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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

Hantavirus risk to public ‘absolutely low’: WHO

Second plane believed to be carrying a sick passenger from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius arrives at the Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam. — AFP

Radiation normal after fires near Chornobyl

An energy worker walks at a damaged power substation in Odesa, Ukraine. — Reuters

UK PM Starmer 'takes responsibility' for Labour election losses

Britain's PM Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer leave a polling station in London. — Reuters

Rubio meets Italian PM after Trump criticism

Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni welcomes US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during their meeting at Palazzo Chigi in Rome. — Reuters

German Foreign Minister demands Hormuz reopening

Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks during a joint press conference with Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, following their official meeting in Rabat, on April 30, 2026.

A 5-month wait and a 50% fail rate: It’s hard to get a British driving license

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Stranded whale 'Timmy' released into sea in dramatic rescue

Aerial photo shows the rescued humpback whale in a special barge along the Danish coastline enroute back to the North Sea after it beached on a sandbank near the city of Luebeck, in late March.

Nato seeks details as US to pull troops from Germany

Combat aircrafts stand in front of a hangar at the American military's Ramstein Air Base, Germany. — Reuters

Ukraine's Zelensky pledges to strengthen air defences

Firefighters arrive to the site of a fuel station which was hit by a Russian drone strike, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. — Reuters

Charles to end Bermuda trip by launching UK space project

Britain's King Charles III delivers remarks during a garden party at the Government House in Hamilton, Bermuda. — AFP

Humpback whale stranded in Germany set free

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Ukraine launches fresh drone attacks on Russian oil port

The site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, in Odesa, Ukraine. — Reuters

Turkish police fire tear gas as thousands rallied nationwide

Protesters take part in a May Day rally, in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul. — AFP

Netherlands requests European help to contain wildfires

A firefighter works to extinguish a wildfire near Budel, on May 1, 2026 a day after it broke out at a military training ground where a military exercise was taking place. — AFP

Germany says 'prepared' for any US troop reduction

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, operates a robot dog with a remote control during his visit to the German army barracks in Munster, northern Germany. — AFP
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