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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

Putin admits Russian role in 2024 Azerbaijani jet crash

The crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. — AFP file photo

Trio wins chemistry Nobel for new form of molecular architecture

The Nobel Committee for Chemistry announces the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Wednesday. — AFP

Britain's storied Conservative party faces uncertain future

Kemi Badenoch delivers a speech on the final day of the annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Wednesday. — AFP

Britain's Conservative Party faces an uncertain future

Conservative Party Conference, in Manchester

Ukraine strike on Russia-held part of Kherson region kills four

Ukrainian rescuers work among the rubble at an energy infrastructure facility, in Kharkiv. — AFP

France's Macron pressed to end political 'mess'

Outgoing French PM Lecornu visits a memorial tent at Place des Vosges, in Paris. — Reuters

French govt collapses, deepening political crisis

French outgoing PM Sebastien Lecornu delivers a statement at the Hotel Matignon in Paris. — Reuters

Madagascar forces blame protesters for violence

Protesters run for cover after security forces fired tear gas canisters, in Antananarivo. — AFP

Babis pledges loyalty to Europe as Czech talks begin

Andrej Babis answers to media during the press conference at the ANO headquarter. — AFP

Russian air attack damages energy infrastructure in Ukraine

Rescuers work at the site of a house destroyed during a Russian strike, on the outskirts of Lviv. — Reuters

Georgia PM vows sweeping crackdown after ‘foiled coup’

Protesters face riot police during an opposition rally on the day of local elections in central Tbilisi. — AFP

Russian strike hits train station in Ukraine, injuring dozens

A woman holds some clothes at a distribution point in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine. — AFP

UK on 'high alert' following synagogue attack

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer visit the site of the Manchester synagogue attack, in north Manchester, Britain. — Reuters

Finnish court clears crew in cable breach trial

The captain of Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S, Georgian national Davit Vadatchkoria attends a trial over sabotage at the District Court in Helsinki, Finland. — AFP

Russia hits Ukraine energy sites overnight

The apartment building, which was hit during a Russian military strike, in the frontline city of Kherson, Ukraine. — Reuters
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