VIENNA (Reuters) – Three Austrian lawmakers from the far-right Freedom Party won a defamation case against newspaper Der Standard on Thursday over an article that said they attended a funeral where a Nazi song was sung, when in fact it could not be determined if it was. Der Standard published a video from the funeral …
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By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – The boxy, machine gun-equipped vehicle lumbered across the snow-covered battlefield, with no crew aboard and marking what its remote Ukrainian operators described as a major milestone as Russian artillery fire rained around it. Sparing soldiers for the infantry assault that came later, the unmanned device was operated …
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By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – Police closed off the Adidas Arena ahead of a Euroleague basketball game between Paris and Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday because of a suspicious package outside the stadium. A police officer told Reuters that no one was allowed inside the security perimeter while a dog was sent …
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By Michal Yaakov Itzhaki and Janis Laizans KFAR SAVA, Israel (Reuters) – News that Israel and Hamas have reached a hostage release deal after 15 months of war in Gaza is bittersweet for Ruth Strum — one of her sons is expected to be freed, but a second will be left behind in captivity for …
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By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said an oligarchy is forming in the U.S. that threatens democracy, issuing the bleak warning on Wednesday in his final Oval Office speech as he prepares to hand over power to Donald Trump next week. Biden opened his speech with a familiar …
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s three opposition far-right parties started the process to remove outgoing centrist President Klaus Iohannis from office after a cancelled presidential election, but their chances of succeeding were unlikely. The European Union and NATO state, which borders Ukraine, was plunged into institutional chaos last year after far-right NATO critic Calin Georgescu won …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian may discuss the situation in Syria, the Middle East, and Iran’s nuclear programme on Friday, during Pezeshkian’s visit to Russia, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Putin and Pezeshkian are set to sign a long-awaited strategic cooperation agreement on Friday in a move likely …
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ADEN (Reuters) -The leader of Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday that the Iran-aligned group would monitor the implementation of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas aimed at ending the war in Gaza and continue its attacks on vessels or Israel if it is breached. The Houthi militia, which has targeted ships using ballistic missiles …
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By Joshua McElwee ROME (Reuters) – Rome’s chief Jewish rabbi on Thursday sharply criticised Pope Francis over the pontiff’s recent ramping up of criticism against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, in an unusually forceful speech during an annual Catholic-Jewish dialogue event. Francis has unfairly focused his attention on Israel compared to other ongoing world conflicts, …
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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice vigorously opposed at a French court hearing in December the release of a Lebanese militant jailed for attacks on American and Israeli diplomats in France more than 40 years ago, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The former head of the Lebanese Armed …
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