Shani Louk's parents thankful to have a grave after her body was returned from Gaza
SRIGIM, Israel, May 18 (Reuters) - German-Israeli Shani Louk's father says that finally laying his daughter to rest will be a gift after her body was recovered from Gaza , months after she was kille
Pope says tension and debate are inevitable, embrace them
VERONA, Italy, May 18 (Reuters) - Arguments and tensions are inevitable in modern society and should not be brushed under the carpet, Pope Francis said on Saturday, warning that trying to impose a uni
Slovak Prime Minister Fico stable but in serious condition
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia, May 18 (Reuters) - The condition of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has stabilised but remains serious, the country's health minister said on Saturday, following Wednesday
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Ukraine struggles to hold eastern front as Russians advance on cities
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine, May 18 (Reuters) - For Ukrainian gun commander Oleksandr Kozachenko, the long-awaited U.S. ammunition can't come fast enough as he and his comrades struggle to hold off relent
Putin ally says EU is hypocritical for ban on Russian media
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia October 26, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via RE
Croatia gets third government led by pro
Andrej Plenkovic, Prime Minister of Croatia, splits a cake following the preliminary results of the country's parliamentary election, in Zagreb, Croatia, April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic/ File P
The Slovak assassination attempt photo that nearly got away
Reuters stringer Radovan Stoklasa was one of the few people left in a makeshift press centre in the Slovakian town of Handlova about 40 minutes after Prime Minister Robert Fico had briefed reporters o
Ukraine restores consular services for military
A news media member puts a microphone on a lectern ahead of a news conference held by Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at the Ukrainian Embassy after attending the IMF-World Bank meetings in Was
Anger, anxiety, acrimony: Slovaks weigh what led to Fico shooting
HANDLOVA, Slovakia/BRATISLAVA, May 17 (Reuters) - Slovak opposition party leader Michal Simecka, who described an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico this week as an attack on democrac
Russia's Tuapse oil refinery halted after Ukrainian drone attack, sources say
Smoke and fire rise from a refinery after a drone attack in Tuapse, Krasnodar Region, Russia, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on May 17, 2024. Video obtained by Reuters/Hando
Thousands mark Family Purity in Georgia as anti
TBILISI, May 17 (Reuters) - Thousands of Georgians led by Orthodox Christian clerics marked "Family Purity Day" on Friday, marching down the same central avenue in Tbilisi that has been the scene of s
Russian guided bombs kill two, injure 13 in Ukraine's Kharkiv
May 17 (Reuters) - Russian guided bombs killed at least two people and injured 13 others in the northeastern Ukraine's city of Kharkiv on Friday, local officials said. It was not immediately clear w
US lukewarm on G7 Russian diamond ban after industry backlash
BRUSSELS/LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - The United States is re-evaluating the strictest elements of a ban on Russian diamonds from the Group of Seven major democracies, after opposition from African coun
French response in New Caledonia risks helping China, analysts say
SYDNEY/PARIS, May 17 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's ambitions to deepen French influence in the Pacific, where China is expanding its security ties, could be put at risk by the heavy-h
Ukraine braces for 'heavy battles' as Putin says Russia carving out Kharkiv buffer zone
KYIV, May 17 (Reuters) - Ukraine's top commander warned on Friday of "heavy battles" looming on the war's new front in the northeastern Kharkiv region as Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow w
Zelenskiy signs law allowing some convicts to serve in Ukraine's army
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi via phone line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 20, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press
Ukraine stages long-range attacks on targets in Crimea and southern Russia, source says
May 17 (Reuters) - Ukraine attacked a power substation in Russian-occupied Crimea, an oil depot and railway station in Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk and an oil refinery in the port town of T
Putin queries political legitimacy of Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in absence of elections
MOSCOW, May 17 (Reuters) - 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 presid
Putin says Russia is carving out a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv region
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Russia says US 'playing with fire' in 'indirect war' with Moscow
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attends a meeting chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin on operational issues, including the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict and the continuing c
Ukrainian strike on Crimea airbase destroys three Russian warplanes, satellite firm says
KYIV, May 17 (Reuters) - 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,
Take Five: The good, the bad and the ugly
A general view shows the German share price index DAX board during afternoon trading as markets react on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, March 25, 2020.
Hugs but not the full socialist-era kiss for Putin, Xi in Beijing
BEIJING, May 17 (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
French police kill man who set fire to Rouen synagogue
PARIS, May 17 (Reuters) - French police shot dead an armed man who set fire to a synagogue in the northwestern city of Rouen early on Friday, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and local officials said
Slovak doctors to discuss moving PM Fico to Bratislava on Monday, reports say
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia, May 17 (Reuters) - Slovak doctors will meet on Monday to assess Prime Minister Robert Fico's health and discuss the possibility of transporting him from Banska Bystrica to t
Slovak PM Fico between life and death after shooting, Hungary PM says
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Russia says its diplomacy with the West is in crisis management mode, says TASS
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attends a news conference at the Russian Mission after his speech at the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland March 2,
Ukraine military says it downs all 20 drones launched by Russia
KYIV, May 17 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces shot down all 20 drones Russia dispatched in an overnight attack, the Ukrainian military said on Friday. The drones were shotdown over the regions of Kharki
Suspected gunshots near Israeli embassy in Stockholm prompt police cordon
STOCKHOLM, May 17 (Reuters) - Swedish police have detained several people and cordoned off an area in Stockholm after a patrol heard suspected gunshots, they said on Friday, with the Israeli embassy l
Refinery fire contained in Russia's Krasnodar after drone attack
MOSCOW, May 17 (Reuters) - Authorities have managed to contain a fire at an oil refinery in Russia's town of Tuapse that broke out after a Ukrainian drone attack, officials in the Krasnodar region sai