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Syria asks Lebanon to hand over Assad-era officers after Reuters report
DUBAI, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Syrian authorities have asked Lebanese security forces to hand over more than 200 senior officers who fled to Lebanon after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, […]
Greek airspace blackout linked to old systems, not cyberattack, report says
ATHENS, Jan 14 (Reuters) – An eight-hour radio outage at Greek airports last week that forced authorities to clear the country’s airspace and divert dozens of incoming flights was in […]
Trump son-in-law Kushner, envoy Witkoff plan to meet Putin in Moscow, Bloomberg reports
Jan 14 (Reuters) – White House envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are seeking to travel to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bloomberg […]
Snap election likely in Bulgaria after reformist group rejects bid for government
SOFIA, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s second-largest parliamentary grouping, the reformist PP-DB, declined a request on Wednesday from the president to try to form a new government, increasing the likelihood […]
Some personnel were advised to leave U.S. military base in Qatar, diplomats tell Reuters
DOHA, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Some personnel were advised to leave the U.S. military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar by Wednesday evening, three diplomats told Reuters. Read full story […]
France to open a consulate in Greenland on February 6
PARIS, Jan 14 (Reuters) – France will open a consulate in Greenland on February 6, a move that had been planned since last year, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said […]
George Vassiliou, ‘eternal optimist’ president who led Cyprus into the EU, dies at 94
NICOSIA, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Former Cyprus President George Vassiliou, who died on Wednesday aged 94, once risked arrest in Cold War Hungary smuggling a banned political manifesto past the […]
Tunisian journalist Chatha Belhaj Mubarak freed after sentence cut
TUNIS, Jan 14 (Reuters) – A Tunisian appeal court on Wednesday ordered the release of journalist Chatha Belhaj Mubarak, jailed since 2023 in a conspiracy case, after reducing her prison […]
Russia detains top doctors at Siberian hospital after nine babies die
MOSCOW, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Russia has detained the chief doctor and acting head of the intensive care unit at a Siberian maternity hospital after the deaths of nine newborn […]
Death toll rises to 19 in Thailand with 80 injured after crane collapses on train, police say
BANGKOK, Jan 14 (Reuters) – The death toll from a train derailure following the collapse of a crane in northeastern Thailand rose to 19 on Wednesday, with about 80 people […]