US, allies 'gravely concerned' by North Korea-Russia cooperation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its main allies on said on Friday they are "gravely concerned" by deepening cooperation between North Korea and Russia and called for an end to North Korean arms transfers for use against Ukraine. The U....
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Lebanon hospital treats Adam, first wounded Gazan to arrive in Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Five-year-old Adam Afana dreamt of being a police officer "to keep people safe," his uncle said, before losing his father, his siblings and cousins, and nearly all of his left arm in an Israeli strike seven months ago on Gaza. No...
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Ukraine and Russia announce major prisoner swap
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia announced their first exchange of prisoners of war in nearly four months on Friday, with 150 people freed after negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said 75 U...
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Factbox-D-Day: What to expect from 80th anniversary in Normandy
PARIS (Reuters) - Veterans and world leaders will meet in Normandy, northwestern France, on June 6 to mark the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers invaded France to drive out the forces of Nazi German...
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Sudan at 'imminent risk of famine', UN aid chiefs warn
GENEVA (Reuters) - The people of Sudan are at "imminent risk of famine", United Nations agencies said on Friday, more than a year into a war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Around 18 million people are already acut...
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Kremlin says it backs China's refusal to take part in Ukraine peace summit
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that Moscow supported China's refusal to take part in a peace summit on Ukraine next month in Switzerland because it was futile to hold such an event without Russia's participation. The talks were conve...
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NATO chief dismisses Russian warnings of escalation after lifting of arms restrictions
PRAGUE (Reuters) - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Friday dismissed warnings by Russian President Vladimir Putin that allowing Kyiv to use Western weapons for strikes inside Russian territory might lead to an escalation. Speaking on the sidelines of...
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Ukraine can use German weapons to defend Kharkiv border region, Berlin says
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany on Friday suggested Ukraine could use weapons supplied by Western countries to defend itself against attacks launched from just inside Russia against the northern border region around the city of Kharkiv in accordance wit...
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UK actors and writers call out 'systemic racism' over Abbott treatment
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) - Prominent Black Britons have criticised the opposition Labour Party's treatment of Britain's first Black woman lawmaker after a row over whether she could stand as a candidate overshadowed the election campaign. ...
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Separatist gunmen kill five soldiers in Nigeria's southeast, army says
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Armed men killed at least five soldiers in a surprise attack in Nigeria's southeastern Abia state, the military said on Friday, the latest in a string of raids in a region rife with separatist violence. No group c...
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China to restrict export of some aviation, space components from July 1
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China will control exports of some aviation and space components from July 1, its commerce ministry announced on Thursday, citing a need to protect the country's national security and interests. Those wishing to export it...
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Russian court extends detention of Russian-U.S. journalist Kurmasheva
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - A Russian court on Friday extended until Aug.5 the pre-trial detention of journalist Alsu Kurmasheva who hold Russian and United States citizenships, a Reuters correspondent reported from the courtroom in the city of Kazan...
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Thousands of Ukrainian prisoners apply to join army in return for parole
By Max Hunder KYIV REGION (Reuters) - In its quest to fill the dwindling ranks of its infantry, Ukraine has turned to recruiting prisoners to join the fight against Russia, and more than four thousand have applied so far. Under a deal offered to in...
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy arrives in Sweden to sign bilateral security agreements
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he had arrived in Sweden with plans to sign three bilateral security agreements. The Ukrainian president is in Stockholm to attend the third Ukraine-Northern Europe Summit...
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Russia's Medvedev says Moscow's nuclear threats over Ukraine are no bluff
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that Russia was not bluffing when it spoke of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine and that its conflict with the West could escalate in...
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NATO getting closer to war every week, Hungary's Orban says
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - NATO's plans to get more involved in the war in Ukraine are like a firefighter trying to put out a fire with a flamethrower, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. Orban, who has cultivated relations with Moscow,...
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Ukraine missiles hit oil terminal at port Kavkaz in Russia's Krasnodar region, military says
KYIV (Reuters) - Missiles fired by the Ukrainian navy struck an oil terminal at the Russian port of Kavkaz in the Krasnodar region on Friday, the Ukrainian military said via the Telegram messaging app. The military reported explosions at the site a...
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In South Africa's coal belt ANC heartland, voters defect en masse
By Tim Cocks BOTLENG, South Africa (Reuters) - With South Africa's ruling party on track to get about 42% of the vote in the national election, the anger in its heartland coal-mining belt gives a hint as to why it faces its worst result ever - and ...
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China, US defence chiefs discuss Taiwan, Ukraine, Gaza
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun and United States Defense Minister Lloyd Austin held a constructive meeting in Singapore on Friday, including talks on Taiwan, the war between Russia and Ukraine, and the conflict in Gaza, a C...
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Exclusive-Ukraine's Zelenskiy expected to attend Singapore security summit, sources say
By Xinghui Kok, Fanny Potkin and Idrees Ali SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore this weekend, six sources said, as Ukraine faces a renewed assa...
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Papua New Guinea leader visits community hit by landslide
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape on Friday made his first visit to a remote village hit by a deadly landslide last week and thanked international aid donors for their support. Officials are still trying to pinpo...
May 31, 2024
Pakistan PM Sharif to visit China June 4-8, foreign ministry says
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit China from June 4 to 8 on the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Friday. The trip will seek to upgrade cooperation under the multi-billion ...
May 31, 2024
Czech Republic to seek more Ukraine ammunition contributions, minister says
PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech Republic will at some point seek more contributions to its initiative to source ammunition supplies for Ukraine from around the world, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on Friday, adding that NATO needed to send Russia a st...
May 31, 2024
Poland organising its 45th package of aid for Ukraine, minister says
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland is currently organising its 45th package of aid for Ukraine, the foreign minister said on Friday. "Poland has sent 44 packages of aid to Ukraine, we are now organising our 45th... we think we've contributed in military ass...
May 31, 2024
Airports in Russia's Tatarstan region resume operations after two-hour safety pause
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Airports in the cities of Kazan and Nizhnekamsk lifted temporary flight restrictions which had been imposed for safety reasons earlier on Friday, a representative for Rosaviatsia, the country's aviation regulator, said on Telegra...
May 31, 2024