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Russia says foreign troops in Ukraine would be targets after UK and France pledge post-ceasefire deployment
MOSCOW, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Russia said on ‌Thursday that any troops sent to Ukraine by Western governments would be “legitimate combat targets”, after ‌Britain and France announced plans to […]
Syrian army orders evacuations as heavy fighting grips Aleppo’s Kurdish areas
Jan 8 (Reuters) – The Syrian army ‌clashed with fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in parts of Aleppo on Thursday and ‌ordered residents to evacuate, accusing the […]
Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes now nationwide, say activists
DUBAI (AP): Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes have now gone nationwide in the Islamic Republic, activists said Thursday, signaling both their staying power and intensity as they challenge […]
US Senate to vote on reining in Trump on Venezuela
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. ‌Senate is due to consider a resolution on Thursday that would block President Donald Trump from taking further ‌military action against Venezuela without […]
Trump says US oversight of Venezuela could last years
Jan 8 (Reuters) – The United States could oversee Venezuela and control its ‌oil revenue for years, President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Thursday. Read full story […]
Cubans brace for more hardship as US pressure on Venezuela chokes off oil
MATANZAS, Cuba, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Cubans braced ‌for a deepening economic crisis after the United States seized two more Venezuela-linked oil ‌tankers on Wednesday, a move that threatens to […]
Explainer-Can the ICE agent who shot a Minneapolis woman be prosecuted?
NEW YORK, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) – A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis ‌on Wednesday amid President Donald Trump’s […]
German president says US is destroying world order
BERLIN, Jan 8 (Reuters) – German ‌President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticised the U.S. ‌foreign policy under President Donald Trump and urged ‌the world not to let the world order […]
Ukraine working to restore power in southeast after Russian strikes
KYIV, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) – Ukrainian officials were racing to restore power on Thursday ‌after Russian strikes plunged two southeastern regions into near-total ‌blackout overnight, forcing critical infrastructure to rely […]
ICE fatal shooting of Minnesota woman puts US on edge
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) – The fatal shooting ‌of a 37-year-old Minnesota mother by a U.S. immigration agent has put the city of Minneapolis and much of the United States […]