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MADRID, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to the Ibero-American Summit on Thursday to help his country rebuild and maintain its war-damaged energy ​infrastructure, calling for urgent supplies of transformers, cables, ‌g...

By Robert Harvey LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine's renewed attacks on Russian oil refineries add to Moscow's difficulty in addressing domestic fuel shortages while it ships diesel to international markets under an export deal with US President Donald...

By Marco Roberti ROME, Nov 5 (Reuters) - An Italian court on Thursday found American Francis Kaufmann guilty of murdering his Russian partner and their infant daughter, whose bodies were discovered in a Rome park ​last year, in a case that shocked Ital...

MOSCOW, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Russian President ​Vladimir Putin ‌met Iranian security council chief ‌Mohsen ​Rezaei ⁠at the Kremlin, ⁠the president's office said on Thursday. Kremlin ​foreign policy ⁠aide ⁠Yuri Ushakov ​and military ​intelligence chief Igo...

DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Iran reported three more tankers had been damaged in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, making clear that shipping would remain in peril as long as the war in the Gulf is unresolved, now that US voters have punished President Do...

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Thursday voided the nomination of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the African ​Democratic Congress for January's election, dealing a blow ‌to one of the...

BERLIN, Nov 5 (Reuters) - German Army Chief Christian Freuding will become the country's chief of ​defence, assuming the job ‌of Germany's highest-ranking soldier in February 2027, the defence ministry said in a statement on Thursday. He will succeed C...

By Michael Holden LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Russell Brand was once considered so culturally important that the opposition leader hoping to be Britain's next prime minister went on his online show, while former US Vice President Al Gore was happy to be ...

By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Comedian Russell Brand, once one of Britain's most high-profile broadcasters and star of several Hollywood movies, faces a lengthy jail term after being convicted in a London court on Thursday o...

BERLIN, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Germany is proposing to set aside an extra €100 million ($113 million) to help restore Ukrainian water, energy and ​transport infrastructure and bolster resilience against intensified ‌Russian attacks, a finance ministry lette...

KYIV, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Three senior officials from Ukraine's police and security service have been formally accused of involvement in a ​criminal ring engaged in fraud, drug ‌sales and production of counterfeit currency and cigarettes, anti-corruption...

ASUNCION, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Paraguay's Congress on Thursday began the process of seeking President Santiago ​Peña's removal, following the ‌collapse of digital lender ueno that has led to protests and calls for his resignation. A two-thirds majority of...

By Ruma Paul DHAKA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Garment workers staged fresh protests in Bangladesh on Thursday, forcing factories to suspend operations despite a wage board move to introduce a revised pay structure from December. The protests, which began ​on S...

By Gianluca Lo Nostro Nov 5 (Reuters) - Airlines across Europe received a new wave of bomb threats on Thursday, the second this week, with flights making unplanned landings and others escorted by fighter jets, though none of the threats has proved genu...

ROME, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday Europe risked becoming ​irrelevant in any Ukraine ‌peace negotiations unless it ends competing diplomatic initiatives and agrees on a single representative empowered to spea...

PARIS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - France faced its latest nationwide protests on Thursday after weeks of unrest over the cost of living and public services, with trade unions and student groups mobilising demonstrators across the country. The movement began in ...

COPENHAGEN, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Sweden will reintroduce border controls at ​its internal borders ‌for a period of six months based on an assessment that ‌there ​is a ⁠serious threat ⁠to public order and internal security, its government said in a ​statem...

DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A Jordanian security officer was killed and another was wounded ​in a stabbing attack ‌in Amman on Thursday, Jordan's Public Security Directorate said, adding that the suspect had been arrested. The attack ‌took ​place near the...

LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to a ​G20 summit in Britain because of ‌UK sanctions against him, The Economist newspaper reported on Thursday. When asked if Putin would be...

LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Britain's Channel 4 said on Thursday that "Married at First Sight UK" would not return to screens following a review prompted ​by serious allegations of misconduct during the ‌making of the hit reality show. The broadcaster re...