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Nato, EU outrage as drone hits Romania

GALATI: A drone hit an apartment building in NATO-member Romania early on Friday, wounding two people and drawing condemnation from the Atlantic alliance and the European Union, which blamed Russia and warned against...

Forensic investigators examine the location of impact after a drone struck an apartment building in Galati. — AFP

Europe bakes in record heat: Italy on red alert, Portugal swelters

A groom shelters from the sun under an umbrella as a bride sits with a view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, as a record-breaking early heatwave scorches a swathe of western Europe. - AFP

EU says won't be 'neutral mediator' between Ukraine, Russia

Cyprus' Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, EU High Representative of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, EU Foreign Ministers, Foreign Minister of India S Jaishankar and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al Saud pose during an informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Limassol, Cyprus. - Reuters

US climber smashes Everest speed record

Mountaineers climbing a slope lined up during their ascent from the Hillary Step to summit Mount Everest in Nepal. — AFP

Temperatures likely to remain at record levels in 2026-2030: UN

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Nato sounds out Trump's 'confusing' troop moves

Nato officials deliver the opening remarks during a panel in Helsingborg, Sweden. — AFP

Kremlin accuses Ukraine of a 'monstrous crime' after drone strike

Rescuers work amid debris of a destroyed dormitory building of the Starobilsk College of Luhansk Pedagogical University. — Reuters

France's Gabriel Attal says running for president

General Secretary of French centrist party Renaissance Gabriel Attal delivers a speech, southwestern France. — AFP

Ukraine tightens Belarus border amid attack fears

Servicemen of the anti-aircraft missile division of the 15th 'Kara-Dag' Brigade of the Operational Assignment of the National Guard of Ukraine walk near destroyed apartment buildings in the frontline city of Bilozerske in the Donetsk region. - Reuters

EU vows 'exceptional' support for farmers over war

Farmers demonstrate in front of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg. — AFP

Bessent urges more disruption to Iran's financing

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent poses for a photo ahead of a G7 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Paris. — Reuters

Mango founder's son arrested over father's death

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G7 finance chiefs seek common stance over war

Delegates pose for a family photograph at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance in Paris. — AFP

Mass Ukrainian drone barrage kills 4 in Russia

Residents clear broken windows in a damaged apartment building following a Ukrainian drone attack in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Krasnogorsk, in the Moscow region. — Reuters

Zelensky rages at Russia after strike on housing block kills 24

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. — Reuters

Russia pummels Kyiv, killing 7 and denting peace hopes

Debris at the site of an apartment building damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv. - AFP
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