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June 15 (Reuters) - A Russian drone struck enclosures at the zoo in Ukraine's second-largest ​city of Kharkiv on ‌Monday, killing rabbits and inflicting stress on other animals, prosecutors said. Prosecutors in Kharkiv region in Ukraine's ‌northeast ​s...

By Lili Bayer and Andrew Gray BRUSSELS, June 15 (Reuters) - Ukraine opened the first phase of membership talks with the European Union on Monday, a key step in Kyiv's efforts to anchor itself in Western ​political structures as it fights Russia's invas...

LOS ANGELES, June 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed on Monday ​shortly after takeoff from Edwards ‌Air Force Base in Southern California's Mojave Desert, the base said. Aerial video footage of the crash scene, about 100...

By Gram Slattery and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - The Trump administration and Iran's leadership agreed on Sunday to terms to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a development that has delivered significant relief to global m...

LISBON, June 15 (Reuters) - A Portuguese court on Monday allowed a police officer to avoid jail despite convicting him of murder for shooting and killing a ​man from Cape Verde during an arrest in a ‌Lisbon suburb, an incident that sparked days of unre...

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, June 15 (Reuters) - A key cooperating witness in the U.S. government's criminal investigation into Turkish lender Halkbank's alleged role in ​helping Iran evade sanctions is due to be ‌sentenced in July, nearly nine years after h...

By Marco Aquino LIMA, June 15 (Reuters) - Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori extended her marginal lead over leftist rival Roberto Sanchez in Peru's contested presidential race on Monday, as the count of ​thousands of contested votes slowly trickled i...

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, June 15 (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Monday ordered the electoral agency to de-register ​one of the main opposition ‌political parties and four others for failing to meet constitutional requirements, a ruling that could resha...

THE HAGUE, June 15 (Reuters) - An international court found that Russia flouted some sea laws during the construction of the Kerch Strait ​bridge between mainland Russia and annexed Crimea, ‌but dismissed Ukraine's claims that Moscow was unlawfully try...

June 15 (Reuters) - Syria's Interior Ministry said on Monday that one of its security personnel had been killed as its forces thwarted ​an attack by two Islamic State militants ‌on a command headquarters of the country's internal security forces in the...

By Jennifer Rigby and Ammu Kannampilly LONDON/NAIROBI, June 15 (Reuters) - The United States is spending almost $25,000 every month to store contraceptives in Belgium that were originally bought for use in poorer nations but are now mainly unusable, ac...

By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - Shortly after midnight on May 13, 2025, Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych messaged someone he knew as 'EL Money', a mystery figure who had instructed him to commit three arson attacks on pr...

MOSCOW, June 15 (Reuters) - Russia is allowing some oil refineries to produce fuel with lower environmental specifications for the domestic market, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday, as Ukrainian attacks on ​Russian energy infrastructure sque...

EVIAN, France, June 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President ​Donald Trump ‌said on Monday a deal with ‌Iran ​has ⁠been agreed and ⁠the test of the deal will be ​released sometime after ⁠a ⁠formal signing ​on Friday. Speaking shortly ​after arriving in ‌Evian, Fr...

By Jarrett Renshaw June 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that a July 4 celebration on the National Mall marking the nation's ​250th anniversary would double as one of his ‌signature rallies, blurring the line between official c...

STOCKHOLM, June 15 (Reuters) - Sweden's parliament passed a law on Monday allowing authorities to revoke immigrants' residency permits based on bad behaviour, such as ​having unpaid debts, doing undeclared work or ‌links to extremist organisations. The...

BUDAPEST, June 15 (Reuters) - Hungary's parliament approved a constitutional amendment on Monday that allows prime ministers to serve ​for a maximum of eight ‌years, effectively barring former premier Viktor Orban from holding the role again. Prime Min...

THE HAGUE, June 15 (Reuters) - A district court in The Hague on Monday sentenced to 26 years in prison a former pro-Assad militia member ​for committing crimes against humanity by torturing and ‌raping prisoners more than a decade ago. The judges said ...

By Humeyra Pamuk and Ryan Patrick Jones WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding to end a near four-month war, senior U.S. officials said on Monday, adding that a formal signing ceremony ​woul...

By Clement Bonnerot and Emma Farge June 15 (Reuters) - One month after Ebola cases were confirmed in eastern Congo, its true scale remains unknown, with major data gaps muddying the picture and persistent, sometimes violent, community resistance hamper...