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Ukraine braces for ‘heavy battles’ as Putin says Russia carving out Kharkiv buffer zone

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's top commander warned on Friday of "heavy battles" looming on the war's new front in the northeastern Kharkiv region as Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was

Man who murdered UK pensioner in revenge for Gaza jailed for at least 45 years

LONDON (Reuters) - A Moroccan man who stabbed a passer-by to death on a British street in what he later told police was revenge for Israeli action in Gaza was jailed for at least 45 years on Friday,

Kenyan lawyers move to block police deployment to Haiti

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan lawyers have moved to block the country's planned deployment of police to Haiti, a court filing showed, days before officers are expected to arrive in the Caribbean nation to

Rafah hospital braces for casualty influx as Israel readies Gaza push

By Hatem Khaled RAFAH, Gaza (Reuters) - The Kuwaiti Speciality Hospital is one of the few places in Rafah the wounded or dying can turn for care, but that role may come under unbearable pressure if

Russia says US ‘playing with fire’ in ‘indirect war’ with Moscow

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian diplomat said on Friday the United States had long since entered into a state of indirect war with Moscow and was playing with fire over Ukraine by behaving in such a

Slovakia’s PM Fico still in intensive care after assassination bid, government says

By Ayhan Uyanik and Jan Lopatka BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (Reuters) -Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in intensive care, the government said on Friday, two days after he was shot at close

Turkey opposition chief cool to constitution talks with Erdogan

By Huseyin Hayatsever and Birsen Altayli ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition leader, boosted by sweeping local election gains in March, said he is "far off" opening talks with Tayyip Erdogan's

Spain to recognise Palestinian state together with other countries

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday that Madrid would only recognise a Palestinian state in a joint action with other countries. In an interview with TV channel La

Rescue efforts halted after South African building collapse where 33 died

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Officials in the South African city of George halted the search for survivors and more bodies on Friday at the site of a collapsed building where 33 people died. Rescue

Zelenskiy signs law allowing some convicts to serve in Ukraine’s army

(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a law allowing some categories of convicts to serve in the army, parliament's database showed on Friday. A separate law enhancing fines for

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Arabs to Abyssinians, India was once a mercenary magnet—Russia war shows it has turned exporter

From New World Cuban mercenaries to South East Asian combatants, various linguistic groups are represented in the battlefields that divide Russia from Ukraine.

Department of Financial Services chairs review meeting with heads of Public Sector Banks

The meeting was also attended by senior executives of UIDAI, NABARD, SIDBI , Mudra Ltd. CERSAI & NCGTC.

Base price of Rafale agreed upon, fighters for Navy to have India-specific enhancements

Navy team has already visited Ambala air station where IAF has kept one squadron of Rafales to understand commonalities of maintenance that can be pursued.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.