Ukraine drone hits Russian oil facility a 'record' 1,500 km away, source says
By Tom Balmforth LONDON (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone struck a major oil processing plant in Russia's Bashkiria region on Thursday from some 1,500 km (932 miles) away, a Kyiv intelligence source said, its longest-range such attack since the start o...
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Who are Israel's main weapons suppliers and who has halted exports?
(Corrects date in 7th paragraph to 2023) (Reuters) -The United States has suspended a shipment of weapons to Israel, including heavy, bunker-busting bombs Israeli forces have used in their war against Hamas militants in Gaza that has killed nearly 35,0...
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Twin decisions from Colombian courts deal blows to Petro's government
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Supreme Court has ordered the country's interior minister to testify in a corruption probe and the Constitutional Court struck down the creation of the equality ministry in a double blow for the government of President...
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Donald Trump's youngest son Barron to represent Florida at Republican convention
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's youngest son, Barron Trump, will be one of the delegates representing Florida at the Republican National Convention in July, a notable move given that he has kept largely out of the public eye ...
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Turkey says it is not easing Israel export ban
By Ece Toksabay and Burcu Karakas ANKARA (Reuters) - Israeli claims of Ankara easing its trade ban with Israel are "absolutely fictional and have nothing to do with reality," Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on Thursday, as Ankara introduced...
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Israeli defence minister tells 'friends and enemies' Israel will achieve war aims
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told Israel's "enemies and friends" on Wednesday that it would do whatever necessary achieve its war aims in Gaza and the north, in an apparent response to U.S. pressure to halt its operation in R...
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Abortion rights activists heckle Italy's family minister at conference
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Protesters on Thursday heckled Italy's family minister over her critical position on abortion rights, forcing her to abandon a speech at a conference on reversing the country's declining birth rate. When Eugenia Ro...
20h ago
Putin says there is 'nothing unusual' about tactical nuclear weapons drill
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that there was nothing unusual in a planned exercise involving the practice deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in southern Russia along with ally Belarus....
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As Rafah offensive looms, Palestinians fear dispossession again
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - As Israeli forces mass on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Palestinians fear another "Nakba", when 700,000 of them were permanently driven from their homes at the creat...
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Stormy Daniels to face tough questions from Trump lawyers at trial
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Porn star Stormy Daniels will face tough questioning from Donald Trump's lawyers on Thursday as they try to dismantle the credibility of a woman whose story of a 2006 sexual encounter ...
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Panama Papers law firm co-founder Ramon Fonseca dies in hospital, lawyer says
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Ramon Fonseca, who co-founded the now defunct law firm linked to the Panama Papers scandal, died overnight, his lawyer told Reuters on Thursday morning. (Reporting by Elida Moreno; Editing by Christina Fincher)
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Nigerian journalist detained over a week under cybercrime law, employer says
ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian investigative journalist has spent more than a week in police detention without being brought to court for allegedly violating the country's cybercrime laws, his employer said, in a case that has sparked criticism from ...
21h ago
Ukraine's popular former army chief Zaluzhnyi appointed ambassador to UK
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday appointed former army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, who led Ukraine's defence in the first two years of Moscow's full-scale invasion, as Kyiv's ambassador to the United Kingdom. The decree was publis...
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Two Russian online film distributors charged under 'LGBT propaganda' law
(Reuters) - Two Russian online film distributors, including a company owned by Nasdaq-listed internet giant Yandex, have been charged with offences under the country's so-called "LGBT propaganda" law, a notice on a Moscow court's website said. Russ...
21h ago
UK system of arms exports to Israel not the same as U.S., Cameron says
LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary David Cameron described Britain's system and scale of arms exports to Israel as completely different from those in the United States, saying the sales it licences were relatively small and policed by strict proc...
22h ago
Putin agrees to withdraw Russian forces from various Armenian regions, says Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has agreed to withdraw Russian forces and border guards from various parts of Armenia, Putin's spokesman was cited as saying on Thursday by the Interfax news agency. Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Niko...
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China's Xi Jinping to talk Ukraine, investment on last European stop Hungary
By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian soldiers on horseback joined President Tamas Sulyok to give Chinese President Xi Jinping a warm welcome in the grounds of Budapest's spectacular Buda Castle on Monday on the third and final stop on Xi...
23h ago
Virginia school board considers restoring Confederate names to schools
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - A U.S. school board in Shenandoah County, Virginia, will vote on Thursday on whether to restore previously removed Confederate names to two schools, potentially becoming the first community in the nation to reinstate such...
23h ago
Hope fades for 44 trapped in collapsed South Africa building
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Relatives of 44 construction workers trapped under a collapsed building in the South African city of George faced a fourth day of anguished waiting on Thursday as heavy machinery worked at the site in a race against time to...
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Vietnam delays meeting with EU sanctions chief ahead of possible Putin visit, sources say
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's foreign affairs ministry told the European Union it was not available for a meeting next week with the bloc's top official on Russian sanctions, diplomats said, as Hanoi prepares for a possible vis...
May 09, 2024
Plane skids off runway at Senegal's main airport, flights suspended, says source
DAKAR (Reuters) -Flights have been suspended at Senegal's main airport near the capital Dakar after a plane skidded off the runway, a source at Blaise Diagne airport told Reuters. The source did not give further details. A night-time video shared on so...
May 09, 2024
Ukraine's parliament dismisses agriculture minister suspected of corruption, lawmaker says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament has dismissed Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky who tendered his resignation in late April as he faces an investigation into alleged involvement in illegal acquisition of state-owned land, Ukrainian lawmaker Y...
May 09, 2024
Thai communities ordered to evacuate after fire at fuel tank facility
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Communities and workers near the site of a fire at a fuel tank terminal in Thailand's eastern province have been ordered to urgently evacuate as the blaze was likely to spread, the industry ministry said on Thursday. One person ...
May 09, 2024
North Macedonia nationalists seek coalition partner after election win
By Aleksandar Vasovic SKOPJE (Reuters) - North Macedonia's nationalist opposition began the search for a coalition partner on Thursday after voters frustrated by a lack of progress towards membership of the European Union ended seven years of rule ...
May 09, 2024
Israeli strike on Lebanon kills four Hezbollah fighters, security sources say
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike on a car in southern Lebanon killed four people on Thursday, according to Lebanon's civil defence, with security sources saying those killed were members of armed group Hezbollah. The conflict between Hezbol...
May 09, 2024