US military says it engaged five unmanned drones over Red Sea
(Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Sunday it had engaged five unmanned drones over the Red Sea that "presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition, and merchant vessels in the region." U.S. Central Command did not say in the statement if the d...
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South Korea's Yoon to meet opposition leader amid bid to reset presidency
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will meet opposition leader Lee Jae-myung for talks on Monday after a crushing election defeat for the president's ruling party led to widespread calls for him to change his style of leadership...
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Philippine students suffer in wilting heat, thwarting education efforts
By Adrian Portugal MANILA (Reuters) - Sweltering heat in the Philippines can curb farm production, disrupt water and power and weigh on businesses, but it also takes a toll on students, hampering the Southeast Asian nation's efforts to catch up to ...
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At least 13 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Rafah, medical officials say
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes on three houses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed 13 people and wounded many others, medics said on Monday. Hamas media outlets put the death toll at 15. In Gaza City, in the north ...
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North Korea criticizes US for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, KCNA says
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea criticized the United States for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, state media KCNA reported on Monday, citing a statement from the defence ministry. The United States in recent weeks secretly shipped long-rang...
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Spain's Prime Minister Sanchez set to announce if he's staying or quitting
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is set to announce on Monday whether he plans to stay on or quit the premiership, days after saying he was considering resigning. Supporters in his Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) have...
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Germany's 'Reichsbuerger' coup suspects go on trial
By Thomas Escritt STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - Nine men go on trial in Germany on Monday charged with high treason, attempted murder and plotting a violent coup d'etat aimed at installing an aristocrat as national leader and imposing martial law....
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Thousands protest in Georgia against 'foreign agents' bill
By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) - Thousands of Georgians marched through the capital, Tbilisi, on Sunday, as protests built against a bill on "foreign agents" that the country's opposition and Western countries have said is authoritarian and Russi...
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US Secretary of State to travel to Jordan and Israel - State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will expand his trip to the Middle East and continue onto Jordan and Israel after visiting Saudi Arabia, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Sunday. In a statement, Mill...
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Supporters of Spain's prime minister rally in Madrid to urge him not to quit
MADRID (Reuters) - On the eve of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's dramatic announcement about his future, thousands of Socialist Party supporters rallied in Madrid on Sunday to ask him to stay on after he stunned the country this week by sayi...
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Biden spoke on Sunday with Israel's Netanyahu, says White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a White House spokesperson said, the first conversation between the two leaders in more than two weeks. The spokesperson said a readout ...
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Blinken speaks to Azeri, Armenian leaders about peace talks
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken to the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan and reaffirmed Washington's support for a peace treaty between the South Caucasus neighbors, the State Department said on Sunday. Yerevan suffere...
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Pro-Palestinian protests keep roiling US college campuses
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities showed no sign of slowing as they spread coast-to-coast over the weekend and police crackdowns and arrests continued into another week while students vowed to stay in tent enc...
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy issues fresh plea for Patriots, EU accession, NATO entry
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a fresh plea to the international community to hurry up and deliver more air defences, start formal talks for his country to enter the European Union, and invite Ukraine to join NATO. ...
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Israel will 'scale up' amount of aid going into Gaza, military says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The amount of humanitarian aid going into the Gaza Strip will be ramped up in the coming days, Israel's military said on Sunday. "Over the last few weeks, the amount of humanitarian aid going into Gaza has significantly increa...
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World Central Kitchen to resume Gaza aid after staff deaths in Israeli strike
NICOSIA (Reuters) - World Central Kitchen (WCK) said it would resume operations in the Gaza Strip on Monday, a month after seven workers of the U.S.-based charity were killed in an Israeli air strike. Prior to halting operations, WCK had distribute...
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One migrant dies, 25 rescued off Greek island
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has recovered the body of one migrant and rescued 25, while searching for at least four more believed missing after their boat sank off the island of Samos, the coastguard said on Sunday. The rescued migrants were taken to...
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France's nuclear weapons should be part of European defence debate, Macron says
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - France's nuclear weapons should be part of the European defence debate, French President Emmanuel Macron told a group of regional newspapers on Sunday, in comments that drew fire from his political opponents ah...
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Pakistan PM discusses new loan programme with IMF chief, says statement
(Reuters) - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed a new loan programme with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Sunday, a statement from his office said. They met on the sidelines of World Economic Forum in Riyadh. Islamabad is...
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Russian journalist placed in pre-trial detention in alleged extremism case
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court placed Konstantin Gabov, a Russian journalist, in pre-trial detention for two months on Saturday after state prosecutors accused him of taking part in the activities of an extremist organisation. Moscow's Basmanny ...
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Israel has agreed to listen to US concerns before any Rafah move, says White House
(Reuters) -Israel has agreed to listen to U.S. concerns and thoughts before it launches an invasion of the border city of Rafah in Gaza, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Sunday. Israel's military is poised to evacuate Pales...
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Kyiv's top general says fighting in east Ukraine worsens, troops fall back
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) - Fighting in eastern Ukraine has worsened and Kyiv's troops have fallen back to new positions in at least three places along the front, Ukraine's top general said on Sunday. Russian troops have been steadily advanci...
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US senator questions whether State Dept properly assessing Israel conduct
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic senator on Sunday questioned whether the Biden administration was properly assessing whether Israel was complying with international law, following a Reuters report that some senior U.S. official...
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Italy PM Meloni announces candidacy at EU election
By Giulia Segreti ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Sunday she will be a candidate at June's European elections in a bid to boost support for her Brothers of Italy party, though she will not take up a seat if elect...
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Hamas delegation to visit Cairo on Monday for Gaza ceasefire talks, Hamas official says
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - A Hamas delegation will visit Cairo on Monday for talks aimed at securing a ceasefire, a Hamas official told Reuters on Sunday, as mediators stepped up efforts to reach a deal ahead of an Israeli assault on t...
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