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Australia, Japan sign contracts to start $7 billion warship deal

SYDNEY, April 18 (Reuters) - Australia and Japan signed contracts on Saturday launching their landma...

18th April, 2026

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Fire breaks out at oil terminal in southern Russia's Krasnodar region, officials say

April 18 (Reuters) - A fire broke out at an oil terminal in southern Russia's Krasnodar region, prom...

17th April, 2026

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UK police charge fourth suspect over attack on Jewish ambulances

LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) - British prosecutors said on Friday they have charged a fourth person in...

17th April, 2026

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls for joint efforts to set up Hormuz mission

April 17 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Friday for joint efforts for...

17th April, 2026

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Dubai police arrest Daniel Kinahan on organised crime charges, Irish media report

DUBLIN, April 17 (Reuters) - Dubai police have arrested alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan...

17th April, 2026

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Zelenskiy: Ukraine believes Russia will try again to involve Belarus in the war

April 17 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukraine believed Russia was m...

17th April, 2026

Image for In final moments before truce, Israeli strike kills Lebanese man's family
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In final moments before truce, Israeli strike kills Lebanese man's family

By Thomas Suen and Louisa Gouliamaki TYRE, Lebanon, April 17 (Reuters) - Hassan Abu Khalil's family...

17th April, 2026

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Lebanese return to 'unliveable' areas as ceasefire with Israel mostly holds

By Laila Bassam, Thomas Suen and Pesha Magid BEIRUT/QASMIYEH/JERUSALEM, Lebanon, April 17 (Reuters)...

17th April, 2026

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Lebanese joy at returning to homes in the south mixed with horror at ruins of war

By Thomas Suen , Aziz Taher , Emilie Madi and Jihed Abidellaoui QASMIYEH, Lebanon, April 17 - Lebane...

17th April, 2026

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Spain's Sanchez says Venezuela's Machado declined to meet him

BARCELONA, April 17 (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was offered a meet...

17th April, 2026

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British PM Starmer's deepening crisis over Mandelson affair

LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to resign over th...

17th April, 2026

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Kanye West concert in Poland will be cancelled, newspaper reports

WARSAW, April 17 (Reuters) - Stadium managers in Poland said on Friday they will cancel a concert by...

17th April, 2026