The Lebanese army announced on Thursday that it had seized nearly 250 kilograms (around 550 pounds) of explosives being transported from neighbouring Syria into Lebanon, though it was unable to apprehend the smugglers. “An army unit seized approximately 245 kg of TNT, four explosive devices, eight detonators and electrical wiring for the detonators”, which were […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Russian assets of Western companies that Moscow had seized were frozen and could potentially be returned. Putin last month ordered the seizure of businesses and assets of Swiss food giant Nestle, French retailer Auchan, the former Leroy Merlin DIY chain and German wholesaler and food retailer Metro. Asked […]

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Sweden’s coast guard said Thursday it was investigating a suspected oil spill in the Baltic Sea off the island of Gotland. The spill was discovered on Wednesday in the shipping lane southeast of Gotland by European satellite monitoring. A coast guard aircraft later confirmed there appeared to be oil floating in the water, it said. […]

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EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic told reporters Thursday that any moves on a US export ban on diesel would be “unexpected for Europeans,” in comments after he spoke with US counterpart Jamieson Greer. “It would have very dramatic consequences for our economic performance. And we clearly decided to stay in close touch to avoid any […]

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British anti-terrorism police said they had arrested a man with dual UK-Iranian citizenship over a mysterious “major incident” on Sunday at an airbase in southwest England. The arrest came after British Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the BBC there were “strong indications that Iran played a part in what happened over the weekend at RAF […]

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Russia would consider using “all types of weapons”, if its exclave of Kaliningrad was attacked, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, while insisting that Moscow had “no intention of attacking anyone”. His comments came as tensions mount over Kaliningrad — Russia’s heavily militarised territory that borders Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea. “If it comes […]

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French energy giant TotalEnergies will invest nearly $10 billion in the coming years to expand its operations in Argentina, its chief executive said Thursday as Argentine President Javier Milei visited Paris. “I’m happy to announce that we have close to $10 billion of investments ahead of us in Argentina,” Patrick Pouyanne said at a conference. […]

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