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UK PM Starmer nears EU defence pact in shadow of Trump trade talks
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Britain is edging towards a new defence agreement with the European Union that officials on both sides hope will help to improve post-Brexit ties following U.S. President […]
French high school student kills one, injures three in Nantes stabbing attack
PARIS (Reuters) – One high school student was killed and three were injured in a school stabbing in Nantes, in western France, on Wednesday, police said. Read full story Date: […]
Senegal top court rejects bid to lift amnesty for protest deaths
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s top court has rejected a move by lawmakers to revise an amnesty law that would have paved the way for possible prosecutions over the deaths of […]
Factbox-What is the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan
NEW DELHI/KARACHI (Reuters) – India said it would immediately suspend the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan as part of measures to downgrade diplomatic ties with its neighbour after militants attacked […]
Buenos Aires’ poor neighborhoods mourn ‘slum pope’ Francis
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – In the poor Zabaleta district of Buenos Aires, amidst precarious houses and narrow alleys, MarÃa Ayala walks the same streets Pope Francis walked during his years […]
Russian court jails former general who criticised top brass for 5 years on fraud charges
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A former Russian commander who criticised Moscow’s military leadership in Ukraine was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after a military court found him guilty […]
Pope Francis died quickly and without suffering, his doctor says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis died quickly on Monday morning from an unexpected stroke without suffering undue pain, and there was nothing that doctors could have done to save […]
UK lifts sanctions against Syria’s defence ministry and intelligence agencies
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Thursday lifted assets freezes on Syria’s defence and interior ministries, and a range of intelligence agencies, reversing sanctions imposed during Bashar al-Assad’s presidency. Read full story […]
US deports Iraqi man at centre of debate on refugee policy
NAIROBI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has deported to Rwanda a resettled Iraqi refugee who it long tried to extradite in response to Iraqi government claims that he worked for […]
Russia accuses Zelenskiy of wrecking peace diplomacy
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday of wrecking diplomacy aimed at reaching a peace deal after he refused this week to agree to recognise Russia’s […]