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Russian and Belarusian military exercises next month to involve Oreshnik hypersonic missile
(Reuters) -Joint exercises to be held by the Russian and Belarusian armies next month will include drills on the planned use of nuclear weapons and the Russian-made, intermediate-range hypersonic Ores...
Thomson Reuters Aug 13, 2025
Russia starts restricting some calls on Telegram and WhatsApp, Interfax says
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian authorities are taking measures to restrict some calls on Telegram and WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Meta Platforms, Russia's Interfax news agency cited Russia's commu...
Thomson Reuters Aug 13, 2025
East African migrants drive surge of arrivals in Spain's Balearic islands
PALMA/BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) -More than 30 boats carrying about 600 irregular migrants have arrived in Spain's Balearic islands since Monday, officials said, as a new migratory route from North Af...
Thomson Reuters Aug 13, 2025
At least 20 migrants die in shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa island, UN says
ROME (Reuters) -At least 20 people have died after a migrant boat capsized off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, a United Nations agency and local media reported on Wednesday. Rescuers have re...
Thomson Reuters Aug 13, 2025
Indonesia boosts role of military in food security initiative
By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia has set up 100 army battalions to help with agriculture projects under President Prabowo Subianto's food security initiative, an official said on Wednesd...
Thomson Reuters Aug 13, 2025
Uruguay's lower house of parliament votes in favor of euthanasia
By Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) -Uruguay's lower house of parliament voted on Wednesday to legalize euthanasia, emulating Cuba, Colombia and Ecuador in a societal shift around predominantly Ca...
Thomson Reuters Aug 13, 2025
Geneva makes public transport temporarily free to combat pollution spike
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Public transport will be temporarily free of charge in Geneva, in a first for Switzerland, as part of a series of measures aimed at tackling a spike in pollutio...
Thomson Reuters Aug 13, 2025
Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe, burning houses and factories
PATRAS, Greece,/MADRID (Reuters) -Wildfires caused by arsonists or thunderstorms and fanned by a heatwave and strong winds continued to rage across southern Europe on Wednesday, burning houses, farms ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 13, 2025
Ugandan opposition seeks to nullify law on military prosecution of civilians
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda's biggest opposition party on Wednesday filed a case in the constitutional court to nullify a newly enacted law that reinstated the right of military tri...
Thomson Reuters Aug 13, 2025
Lebanon's Aoun tells top Iranian official: only state holds arms, no outside interference
BEIRUT (Reuters) -No group in Lebanon is permitted to bear arms or rely on foreign backing, President Joseph Aoun told a senior Iranian official on Wednesday, days after the cabinet approved the objec...
Thomson Reuters Aug 13, 2025

