ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis’ peace envoy for Ukraine, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, said on Tuesday he is working on a “mechanism” that could ensure the return of children who according to Kyiv have been abducted to Russia. “We’ll see how we can start the mechanism for the children (and) help as we have said on…
By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -A campaign to raise money for the family of the policeman who shot dead French teenager Nahel M. topped 1.47 million euros($1.6 million) on Tuesday, far outstripping donations to Nahel’s family and causing shame and anger among many French people. The fallout from the shooting, and from the wave of…
By Krishn Kaushik and YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Tuesday sought to forge closer ties and boost cooperation within the expanding Eurasian bloc but stressed the group is not directed against any other states. A joint declaration by the leaders at the end of an online summit…
By Alexander Hübner MUNICH (Reuters) – Up to half of the 100 billion euro ($109 billion) special fund set up to modernize the German military will likely go to U.S. defence companies, a leading tank gear box maker said, accusing Berlin of lacking a strategy for its defence industry. “I don’t believe that much of…
By Stephanie van den Berg and Maya Gebeily THE HAGUE/BEIRUT (Reuters) – In the early years of Syria’s brutal conflict, top government officials established and directed paramilitary groups known as shabbiha to help the state crack down on opponents, war crimes investigators have documented. In a report shared with Reuters, the Commission for International Justice…
By Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that he had been in touch with his Turkish counterpart about a ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership and if there is a shift in Turkey’s stance Hungary will not delay the process. Sweden, dropping a longtime policy of military non-alignment following Russia’s invasion…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday welcomed NATO’s decision to extend Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s term by a further year, opting to stick with an experienced leader as war continues to rage on the alliance’s doorstep rather than try to agree on a successor. Stoltenberg, a former prime minister…
By Anna Voitenko and Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey KYIV (Reuters) – Tearful mourners filled one of central Kyiv’s main cathedrals on Tuesday to honour a prominent Ukrainian writer and war-crimes researcher killed in a Russian missile strike on a cafe in eastern Ukraine. Victoria Amelina, 37, died on July 1 from injuries sustained during the June 27…
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -U.N. aid agencies on Tuesday voiced alarm at the scale of the ongoing Israeli military operation in the West Bank town of Jenin, where 10 Palestinians have been killed, saying there were restrictions on medical access. The operation, which involved drone strikes and hundreds of troops and was one of…
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt gave his backing to the country’s financial regulator FCA to ensure banks are passing on better savings rates to consumers. “Increased interest rates must also be passed on to savers,” Hunt said on Twitter. “@TheFCA (The Financial Conduct Authority) has my full backing to ensure banks are…
