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EU frontline states agree on need for drone wall, EU defence chief says
HELSINKI (Reuters) -Frontline European Union states reached an understanding on the need for a “drone wall” with advanced detection, tracking and interception capabilities, EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said on […]
Denmark has no plans to invoke NATO’s Article 4, foreign minister says
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark has no plans to invoke NATO’s Article 4 after drone incursions near civilian and military sites that shut air traffic in the Nordic country earlier this week, […]
Moldovan authorities bar pro-Russian party from Sunday’s election
(Reuters) -Election officials in Moldova barred a pro-Russian party on Friday from standing in Sunday’s parliamentary election, a move that threatens to raise tensions ahead of the high-stakes vote. Read […]
Pope Leo names Italian bishop to lead powerful Vatican office
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo named a relatively unknown Italian cleric on Friday to lead the Vatican office responsible for selecting Catholic bishops around the world, in the first major […]
Cyclone Gabrielle hits Azores less fiercely than expected
LISBON (Reuters) -Cyclone Gabrielle hit Portugal’s mid-Atlantic Azores Islands on Friday with less intense winds and rains than expected, but still toppled trees and collapsed roofs, authorities said. Read full […]
Indonesia agency says lack of oversight in free meal programme led to food poisoning cases
JAKARTA (Reuters) -An Indonesian government agency running President Prabowo Subianto’s massive free meals programme said on Friday its lack of oversight led to a recent outbreak of food poisoning among […]
South Korea’s National Assembly passes law overhauling finance ministry, prosecutors’ office
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s National Assembly passed a law overhauling government organisations including the finance ministry and prosecutors’ office, live footage from the parliament showed on Friday. Read full story […]
Belarus says it could supply nuclear energy to parts of Ukraine controlled by Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarus is proposing to build a nuclear power plant in the east of the country that could supply electricity to Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine, President Alexander Lukashenko said […]
At least seven people die in Russia after drinking bootleg alcohol, ministry says
MOSCOW (Reuters) -At least seven people have died in Russia’s northwest Leningrad region after they drank bootleg alcohol, the interior ministry said on Friday, and three others were being treated […]
Ukraine’s military chief says Russia’s 2025 offensives have failed
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia’s spring and summer offensives this year have failed to meet their goals, Ukraine’s military chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said, adding that Russia was firing twice as much artillery […]