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Italian teacher Ilaria Salis, facing charges for taking part in an anti-fascist assault on far-right activists, appears in a court, in Budapest, Hungary, March 28, 2024.

Italian activist jailed in Hungary to run for EU elections in June

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |2 min read

MILAN (Reuters) - An Italian anti-fascist activist held in Hungary for allegedly assaulting far-right militants will be a candidate for a left-wing party at European elections in June, possibly putting an end to her detention. Ilaria Salis, a ...

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US slaps sanctions on entities that raised funds for West Bank settlers

Simon Lewis |Updated 19 minutes ago |2 min read

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two entities that it said helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for two violent extremists in the West Bank already targeted with U.S. sanctions, the ...

Leonid Volkov, the top aide of Alexei Navalny, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Vilnius, Lithuania March 12, 2024.

Poland detains Belarusian alleged to have ordered attack on Navalny aide, PM says

Reuters |Updated 49 minutes ago |1 min read

WARSAW (Reuters) - A Belarusian has been detained in Poland on suspicion of ordering an attack, on Russia's behalf, on Leonid Volkov, an exiled top aide to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press conference at the end of the G7 foreign ministers meeting on Capri island, Italy, April 19, 2024.

Blinken says he's made 'determinations' linked to human rights accusations against Israel

Humeyra Pamuk |Updated 59 minutes ago |3 min read

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said he has made "determinations" regarding accusations that Israel violated a set of U.S. laws that prohibit providing military assistance to individuals or ...

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Detained ship from Russia allowed to leave German port

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

BERLIN (Reuters) - A cargo ship from Russia earlier detained in Germany on suspicion of breaching sanctions is now free to leave the port of Rostock, the Stralsund main customs office confirmed on Friday without providing any further details. The ...

European Union flags fly outside the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium November 8, 2023.

EU imposes sanctions against violent West Bank settlers

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union said on Friday it had agreed to impose sanctions against four people and two entities over violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank. The listed entities are Lehava, a radical ...

Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021.

US designates PFAS chemicals as Superfund hazardous substances

Clark Mindock |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated a pair of widely used industrial chemicals as hazardous substances under the country's Superfund program, accelerating a crackdown on toxic compounds known ...

A worker prepares a polling station ahead of Sunday's elections in Spain's autonomous Basque Country, where left-wing separatists of EH Bildu party seek to dislodge the conservative Basque Nationalist Party, in power almost continuously since the 1980's, in Bilbao, Spain, April 19, 2024.

Spain's Basque separatist party Bildu could win regional ballot

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

BILBAO/MADRID (Reuters) - A Basque separatist party with origins in the political wing of the now-defunct armed group ETA could win a regional election in Spain's Basque Country for the first time on Sunday, with potential implications for the ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press conference at the end of the G7 foreign ministers meeting on Capri island, Italy, April 19, 2024.

Blinken says China is Russia's primary military complex supplier

Crispian Balmer, Humeyra Pamuk |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

By Crispian Balmer and Humeyra Pamuk CAPRI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticised on Friday Chinese support for Russia's defence industry, saying Beijing was currently the primary contributor to Moscow's war in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022. Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via

Putin to hold talks with Azerbaijan's Aliyev as Russian troops quit Karabakh

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on April 22, the Kremlin said on Friday. The meeting comes after the Kremlin confirmed that Russian peacekeepers have begun withdrawing from ...

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