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Pro-Palestinian and climate change activists block the entrances of the Norwegian central bank, which houses the offices of the sovereign wealth fund, in Oslo, Norway, August 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Gwladys Fouche/File Photo

Norway's giant fund in election crosshairs over Israel investments

Advocates of divesting from Israel say Norway is contributing to the violation of international law by investing in companies active in the occupied Palestinian territories

Students of the Don Cossack Cadet School of the Emperor Alexander III and members of the Cossack community undergo military training in the Rostov Region, Russia August 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov

'We threw hand grenades!' Russian kids as young as 8 get taste of military training

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and European leaders amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, August 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Alexander Drago

Zelenskiy says he wants 'strong' US reaction if Putin not ready to meet

Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto attends a joint press conference with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (not pictured), in Budapest, Hungary September 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

Hungary ready to host Ukraine-Russia peace talks: foreign minister

A service member of the 44th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Maksym Kishka

Talk of boots on the ground in Ukraine sparks unease in Germany

Smoke rises from damaged buildings, at the site of the Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine in this handout picture released August 18, 2025. Photo: Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv region/Handout via REUTERS

US, NATO planners start to craft Ukraine security guarantee options

A drone view shows the receding waterline and exposed lakebed in the dried basin of Turkmenli Dam, as drought conditions continue to affect water levels, in Marmara Ereglisi, in the northwestern Tekirdag province, Turkey, August 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Drought depletes Turkey's Tekirdag reservoirs, forcing emergency water curbs

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and European leaders amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, August 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Alexander Drago

Zelenskiy says security guarantees for Ukraine to be worked out within 10 days

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) gives a statement on the day of a CDU faction meeting at the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, in Berlin, Germany, November 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

Germany's Merz says Putin, Zelenskiy to meet within next two weeks

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Brussels, Belgium, where he will participate in a meeting of European leaders, August 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Bart Biesemans/File Photo

Zelenskiy, flanked by Europe, heads to Washington as Trump presses for Russia deal

Smoke rises from a wildfire near a cemetery in As Fermosas, in the Ourense province, Galicia, Spain, August 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Spain battles 20 major wildfires amid scorching heat, deploys more troops

Firefighters work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine August 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi

Russia strikes on Kharkiv kill three, injure 17: Ukraine says

Peter Magyar, leader of Hungary's main opposition Tisza party, delivers a speech at a party rally in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, July 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Marton Monus/File Photo

Hungarian opposition leader demands Russia refrain from interference