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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

Starmer calls emergency meeting as war risks mount

Britain's PM Keir Starmer

Pope Leo calls war in Middle East a 'scandal' to humanity

"We cannot remain silent in the face of the suffering of so many people, ‌the defenceless victims of these ​conflicts. What hurts them hurts the ​whole ‌of ⁠humanity," Leo said at his weekly Angelus prayer in St ​Peter's Square.

War risks becoming unpredictable, Swiss FM

Ignazio Cassis

Spain to spend €5 bn to ease war fallout

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives a press conference following a cabinet meeting about the energy crisis at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid. — AFP

Nato relocates Iraq mission due to Mideast war

The Nato mission is headquartered in an Iraqi military base in Baghdad's Green Zone near the US embassy.

Defiant Orban digs in over blocked Ukraine loan

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks to press as he arrives for a EU Summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels. — AFP

UN maritime body kicks off emergency talks

This aerial photo shows stacked shipping containers at Umm Qasr Port in Basra. — AFP

UK's Starmer resists being drawn into wider war

British PM Keir Starmer speaks to the media, at Downing Street in central London. — Reuters

EU to discuss naval mission to Strait of Hormuz

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas addresses the media, in Brussels. — AFP

Starmer says UK will not be drawn into wider Iran war

US President Donald Trump meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Pope decries 'atrocious violence', urges ceasefire

Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer from a window of the Apostolic Palace, at the Vatican. — Reuters

Macron urges Israel to hold 'direct talks' with Lebanon

UN peacekeepers drive past a destroyed healthcare centre building, in southern Lebanese. — AFP

Spain removes ambassador to Israel

WHO warns of health risks from 'black rain'

A smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire following an overnight airstrike, in Tehran. — AFP

Iran war's effects already a reality in Europe: EU chief

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