DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran was holding air defence exercises on Saturday, state media reported, as the country braces for more friction with arch-enemy Israel and the United States under incoming U.S. president Donald Trump. The war games take place as Iranian leaders face the risk that Trump could empower Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to …
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By Tala Ramadan (Reuters) -Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Damascus on Saturday in a bid to improve long-fraught ties, with the pair focusing on strengthening their shared border. The trip was the first by a head of government to Syria since Bashar al-Assad was toppled by …
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PARIS (Reuters) – At least 20 people were injured when two trams collided in Strasbourg in eastern France, French media said on Saturday. The Bas-Rhin region’s Fire and Rescue Service asked to avoid the area to facilitate access for emergency services. The crash occurred after one of the trams switched tracks and collided with a …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The German military will establish a new division tasked exclusively with territorial defence, the army said on Saturday, bringing all existing reserve units under direct army command. The reorganization will take effect in April and raise the number of German divisions – units of some 20,000 troops – to four without increasing …
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(Reuters) – Denmark sent private messages to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s team expressing willingness to discuss boosting security in Greenland or increasing the U.S. military presence there without claiming the island, Axios reported on Saturday, citing two sources. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, has described U.S. control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A fire at an industrial plant in Russia’s Volga region is under control, local authorities said on Saturday, days after the blaze, reportedly at an oil depot strategically positioned near a military air base began following a Ukrainian drone attack. The authorities on Wednesday said “an industrial plant” had been hit, without …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis is praying for victims and rescuers trying to control the wildfires in California that have killed at least 11 people and destroyed thousands of homes, the Vatican said on Saturday. “His Holiness Pope Francis assures you and the community affected by this tragedy of his spiritual closeness,” said a …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukraine launched drone attacks across several regions of Russia, striking two residential houses in the Tambov region and injuring at least three people, Russia said on Saturday. The regional head, Evgeny Pervyshov, said on the Telegram messaging app people were treated for injuries resulting from shattered windows as drones hit two houses in …
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By Shoon Naing (Reuters) – Dozens of people were killed in an air strike by Myanmar’s military government in the western state of Rakhine this week, the United Nations said, as the Southeast Asia nation’s civil war nears its fourth year. The civilian shadow government and the Arakan Army, an ethnic militia based in Rakhine …
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(Reuters) – Location tracking company Unacast has confirmed to the Norwegian government that it was the victim of a hack, according to a notice published by Norwegian public broadcaster NRK on Friday. Last week claims began circulating online that Unacast’s data broker subsidiary Gravy Analytics had been the victim of a digital heist. Experts told …
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