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Exclusive-US may ask Israel to put Palestinian tax money toward Trump's Gaza plan, sources say

By Alexander Cornwell and Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. is considering asking Is...

15th May, 2026

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Greek probe finds suspected Ukrainian sea drone lost course after malfunction, sources say

ATHENS, May 15 (Reuters) - Greek investigators believe a military sea drone found on a Greek island...

15th May, 2026

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Denmark checks if dead whale is Germany's recently rescued Timmy

STOCKHOLM, May 15 (Reuters) - Danish authorities were checking on Friday if a dead whale found in it...

15th May, 2026

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Stolen skull of medieval saint hidden in concrete, say Czech police

PRAGUE, May 15 (Reuters) - An 800-year-old skull snatched this week from a Czech church has been fou...

15th May, 2026

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UK leadership hopeful Burnham faces tricky test to return to parliament

By Sophie Royle ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, England, May 15 (Reuters) - For many in Labour, Greater Manche...

15th May, 2026

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UK man appears in court over stabbing of two Jewish men in London

LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - The trial of a 45-year-old man charged with attempted murder over a knife...

15th May, 2026

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Germany's Merz: I wouldn't advise my children to live in US

BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday said he would advise his child...

15th May, 2026

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Germany says Ukrainian national arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia

May 15 (Reuters) - German prosecutors said on Friday a German judge had enforced an arrest warrant a...

15th May, 2026

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Ministers adopt new interpretation of migrants' rights in European legal system

By Layli Foroudi PARIS, May 15 (Reuters) - European ministers adopted a new interpretation of the Eu...

15th May, 2026

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Greece asks EU to step in over 'unlawful fishing' by Turkey in east Mediterranean

ATHENS, May 15 (Reuters) - Greece on Friday asked the European Union to step in and stop what it sai...

15th May, 2026

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Zelenskiy condemns Russia after strike on Kyiv apartment bloc kills 24

By Yurii Kovalenko and Olena Harmash KYIV, May 15 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called o...

15th May, 2026

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It's Father Ted, Raphael or Gaza documentaries for Eurovision's boycotters

By Charlie Devereux, Padraic Halpin and Charlotte Van Campenhout MADRID/DUBLIN/AMSTERDAM, May 15 (Re...

15th May, 2026