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Nigeria reopens some schools in the north, defying threats of kidnap
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan ‌12 (Reuters) – Schools across parts of northern Nigeria started reopening on Monday, ‌after months of closure triggered by the abduction of hundreds of ‌students in November. […]
Italy to hold referendum on judicial reform on March 22-23
ROME, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Italy will ‌hold a referendum on March 22-23 over a contentious reform ‌of the justice system, sources close to the matter said on ‌Monday, setting […]
Russia says it hit an aircraft repair plant in Ukraine with last week’s Oreshnik strike
MOSCOW, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Russia’s ‌defence ministry said on Monday that the target ‌it hit last week in a strike with a ‌hypersonic Oreshnik missile was a Ukrainian aircraft […]
German military rocked by abuse reports as recruitment drive starts
BERLIN, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Germany’s military has ‌been rocked by reports of widespread sexual harassment and right-wing extremism in an elite paratroop ‌unit, as an initiative begins to expand […]
Civilian casualties in Ukraine up sharply in 2025, UN monitor says
ZURICH, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Last year was the ‌deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since 2022, driven by intensified hostilities along the front line and the ‌expanded use of long-range […]
Teenager drowns trying to save friend in Sungai Sedim, Kedah
KULIM: A 16-year-old boy has drowned while trying to save his friend in Sungai Sedim in Kampung Baru Jemerli near here. Read full story Date: 13 January, 2026 12:01 am […]
Sweden to spend $440 million on unmanned military drone systems
SALEN, Sweden, Jan ‌12 (Reuters) – Sweden will spend 4 billion crowns ($437 ‌million) on unmanned drone systems to be delivered ‌over the next two years, the country’s Defence Minister […]
Who is Zbigniew Ziobro, Poland’s ex-justice minister given asylum by Hungary?
WARSAW, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Zbigniew Ziobro, a former Polish justice ‌minister who has been granted asylum in Hungary, is no stranger to conflict, regularly unleashing tirades against the “losers” […]
Cuba’s Diaz-Canel says there are no current talks with US government
HAVANA, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Cuban ‌President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Monday there are no talks ‌with the U.S. government, in an apparent response to comments by ‌President Donald Trump […]
Germany’s Klingbeil, on Powell probe, says central bank independence is ‘clear line’
WASHINGTON, ‌Jan 12 (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil on ‌Monday said that central bank independence was a “clear ‌line” for him, when asked about the U.S. Justice Department’s […]