BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Israeli attack killed six people in southern Syria on Tuesday, Syria’s foreign ministry said, after the Israeli military said its troops had clashed with militants who had opened fire on them. The violence in the border area marks increased friction between Israel and Syria, where a new Islamist-led leadership has been …
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SUMY, Ukraine (Reuters) – Yevheniia Stepanets fled to Poland with her family after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 but her children begged her to return home to the city of Sumy. Now that they are back in their native city near the border with Russia, their days are often filled with the din of drones …
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MADRID (Reuters) – In a messaging group that mistakenly disclosed plans by the U.S. to attack Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis to a journalist, senior Trump administration officials including persons identified as Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused Europe of “free-loading” and questioned whether the U.S. should be “bailing Europe out again”. Here …
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By Ryan Patrick Jones (Reuters) – The United States has imposed sanctions on three Iranian intelligence officers for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of former FBI Special Agent Robert Levinson, the U.S. Treasury and State departments said in press releases on Tuesday. The sanctions on Reza Amiri Moghadam, Gholamhossein Mohammadnia, and Taqi Daneshvar of …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it has made separate agreements with Ukraine and Russia to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea and to implement a ban strikes against energy facilities in the two countries. The White House said in a statement that Washington would help restore Russia’s access to the …
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By Will Dunham (Reuters) – Fossils unearthed during construction of a water pipeline in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia have revealed one of the oddest members of a rather strange group of dinosaurs, a creature whose two-fingered hands sport a pair of menacing curved claws. The dinosaur, named Duonychus tsogtbaatari, measured about 10 feet (3 …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. migration agency chief told countries on Tuesday to expect even bigger programme cuts in 2026 after announcing a record budget drop of nearly 30% this year, as U.S.-funded programmes end and other donors retrench. The International Organization for Migration had already announced a major scale-back in projects …
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By John Revill MUTTENZ, Switzerland (Reuters) -Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France soccer great Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Tuesday, two and a half years after they were first acquitted of the offences. The pair, once among the most powerful figures in global soccer, were cleared …
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By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s parliament gave final approval to the long delayed 2025 state budget on Tuesday, in a turbulent session that showed how lawmakers and the country remain divided over the fate of hostages still held in Gaza and the wider political landscape. Parliament, known as the Knesset, passed the budget by …
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By Lisandra Paraguassu and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA (Reuters) -A five-judge panel from Brazil’s Supreme Court began deliberations on Tuesday to determine if former President Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest aides should stand trial for allegedly attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat. The judges are expected to decide by Wednesday whether to hear …
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