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Six on trial in UK charged with membership of banned PKK
LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Six Kurdish people went on trial in Britain on Friday charged with membership of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant group banned in its […]
Meloni urges Europe to talk to Russia, sees no swift return to G8
ROME, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Europe should reopen dialogue with Russia, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday, adding that it was far too soon to discuss welcoming Moscow […]
Meloni rules out U.S. military move on Greenland, urges strong NATO Arctic presence
ROME, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday she did not believe the United States would use military force to seize Greenland, warning that such […]
Munich Security conference head defends inviting German far-right party
BERLIN, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The head of the Munich Security Conference defended a decision to invite the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to this year’s meeting in February after […]
Women bearing the brunt of Sudan’s acute hunger crisis, UN says
GENEVA, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Women are bearing the brunt of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, with the majority of female-headed households not having enough food to eat, the U.N. […]
Trump’s Venezuela focus frustrates top aides worried about midterm elections
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s focus on the brazen U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is frustrating some White House aides and Republican lawmakers, who want […]
Kurdish groups reject Aleppo withdrawal as US pushes to end fighting
ALEPPO, Syria, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Kurdish groups in Aleppo vowed to defend their neighbourhoods from government forces on Friday, rejecting ceasefire terms declared by Damascus that demand Kurdish fighters […]
Iran cut off from world as Supreme Leader warns protesters
DUBAI, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Iran was largely cut off from the outside world on Friday after authorities blacked out the internet to curb expanding protests, with phone calls not […]
Moscow says US freed two Russian crew members from seized oil tanker at its request
MOSCOW, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the United States had released two Russian crew members from a Russian-flagged oil tanker seized on Wednesday […]
Kurdish councils in Syria’s Aleppo reject evacuation call
Jan 9 (Reuters) – Kurdish councils in Syria’s Aleppo said on Friday they would not evacuate neighbourhoods under their control as part of a ceasefire deal to end days of […]