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By Cassell Bryan-Low and John Irish PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The shadowing of a Western satellite supporting Ukraine by a cluster of Russian military satellites earlier this year demonstrates capabilities that could threaten commercial constellations s...

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Almost all of Gaza's population need tents or help with shelter ahead of winter, with the El Niño weather phenomenon expected to bring ​heavier rainfall, while supplies remain scarce due to Israeli restri...

ROME, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Thieves stole around 30,000 bottles of premium wine worth about €5 million ($5.8 million) from a Marchesi Antinori warehouse in Tuscany, Italy's largest ​family-run winemaker said on Friday. Antinori, which dates back ‌to 1385 a...

By Emanuele Berro and Friederike Heine Oct 9 (Reuters) - Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz is "deeply outraged" by former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's visit to Vladimir Putin's home to celebrate the Russian president's birthday ​this week, a Germ...

LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the younger brother of Britain's King Charles, has benefited from £302,000 in compensation after he was forced to end his mansion lease ​early over revelations about his ties to the late ‌sex offend...

GENEVA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The UN human rights chief said on Friday that Navi Pillay's Nobel Prize was a collective win ​for human rights and for all ‌those seeking justice and accountability, including through the International Criminal Court. Volker T...

KYIV, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine's military said it hit three facilities involved in missile ​production across Russia overnight, ‌including a factory in Tver region making missile components and a centre for disassembling intercontinental ballistic ‌mi...

LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Two Iranian nationals accused of being tasked by Iran to carry out hostile surveillance on the Israeli Embassy ​in London, Britain's oldest synagogue and other ‌Israeli or Jewish targets pleaded not guilty on Friday. Nematolla...

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, who was awarded the Nobel peace prize on Friday, has been a judge on several international courts, including the International Criminal Court. Here are...

WARSAW, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A Polish parliamentary committee has recommended that central bank governor Adam Glapinski be brought before the State Tribunal to answer accusations of constitutional violations in office, its ​chairman Zdzislaw Gawlik said o...

TAIPEI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will say in his national day speech that boosting defences and spending more on the military is not a "provocation" but a reflection of the Taiwanese people's hope ​to maintain peace and freedom, ...

By Feras Dalatey DUBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Thomas Barrack, a top US diplomat in the Middle East, advocated for a firm run by his business partner to take part in the development of an oil pipeline from Iraq to Syria, three people said, activities which ...

BELGRADE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The head of the influential Russian war blog Rybar was arrested in Montenegro on Friday, following warnings of attempts to destabilize the country, its prime minister said. Mikhail Zvinchuk was detained with his wife ​and th...

By Jarrett Renshaw and Nicole Jao WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - US diesel prices remain at near record highs, up 70% since the US-Israeli war on Iran began despite two high-profile recent moves by President Donald Trump to boost supplies of th...

By John Irish PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Palestinian Vice President Hussein Al Sheikh has informed France that a Palestinian legislative election planned for November 28 will be postponed, possibly until September 2027, because of worsening conditions t...

By Makini Brice and Dominique Vidalon PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - French student unions vowed on Friday to keep up protests after scoring what they called their first win in a campaign that is increasingly supported by Paris' elite universities, with 141 ...

LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry fell into depression when he took a break from royal duties in 2019 before he formally stepped down, he told a videocast ​about grief, where he also discussed feeling "emotionally numb" after ‌his mother...

By Timour Azhari and Tala Ramadan RIYADH/DUBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Thursday's attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen's Houthi group stepped up missile strikes on the kingdom and tried to shut down its a...

GENEVA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office on Friday welcomed the news ​of Navi Pillay's Nobel Peace ‌Prize win, acknowledging her longstanding advocacy for human rights. "It is amazing news, we need more dedication and commitment...

By Gwladys Fouche and Nora Buli OSLO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday "for her efforts to promote peace and internation...