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Germany’s Merz calls for ‘independence’ from US as conservatives win vote
By Kirsti Knolle and Madeline Chambers Reuters Germany’s Friedrich Merz has pledged to achieve “independence” from the United States after his centre-right ...Russia launches large-scale drone attack across Ukraine
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Russia launched more than 200 drones in an overnight attack, the largest of the ...Sudan’s RSF, allies sign charter to form parallel government, two signatories say
By Khalid Abdelaziz Reuters Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces signed a charter with allied political and armed groups late on Saturday to establish ...Hamas frees dazed hostages in staged Gaza ceremony
A crowd cheered as masked militants brought two pale and dazed Israeli captives onto a rainy stage in front of cameras for ...Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan settle border dispute that sparked deadly clashes
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, two ex-Soviet Central Asian states, said on Friday that they had resolved a decades-old border dispute that had sparked ...Arab states scramble to counter Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ plan
By Andrew Mills, Pesha Magid and Ahmed Shalaby Reuters Arab states who were swift to reject President Donald Trump’s plan for the U.S. to ...Congo army runaways loot and sow panic in North Kivu town
The Congolese army called on deserters to rejoin their units on Thursday, as rogue soldiers fired guns and looted parts of the ...Russia says has taken back major chunk of Kursk region from Ukrainian forces
Russian forces have taken back more than 800 square km (309 square miles) of territory from Ukraine in the Kursk region of ...Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages taken from Israel
BY TIA GOLDENBERG AP The bodies of four Israelis taken captive by Hamas, including those said to be of the last female ...Donald Trump calls Zelensky ‘a dictator’ after Ukraine’s leader accuses him of living in ‘disinformation ...
By STEPHANY MATAT and AAMER MADHANI AP Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “a dictator without elections” and said he better ...