interest in claiming Greenland for the United States. The Arctic island is a semi-autonomous Danish territory. “The territoriality of Denmark, the sovereignty of Denmark, the …

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Israeli troops to remain in Jenin refugee camp, defence minister says

29 Jan 2025

By Raneen Sawafta and James Mackenzie JENIN, West Bank/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops will remain in the Palestinians’ Jenin refugee camp once the large-scale raid they launched last week is complete, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday as a crackdown in the occupied West Bank extended into a second week. Hundreds of Israeli troops …

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German parliament backs resolution on migration with far-right votes

29 Jan 2025

By Sarah Marsh, Kirsti Knolle and Andrey Sychev BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s opposition conservatives won parliamentary approval on Wednesday for a proposal to drastically restrict migration with the help of votes from the Alternative for Germany (AfD), breaking a taboo on cooperation with the far-right. The proposal is non-binding but the role of the AfD …

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Joy turns to despair as Gaza returnees struggle to settle in enclave’s north

29 Jan 2025

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -The joy of thousands of Palestinian families who made it back home in north Gaza after a ceasefire with Israel is turning to despair as the cold reality of uninhabitable, bombed-out homes and dire shortages of basic supplies sets in. Many have begun complaining about a …

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German parliament passes election frontrunner’s migration crackdown motion

29 Jan 2025

BERLIN (Reuters) – German election frontrunner Friedrich Merz succeeded on Wednesday in getting a motion passed in parliament that calls for a migration crackdown including the rejection of asylum seekers at the country’s land borders. It is not yet clear who voted for the motion but Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats and the Greens had …

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Clock ticks as Serbia’s ruling party must agree new PM or trigger election

29 Jan 2025

By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbia’s ruling coalition began talks to form a new government on Wednesday, after Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned amid protests and President Aleksandar Vucic floated the possibility of a snap election in April. Vucevic on Tuesday became the highest-ranking official to step down in the aftermath of a roof collapse …

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Ukraine drones hit Russian oil pumping station, missile storage site, Kyiv source says

29 Jan 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – An overnight Ukrainian drone attack hit Russia’s Andreapol oil pumping station, part of the oil export route via the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, causing a fire and oil products to leak, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine said on Wednesday. The attack also hit a Russian missile storage facility …

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