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Islamic state calls Bondi beach killings a 'source of pride', but does not claim responsibility
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Islamic State said on Thursday the killing of 15 people at a Jewish event at Sydney's Bondi Beach was a "source of pride', in an article published on the group's telegram channel. T...
Dec 18, 2025
Belgian farmers in anti-trade protest clash with police
BRUSSELS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Belgian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Thursday as a demonstration by farmers against an EU-Mercosur free trade agreement turned violent, with some protesters h...
Dec 18, 2025
Putin's spymaster spoke by phone with new MI6 chief, TASS reports
MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign intelligence director, Sergei Naryshkin, said that he had recently spoken by telephone to the chief of Britain's Secret Intelligen...
Dec 18, 2025
US says Bolivia's reforms will encourage international investment
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. welcomed economic reforms announced by Bolivian Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz on Thursday, saying the changes would encourage investment that could benefit bot...
Dec 18, 2025
Russia jails man for 22 years for blowing up trains in Siberia at Ukraine's behest
MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - A Belarusian man accused by Russia's FSB security service of blowing up two trains in Siberia on the orders of Ukraine's intelligence services was jailed for 22 years on Thu...
Dec 18, 2025
Zambia president approves law expanding parliament months before election
LUSAKA, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema on Thursday signed into law constitutional changes that will expand the country's parliament, in a move that critics say could favour h...
Dec 18, 2025
EU leaders agree to work on using Russian assets for loan for Ukraine -Polish PM
BRUSSELS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - EU leaders agreed at a summit in Brussels on Thursday to work on the option of financing Ukraine in 2026 band 2027 through the use of frozen Russian assets rather than joi...
Dec 18, 2025
Families of jailed pro-Palestinian activists on hunger strike urge UK government to act
By Catarina Demony LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Families, lawyers and supporters of the detained pro-Palestinian activists who are on hunger strike in Britain issued an urgent plea to the government on ...
Dec 18, 2025
Azerbaijan seeks life sentence for billionaire former Karabakh official Vardanyan
BAKU/TBILISI, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Azerbaijani prosecutors on Thursday asked a Baku court for a life sentence for Ruben Vardanyan, a billionaire banker who served as a senior official in the breakaway A...
Dec 18, 2025
EU leaders think it is fair to use Russian assets for Ukraine, Polish PM says
WARSAW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - European Union leaders agree that it would be fair to use Russian assets to finance Ukraine, but there are many technical points that need to be ironed out, Polish Prime Min...
Dec 18, 2025
