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Russia frees French researcher Vinatier in prisoner exchange, state media says
MOSCOW, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Russia is freeing Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher serving a three-year prison sentence for violating Moscow's foreign agent laws, in exchange for France's release of a ...
Jan 08, 2026
China's top diplomat meets Ethiopian PM, pledges deeper cooperation
BEIJING, Jan 8 (Reuters) - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday and called for greater cooperation in infrastructure, green industry, the digital e...
Jan 08, 2026
Zelenskiy says US security guarantees document set to be finalised with Trump
KYIV, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday the text of a bilateral security guarantee between Kyiv and Washington was "essentially ready" to be finalised with U.S...
Jan 08, 2026
Russian-bound tanker hit by drone in Black Sea, maritime sources say
By Jonathan Spicer and Jonathan Saul ISTANBUL, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A Russia-bound oil tanker suffered a drone attack in the Black Sea that prompted it to request Turkish coastguard assistance and divert...
Jan 08, 2026
France releases Russian man wanted in US for cyberhacking, lawyer says
MOSCOW, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A Russian basketball player who was arrested in France last year and threatened with extradition to the United States has been released and flown back to Moscow, his lawyer w...
Jan 08, 2026
Syrian army launches new strikes in Aleppo as fighting with Kurdish-led SDF intensifies
By Jana Choukeir Jan 8 (Reuters) - The Syrian army launched new strikes in parts of Aleppo on Thursday after ordering residents to evacuate, accusing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of ...
Jan 08, 2026
Spanish Catholic Church to compensate sex abuse victims under agreement with government
MADRID, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Spain's Catholic Church, reeling from a clergy sexual abuse scandal, agreed with the government on Thursday to compensate victims of abuse whose cases have expired under the ...
Jan 08, 2026
Russia says foreign troops in Ukraine would be targets after UK and France pledge post-ceasefire deployment
MOSCOW, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that any troops sent to Ukraine by Western governments would be "legitimate combat targets", after Britain and France announced plans to deploy a mult...
Jan 08, 2026
Greenland should hold talks with the US without Denmark, opposition leader says
COPENHAGEN, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Greenland should hold direct talks with the U.S. government without Denmark, a Greenlandic opposition leader told Reuters, as the Arctic island weighs how to respond to P...
Jan 08, 2026
Explainer-Can the ICE agent who shot a Minneapolis woman be prosecuted?
By Jack Queen and Tom Hals NEW YORK, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis on Wednesday amid President Donald...
Jan 08, 2026
