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Russia says it captures two villages in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv reports frontline battles
Russian forces have taken control of the two villages in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, state-run RIA news agency reported on Sunday, citing the Russian Defence Ministry.
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Alleged Irish crime boss Kinahan charged with directing criminal organisation
Irish prosecutors charged alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan with directing a criminal organisation at a special court sitting late on Sunday following his ext...
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UAE extradites alleged Irish crime gang boss Kinahan
The United Arab Emirates has handed over alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan to Irish authorities, the UAE state news agency (WAM) reported on Sunday, citing a joint sta...
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Five killed in Ukrainian drone attack on Belgorod, Russian authorities say
Five people died in a Ukrainian overnight drone attack on the Russian city of Belgorod, the regional crisis centre said on Sunday.
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Three killed in Russian strikes in Kyiv region, official says
Russian strikes killed three people, including a child, in the region surrounding capital Kyiv on Saturday, an official said.
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Russia dismisses German drone incident as 'fabricated provocation'
The Russian embassy in Berlin dismissed a suspected drone attack at a major German air freight hub this week as "fabricated provocation" on Friday, saying it was another example ...
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Italy defies Spanish demand to lift border curbs over Ceuta crisis
Spain threatened on Friday to impose restrictions on travellers from Italy unless Rome lifts by Sunday the border controls it introduced last week following a mass influx of migr...
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Spain hopes to transfer migrant minors to mainland within weeks
Spain's leftist government expects to transfer some migrant minors from overcrowded reception centres in the North African enclave of Ceuta to the mainland within weeks, alleviati...
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Heatwaves expose overcrowding crisis in Europe's ageing prisons
On a day when temperatures were soaring past 37 degrees Celsius outside, the prisoner sat in his cell with wet towels around his window bars, trying to explain to the visiting poli...
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German official denies reported ammunition find in suspected drone attack
A senior German lawmaker said on Thursday that aircraft parked near where an explosives-laden drone was discovered at an airport this week were not loaded with military material, ...
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Ukrainian drones kill two civilians in Russia's Bryansk region, governor says
Ukrainian kamikaze drones killed two civilians and injured five others in Russia's Bryansk region which borders Ukraine, Yegor Kovalchuk, the acting regional governor said...
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In Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia, Russia tries to sow panic with 'safari' strikes on civilians
When two Russian bombs hit Kateryna Lahuta's seafood business in Ukraine's southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia last month, they shattered the last semblance of security for the 41-ye...
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Russian strikes kill six in Ukraine's Balakliia, Sumy, officials say
Rescuers worked on Thursday to douse fires and clear debris in Ukraine's eastern city of Balakliia after Russian strikes on homes killed three overnight, authorities said on th...
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Spain's Ceuta seeks transfer of unaccompanied migrant minors to mainland Spain after border rush
Spain's Ceuta, still reeling from a rush of 72,000 migrants arriving on its shores in one week, is seeking the transfer of hundreds of unaccompanied minors still in the enclave t...
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Blast destroys car of Russian drone maker, wounding him and killing his driver
The head of a Russian drone factory was seriously wounded and his driver killed when their car was blown up near the city of Yekaterinburg, in what appeared to be the latest in a...
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Ukraine says missile interceptor deliveries have fallen to third of 2025 level
Allies have supplied just a third of the air defence missiles to Ukraine in 2026 compared with 2025, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, as Russia escalates strikes ...
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Putin names head of new Russian drone forces in military reshuffle
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday named Denis Lyamin to head Russia's Unmanned Systems Forces, a newly established branch of the military that will be responsible for drone w...
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Euro zone services revival drives activity in July but outlook clouded by Iran war
Euro zone business activity jumped to an eight-month high in July as a rebound in services joined a strengthening manufacturing sector, but the uncertain trajectory of the Middle...
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