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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2023. Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Kremlin via

Russia will expand Ukraine 'buffer zone' if Kyiv gets longer range missiles, says Kremlin

Reuters |Updated 1 minutes ago |1 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia would further expand its "buffer zone" inside Ukraine if Kyiv takes delivery of longer-range ATACM missiles from the United States that allow it to strike deeper inside Russia. The ...

Abortion rights activists and counter protesters protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on the first anniversary of the court ruling in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2023.

US Supreme Court weighs Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies

Andrew Chung, John Kruzel |Updated 1 minutes ago |2 min read

By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday wades back into the battle over abortion access in arguments pitting Idaho's strict Republican-backed abortion ban against a federal law that ensures that ...

Colonel Correia Bernardo, one of Portugal's Carnation Revolution militaries named "April Captains", gestures inside the former Practical Cavalry School in Santarem, from where militaries left towards Lisbon in April 1974 to overthrow Marcelo Caetano's dictatorship, in Portugal, April 15, 2024.

Portugal celebrates democracy anniversary amid far-right surge

Catarina Demony, Miguel Pereira |Updated 50 minutes ago |3 min read

By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira SANTAREM, Portugal (Reuters) - Veteran military officer Captain Joaquim Correia Bernardo, 84, remembers the revolution that toppled Portugal's fascist dictatorship five decades ago as if it were yesterday. ...

Police investigate at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church after a knife attack took place during a service the night before, in Wakeley in Sydney, Australia, April 16, 2024.

Australian counter terrorism force arrests seven teenagers after Sydney bishop stabbing

Lewis Jackson |Updated 50 minutes ago |2 min read

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian counter terrorism team arrested seven teenagers on Wednesday linked to a boy charged with a religiously-motivated terror attack on a Sydney bishop and questioned another five people. Police said a ...

Injection pens and boxes of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy are shown in this photo illustration in Oslo, Norway, November 21, 2023.

About 3.6 million Medicare beneficiaries could be eligible for Wegovy coverage, study shows

Reuters |Updated 51 minutes ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - About 3.6 million overweight or obese patients with heart conditions insured under the U.S. Medicare program could be eligible for coverage of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy, a study published by Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ...

U.S. President Joe Biden returns to the White House in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2024.

After battle with Republicans, Biden to sign Ukraine aid package

Jeff Mason |Updated 51 minutes ago |3 min read

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will sign a bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, a bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks re-election and a ...

Browning Hi-Power pistol.

Canadian military to destroy 11,000 Second World War-era pistols

David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen · Reporter · Postmedia News |Updated 52 minutes ago |3 min read Premium content

The Canadian military plans to destroy 11,000 of its Second World War-era pistols by the end of this year. The move comes as the Canadian Forces confirmed it has received the final deliveries of a new 9-mm pistol as part of a $19.4-million ...

A drone view of the apparent remains of a ballistic missile, as it lies in the desert following a massive missile and drone attack by Iran on Israel, near the southern city of Arad, Israel April 24, 2024

Iran, Pakistan call on U.N security council to take action against Israel

Reuters |Updated just now |1 min read

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Iran and Pakistan called on the United Nations Security Council to take action against Israel, saying it had "illegally" targeted neighbouring countries and foreign diplomatic facilities. The comments, which accused Israel ...

Maximilian Krah, member of the European Parliament for the far-right Alternative for Germany and AfD's top candidate in June's election to the assembly, gives a statement, after an aide has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of "especially severe" espionage for China, in Berlin, Germany, April 24, 2024.

German far-right politician vows not to quit after aide accused of spying for China

Alexander Ratz, Matthias Williams |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Matthias Williams and Alexander Ratz BERLIN (Reuters) - A member of the European Parliament for Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party said on Wednesday he would not resign after one of his aides was arrested on suspicion of ...

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Ukrainian drones struck two Rosneft oil depots in attack, Kyiv source says

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

KYIV (Reuters) - Drones sent by Ukraine's SBU security service struck two Rosneft-owned oil depots in Russia's Smolensk region in an overnight attack on Wednesday, a Ukrainian intelligence source said. The source said the depots contained ...

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