Kaja Kallas: “Today, EU Defence Ministers are meeting to discuss how to make use of the €90 billion loan for Ukraine, as well as defence industry cooperation between the EU and Ukraine. “Together with industry, we will focus on ramping up defence production. The funding is there. Now it is time to turn investment into...
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Parents Who Kept 3 Children Locked Up in ‘House of Horrors’ Over COVID-19 Fears Are Sentenced
A couple who kept their young children inside what officials described as a “house of horrors” for three and a half years, claiming they were protecting them from the COVID-19 pandemic, have been sentenced. In April 2025, police in Oviedo, Spain confirmed they rescued three children — a 10-year-old and 8-year-old twins — from a...
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US Ambassador To Israel Says Israel Sent Iron Dome Batteries, Personnel To UAE To Defend Country
Israel sent Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and personnel to operate them to the United Arab Emirates to defend the country during the Iran war, the U.S. ambassador to the country said Tuesday. The comments by Mike Huckabee underline the growing defense relationship between Israel and the UAE, countries long suspicious of Iran, as a shaky...
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Ukraine Officials Name Zelenskyy’s Ex-Chief Of Staff As A Suspect In Money-Laundering Probe
Two national agencies fighting corruption in Ukraine have named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff as an official suspect in a major graft investigation. Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced late Monday that Andriy Yermak is suspected in an alleged 460-million-hryvnia ($10.5 million) money-laundering scheme. Investigators said in...
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Uganda’s Longtime President Will Be Sworn In For Another Term As His Son Emerges As De Facto Ruler
Forty years. That’s how long Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power. The 81-year-old will be sworn in Tuesday to extend his presidency over a further five-year term that may well be his last — although not necessarily the last for the Museveni family. The president’s son and presumptive heir, army chief Gen. Muhoozi...
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Starmer Doubles Down On His Resolve To Stay In Office Despite Calls In UK For Him Step Down
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer doubled down Tuesday on his resolve to stay in office, despite calls to step down. Starmer told Cabinet ministers that he took responsibility for devastating losses that his center-left Labour Party suffered in last week’s local elections across the U.K., but he would fight on. Starmer said there’s a process...
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Passengers From Virus-Stricken Cruise Ship Fly To Home Countries For Monitoring
The last remaining passengers on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak disembarked Monday and boarded flights to more than 20 countries to enter quarantine. A French woman was the latest to be confirmed as infected, while an American was suspected of infection after initial testing. Passengers began flying home aboard military and...
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One Evacuated Passenger Tests Positive For Hantavirus And Another Develops Symptoms On Flight Home
Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands, with one American testing positive and a French traveler developing symptoms for the pathogen aboard their separate aircraft. One the 17 American passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius tested positive for...