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Russia confirms WhatsApp ban over legal non-compliance

MOSCOW: Russia has blocked the popular messaging service WhatsApp over its failure to comply with local legislation, the Kremlin said on Thursday, urging its 100 million Russian users to switch to a domestic...

WhatsApp and Telegram messenger app icons displayed on a smartphone in front of a screen showing the crossed logo of Telegram messaging app against the backdrop of numerical codes on the Russian flag. - Reuters

Europe hits back at Trump tariff threat over Greenland

Military personnel from the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr wait to board the Icelandair flight leaving Nuuk airport for Reykjavik on Sunday. — AFP

Trump's Greenland prompt calls for EU counter-measures

Greenlandic PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen takes part in a demonstration, in Nuuk. — AFP

Russia officials blame Ukraine for power cuts

A worker starts a power generator in the town of Borodianka, Ukraine. — AFP

European countries warn of growing escalation

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Thousands join anti-Trump 'Hands off Greenland'

Protesters wave Greenlandic flags, in front of City Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark. — AFP

Ukrainian negotiators arrive in US for talks on plan to end war

Ukrainian servicemen walk next to a Humvee near a front line, in Zaporizhzhia region. — Reuters

US Congress members visit Denmark to support Greenland

US Rep Sara Jacobs and US Representative Sarah McBride arrive, as an American delegation, consisting of senators and members of the House of Representatives visits the Industriens Hus, in Copenhagen. — Reuters

Former Ukraine PM Tymoshenko released on bail in graft probe

Former Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks as she attends her pre-trial hearing at a court in Kyiv amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - AFP

Bomb hoax forces Turkish Airlines to make a landing in Barcelona

Security and airport officials are seen at a secure area on the tarmac after Turkish Airlines flight TK1853

Greenland high-stakes meeting in White House

Protesters attend a march to the US consulate during a demonstration, in Nuuk. — AFP

Kyiv orders evacuation from 5 frontline villages

Rescuers work at the site of a logistics hub hit by Russian missile strikes, in Kharkiv. — Reuters

Unidentified drone strikes hit 3 tankers in Black Sea

Facilities of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium's (CPC) Marine Terminal in Yuzhnaya Ozereevka near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Russia. — Reuters file photo

Farmers roll hundreds of tractors into Paris in fresh protests

Tractors are parked along the Seine river as farmers protest, in Paris. — AFP

UN demands swift probe into Minneapolis killing

Candles, flowers and signs are placed at a makeshift memorial honoring Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis. — AFP

Pope receives Venezuela oppn's leader Machado

Pope Leo XIV meets with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Machado at the Vatican. — Reuters
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