By Riham Alkousaa
ALTENA, Germany (Reuters) -A decade ago, as Germany was grappling with an influx of more than a million migrants, the small town of Altena saw an opportunity to reverse years of population and economic decline.
The industrial town in Western Germany made national headlines in 2015 when it volunteered to take in 100 more migrants than required, becoming a model of Chancellor Angela Merkel's pledge: "Wir schaffen das" - "We... (continue reading...)
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine plans new strikes deep into Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, after weeks of intensified attacks on Russian energy assets.
"We will continue our active operations in exactly the way needed for Ukraine’s defence. The forces and resources are prepared. New deep strikes have also been planned," Zelenskiy said on X after meeting Ukraine's top general, Oleksandr Syrsky.
(Reporting by... (continue reading...)
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said that European powers were hindering U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to achieve peace in Ukraine and that Russia would continue its operation in Ukraine until Moscow saw real signs that Kyiv was ready for peace.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state media reporters that the "European party of war" was continuing to hinder U.S. and Russian efforts on Ukraine.
"We are ready to resolve the... (continue reading...)
By Julia Symmes Cobb
PALMIRA, Colombia (Reuters) -For nearly a year the ex-rebels worked shoulder to shoulder with their former enemies - retired soldiers from the Colombian military - in a place that viscerally expresses the toll of Colombia's six decades of conflict: a cemetery.
The former combatants helped exhume unidentified remains believed to belong to conflict victims and then refurbished this corner of the cemetery in Palmira, in... (continue reading...)
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel targeted Hamas' armed wing spokesperson Abu Ubaida in a joint operation carried out by the military and the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
"We still don't know the final result, I hope he is no longer with us," Netanyahu said during a government meeting.
(Reporting by Lili BayerEditing by Gareth Jones)
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