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UN seeks urgent support for refugees after deadly Burkina Faso attack
GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) called on Friday for urgent support to some 16,000 newly displaced people who fled one of Burkina Faso's deadliest militant attacks last weekend that ...
Jun 17, 2022
Ukraine says it hit Russian tugboat with two Harpoon missiles
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's armed forces said they struck the Russian navy's Vasiliy Bekh tugboat in the Black Sea with two Harpoon missiles on Friday, the first time Ukraine has said it hit a Russian ...
Jun 17, 2022
Brussels to propose Ukraine become EU membership candidate
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will recommend on Friday that the European Union designate Ukraine and Moldova as candidates for membership, with Georgia being asked to meet certain condi...
Jun 17, 2022
French army says killed close to 40 militants in strike in Niger
PARIS (Reuters) - The French army said on Thursday forces from its Operation Barkhane in West Africa had killed close to 40 militants in a strike near the border of Niger with Burkina Faso on June 14....
Jun 17, 2022
One third of Sudanese facing acute food insecurity – WFP
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - More than a third of Sudan's population is currently facing acute food insecurity, the World Food Programme said on Thursday, with inadequate funds to cope. The U.N. agency said t...
Jun 17, 2022
Nigeria’s Abubakar picks southern governor as 2023 election running mate
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's main opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar on Thursday picked a governor from the oil producing Delta state as running mate for next year's...
Jun 17, 2022
Sudan protester shot dead as protests flare following military-civilian meeting
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A protester was shot dead as anti-military protests flared in parts of Khartoum and nearby Omdurman on Thursday, a week after military leaders and the former ruling civilian coali...
Jun 17, 2022
Ukraine says evacuation from Sievierodonetsk chemical plant ‘impossible’
KYIV (Reuters) - The evacuation of 568 civilians sheltering in bunkers under the Azot chemical plant in the embattled city of Sievierodonetsk is currently impossible due to shelling and heavy fighting...
Jun 17, 2022
France’s Macron: I will continue to speak to Putin whenever useful
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said in a BFM television interview that while France will do all it can to help Ukraine win its war with Russia, he will continue to speak with Russi...
Jun 17, 2022
China to ban new heavy industrial projects in key zones
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will ban new steel, coking, oil refining, cement and glass projects in key zones, the government said on Friday. In a policy document, the government said China would step u...
Jun 17, 2022
