VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier, stationed in South Korea but detained in Russia on suspicion of stealing from his girlfriend and threatening to kill her, went on trial on Thursday, the state news agency RIA reported.
Gordon Black was detained on May 2 in Vladivostok in Russia's far east on suspicion of stealing from his Russian girlfriend. Citing local prosecutors, Russian independent media reported he had also subsequently been charged... (continue reading...)
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SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian voters head to the polling stations on Sunday for the sixth snap parliamentary election in three years, but analysts see little chance of it producing a stable coalition that can put an end to a prolonged period of political instability.
Bulgaria, the poorest member of the European Union and one of its most corrupt states, has been plagued by revolving-door governments since anti-graft protests... (continue reading...)
DUBAI (Reuters) - The director of the Hamas-run Gaza government media office Ismail Al-Thawabta and a Gaza health ministry official told Reuters on Thursday 40 people were killed and 73 were wounded in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat school in the Gaza Strip.
The two officials added that 14 children and 9 women were killed in the strike.
Earlier, UNRWA communications director Juliette Touma told Reuters that the number of those reported... (continue reading...)
HELSINKI (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that western allies should ensure that gaps in military support to Ukraine are not repeated.
Speaking during a visit to Finland, Stoltenberg said Ukraine needed "predictability and accountability" from NATO allies in terms of military support.
"Over the last months we have seen some gaps, some delays in the provision of military support to Ukraine," he said... (continue reading...)
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will request to intervene in South Africa's genocide case against Israel's actions in Gaza at the International Court of Justice, its foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Thursday.
Spain follows Ireland, which also announced it would intervene in the case.
"We are doing it because of our commitment to international law, in our desire to support the court in its work and strengthen the United Nations,... (continue reading...)
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