Latvia to Strengthen Anti-Drone Defences Along Its Russia and Belarus Border

SELIJA MILITARY BASE, Latvia, May 27 (Reuters) – Latvia ⁠is ⁠increasing anti-drone defences on its borders ⁠with Russia and Moscow-allied Belarus in response to drones flying into the ​NATO country, an army official told Reuters. Ukrainian drones have strayed into NATO Baltic countries’ airspace in recent weeks, sowing ‌confusion and raising tensions with Russia ‌at …

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Parliament Approves Law to Keep Hungary’s Membership of the International Criminal Court

BUDAPEST, May ⁠27 (Reuters) – ⁠Hungary’s ⁠parliament on Wednesday ​approved legislation ‌to keep the ‌country’s ⁠membership ⁠of the International Criminal Court, ​reversing a decision ​taken in 2025 by ⁠the ⁠former government ⁠of Viktor ​Orban to quit ​the ⁠court. Orban’s government decided to ⁠withdraw from the ICC saying the court ⁠had become “political”. Prime Minister Peter …

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Spanish Police Search Headquarters of Ruling Socialist Party

MADRID (AP) — Spanish police are searching the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party as part of an ongoing investigation into possible financial wrongdoing, the Civil Guard said Wednesday. The raid on the office in central Madrid is another blow to the party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, whose Socialists have been hammered by a …

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Fire breaks out at kosher supermarket in London’s Golders Green section

London’s firefighting service responded Wednesday to a blaze  in the Golders Green neighborhood, home to a large Jewish community that’s been targeted by a number of arson attacks in recent months. Images from the scene showed the flames impacting a Jewish supermarket, Kosher Kingdom, and a column of black smoke rising above the area’s main …

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Aid Group Samaritan’s Purse Plans 50-Bed Ebola Unit in Congo

GENEVA, May 27 (Reuters) – Christian aid ⁠group ⁠Samaritan’s Purse hopes ⁠to open within a week a 50-bed ​Ebola treatment centre in the area of the outbreak ‌in northeastern Democratic Republic of ‌Congo, its President told Reuters. The World Health ⁠Organization ⁠has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain ​of Ebola, for which there …

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Penpa Tsering Sworn in for a Second Term to Lead Tibet’s Government-In-Exile

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Penpa Tsering was sworn in Wednesday for a second consecutive term as the president of Tibet’s government-in-exile following his reelection earlier this year. Tsering, 58, has led the exile government based in Dharamshala, India, since 2021. He secured another five-year term in elections held in February among Tibetans living in India …

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Exclusive-Senior Ukrainian Commander Sees Imminent ‘Turning Point’ in War

KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine, May 27 (Reuters) – Ukraine has a six-month window in which to seize the battlefield ⁠initiative ⁠from Russia and strengthen its hand for peace talks, a senior ⁠commander told Reuters, predicting a “turning point” was imminent after more than four years of war. Russian forces have made grinding gains since their full-scale …

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Greece’s Leftist Firebrand Tsipras Makes Comeback With New Political Party

ATHENS, May 27 (Reuters) – Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, the leftist firebrand who ⁠ran ⁠Greece at the height of its debt ⁠crisis in 2015, has launched a new political party, promising to fight corruption and seek inclusive ​economic growth. Tsipras, 51, known for his dramatic showdown with Greece’s international lenders over a third and …

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German Police Arrest Syrian Suspected of Helping Attack at Holocaust Memorial

BERLIN, May 27 (Reuters) – German ⁠police ⁠arrested a Syrian ⁠citizen on Wednesday suspected of aiding ​and abetting attempted murder and grievous bodily harm ‌in an attack on ‌a tourist at the Holocaust ⁠Memorial ⁠in Berlin last year, prosecutors said. The arrest of ​the suspect, identified as Khalaf A. in line with German privacy laws, …

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