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Ukraine allows some convicts to join armed forces in manpower push

(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a law allowing some convicts to join the armed forces as it battles to hold the line against Russian offensives in Ukraine's northeast, east and south,

Ukraine allows some convicts to join armed forces in manpower push

Putin says oil pipeline could run alongside planned new gas link to China

Russia could deliver oil as well as gas to China along a planned route via Mongolia, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

Putin says oil pipeline could run alongside planned new gas link to China

Western nations urge Israel to comply with international law in Gaza

Israel must comply with international law in Gaza and address the devastating humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave, a group of Western nations wrote in a

Western nations urge Israel to comply with international law in Gaza

UK imposes sanctions over Russia-North Korea ‘arms-for-oil’ trade

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain announced sanctions on Friday against three companies and one individual over what it called the "illicit ‘arms-for-oil’ trade" between Russia and North Korea.

UK imposes sanctions over Russia-North Korea ‘arms-for-oil’ trade

French police kill Algerian who set fire to Rouen synagogue

By Gonzalo Fuentes and Dominique Vidalon ROUEN, France (Reuters) -French police shot dead a knife-wielding Algerian man who set fire to a synagogue and threatened police in the city of Rouen on Friday

French police kill Algerian who set fire to Rouen synagogue

Fierce fighting in northern Gaza as aid starts to roll off US-built pier

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the

Fierce fighting in northern Gaza as aid starts to roll off US-built pier

Vatican tightens procedures on supposed 'supernatural events'

By Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican on Friday tightened procedures for evaluating reported supernatural events such as weeping Madonnas and blood-dripping crucifixes that have for

Vatican tightens procedures on supposed 'supernatural events'

Man kills 2 officers at police station in Malaysia in a suspected Jemaah Islamiyah attack

Police say a man has stormed a police station in Malaysia and killed two officers in what's being investigated as a Jemaah Islamiyah terror attack

Man kills 2 officers at police station in Malaysia in a suspected Jemaah Islamiyah attack

Violence in New Caledonia subsides slightly as France sends reinforcements for security

The number of violent incidents reported in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has fallen slightly after France imposed a state of emergency

Violence in New Caledonia subsides slightly as France sends reinforcements for security

Meta restores Facebook posts by Malaysian media on PM Anwar's meeting with Hamas

Meta Platforms has restored Facebook posts by Malaysian media covering Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's meeting this week with a Hamas leader, saying they were

Meta restores Facebook posts by Malaysian media on PM Anwar's meeting with Hamas

US to speed up immigration cases of recent border crossers in new program

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration will speed up the immigration court cases of some single adults caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border under a new program

US to speed up immigration cases of recent border crossers in new program

Ukrainian strike on Crimea airbase destroys three Russian warplanes, satellite firm says

A long-range Ukrainian strike on the Moscow-controlled Belbek airbase in occupied Crimea destroyed three Russian warplanes and a fuel facility near its main runway this week, U.S.

Ukrainian strike on Crimea airbase destroys three Russian warplanes, satellite firm says

German minister: Ukraine needs long-range weapons to defend Kharkiv

Ukraine needs more long-range weapons to fight off Russian advances in the northern Kharkiv region where the situation around the country's second-largest city remains "highly

German minister: Ukraine needs long-range weapons to defend Kharkiv

Panama weighs more checkpoints in treacherous jungle increasingly crossed by migrants

Panama's next government is considering erecting new checkpoints along a stretch of thick jungle on its southern border that has become a treacherous part of

Panama weighs more checkpoints in treacherous jungle increasingly crossed by migrants

Slovak PM Fico between life and death after shooting, Hungary PM says

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is between life and death two days after an assassination attempt that sent shock waves across Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

Slovak PM Fico between life and death after shooting, Hungary PM says

Spain will not authorise calling of ships carrying weapons for Israel

Spain will not authorise ships carrying weapons for Israel to call at its ports, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Friday, after the country refused to let a ship call at

Spain will not authorise calling of ships carrying weapons for Israel

North Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul says

By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired a number of short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said, a day after the U.S. and South

North Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul says

Swedish police investigate shooting near Israeli embassy in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish police launched an investigation and stepped up security around Israeli and Jewish interests in the country after a patrol heard suspected gunshots near Israel's embassy

Swedish police investigate shooting near Israeli embassy in Stockholm

Putin queries political legitimacy of Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in absence of elections

Russian President Vladimir Putin queried the political legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday when asked about the absence of plans to hold a presidential

Putin queries political legitimacy of Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in absence of elections

Russia says US 'playing with fire' in 'indirect war' with Moscow

A top Russian diplomat said on Friday the United States had long since entered into a state of indirect war with Moscow and was playing with fire over Ukraine by behaving in such a

Russia says US 'playing with fire' in 'indirect war' with Moscow

Putin says Russia is carving out a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv region

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russian forces advancing in Ukraine's northeast were carving out a buffer zone to protect Russia from attacks and

Putin says Russia is carving out a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv region

Big wave of Ukrainian drones kills two in Russia, causes refinery fire

Ukraine mounted an unusually large wave of overnight drone attacks on Russia that killed two people in Belgorod region and set fire to an oil refinery at Tuapse on the Black Sea,

Big wave of Ukrainian drones kills two in Russia, causes refinery fire

Hugs but not the full socialist-era kiss for Putin, Xi in Beijing

BEIJING (Reuters) -A vaunted 'new era' of strategic partnership between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Xi Jinping begun in Beijing on Thursday may not exactly have been sealed

Hugs but not the full socialist-era kiss for Putin, Xi in Beijing

French police fatally shoot a man suspected of setting fire to a synagogue

France’s Interior Minister says that a man who was shot and killed by police after a suspected arson attack on a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen was an Algerian national who’d sought medical treatment in France and wasn’t flagged as a suspected extremist

French police fatally shoot a man suspected of setting fire to a synagogue

8 EU members say conditions in Syria should be reassessed to allow voluntary refugee returns

The governments of eight European Union member states say the situation in Syria should be re-evaluated to allow for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees back to their homeland

8 EU members say conditions in Syria should be reassessed to allow voluntary refugee returns
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