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ATHENS( Reuters)-A firefighting plane crashed during an emergency landing on the Greek island of Zakynthos on Sunday while it was on its way to a small-scale blaze there, a police official said. The cause of the crash was not immediately known and the pilot escaped without serious injury, the official said.... Greece is battling wildfires for the sixth day, with the biggest front on its island of Evia near the capital, where thousands of people have had to be evacuated by ferry.( Reporting by K

CAIRO( Reuters)-The operator of a giant cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March said on Thursday that while a final agreement with authorities was being concluded, it would take more time for the vessel to be released and able to sail. The Japanese owners and insurers of the ship were locked in a compensation dispute with the Suez Canal Authority, but announced on Wednesday that an agreement in principle had been reached." It may take some further time for the agreement to be concluded,

CAIRO( Reuters)-Dubai has established a specialised court focused on combating money laundering, in a move to" strengthen the integrity of the financial system", the emirate's media office said on Sunday. The UAE, home to the Middle East financial hub Dubai, has worked over the last few years to overcome a perception it is a hot spot for illicit money.... In February the government created an Executive Office for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing." The establishment of the c

BUDAPEST( Reuters)-One person has died and two people are being treated for smoke inhalation after a blaze swept through a hospital in Budapest early on Sunday, a Hungarian police spokeswoman said. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear, spokeswoman Angelika Molnar said, adding that emergency services were investigating the reasons for the blaze in the hospital in central Budapest. Emergency services spokesman Mate Kisdi said the flames started in a 5 square metre( 53.82 square feet) ar

STOCKHOLM( Reuters)-Swedish climate and environment activist Greta Thunberg said on Twitter she was taking part in a protest on Friday outside the Russian embassy in Stockholm against its invasion of Ukraine. Thunberg, 19, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last year, posted on Twitter a picture of her standing with other protesters holding a sign with" Stand With Ukraine" written on it, saying she was" outside the Russian embassy right now". Russia on Friday pressed on with the invasio

DUBAI( Reuters)-Iran said on Monday that the United States should provide guarantees that Washington will not abandon again Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, if talks to revive the agreement succeed.... Indirect talks between Iran and the United States, which stalled in June after the election of hardline Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, are set to resume on Nov.... He also added that Washington should" recognise its fault in ditching the pact"....

DUBAI( Reuters)-U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will visit Iran next week, an Iranian official said on Wednesday, as Tehran and world powers prepare to resume talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal." Grossi will arrive in Tehran on Monday," Iranian state media quoted the spokesman of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Behrouz Kamalvandi, as saying. Grossi's trip takes place just before next week's meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's( IAEA) 35-nation Board of Governors. W