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BERLIN, June 5 (Reuters) – The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) has begun an investigation into the Boeing 787 jetliner whose nose gear collapsed on Thursday at a gate at Frankfurt airport, according to a BFU spokesperson. • An interim report is expected in about eight weeks, and the final report in …
MOSCOW, June 5 (Reuters) – Five Azerbaijani citizens were killed and three others injured in attacks on two cargo vessels in the Sea of Azov, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Responding to a question about the vessels hit in Taganrog Bay, the ministry said the crews included 25 Azerbaijani citizens in total, but that …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate blocked an extension early Friday of a key surveillance program used by U.S. intelligence agencies as concerns mounted over President Donald Trump’s selection of federal housing finance regulator Bill Pulte to serve as director of national intelligence. Some Republicans joined Democrats in the 47-52 vote against a a procedural motion …
LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) – Britain is running out of time to boost its defences in response to the threat posed by recent Russian actions, the country’s military chief said on Friday, after months of delays to the country’s Defence Investment Plan. “Russia is definitely raising the stakes and risks crossing a line,” Chief of …
GENEVA, June 5 (Reuters) – The United Nations on Friday said it is doubling the amount of money it says it needs to help Lebanon meet surging humanitarian needs, as the war enters its fourth month. Lebanon was drawn into the wider regional war in early March when the Tehran-backed Hezbollah militia fired rockets at …
WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) – A majority of the U.S. Senate on Friday voted to pass legislation providing an additional $70 billion for migrant law-enforcement operations, including President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation program. The bill still must be voted upon by the House of Representatives. (Reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by Toby Chopra) Copyright 2026 …
BUCHAREST, June 5 (Reuters) – A marine drone of the type used in the war in neighbouring Ukraine self-detonated on Friday in Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta near an oil terminal, without causing any casualties, the defence ministry said. The port was being evacuated, residents along Romania’s Black Sea coast were warned to take …
GENEVA, June 5 (Reuters) – The Middle East conflict is pushing millions of people closer to hunger, as rising fuel and transport costs drive up food prices while funding shortfalls force aid agencies to scale back assistance, the U.N. World Food Programme said on Friday. Joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February triggered a regional …
By Alexander Cornwell, Rami Ayyub and Steve Holland JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) – Benjamin Netanyahu has long portrayed himself to the Israeli public as being uniquely adept in dealing with Donald Trump, capable of winning and sustaining the U.S. president’s backing. But an acrimonious phone call this week where the president called the prime minister …
June 5 (Reuters) – New Zealand will directly raise China’s “entirely inappropriate” ban on four lawmakers who visited Taiwan with Beijing, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Friday. Three backbenchers from New Zealand’s centre-right coalition, Laura McClure, David Wilson and Maureen Pugh, along with Duncan Webb from the Labour party, visited Taipei last month for …