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Nomination of endocrinologist Djuro Macut likely to pass parliament despite opposition fury.

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has nominated a politically inexperienced endocrinologist and university professor as prime minister, amid massive ongoing protests that forced the previous premier to resign.

Vucic announced the nomination of 62-year-old Djuro Macut weeks after the resignation of Milos Vucevic was approved by parliament on March 19 amid violence at the protests, which are focused…

Children were among the victims of Israel’s overnight attack on houses across Khan Younis in Gaza. The United Nations says at least 100 children have been killed or injured every day in Gaza since Israel broke the ceasefire in March.

Ukraine to send team to discuss the latest US proposal as Russia cites ‘unanswered questions’ in ceasefire plan.

Ukraine plans to send negotiators to the United States this week to discuss Washington’s latest proposed deal for access to its rare earth minerals deposits.

Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced on Monday that a team would visit the US “to move forward with negotiations” on the contentious deal, which President Donald Trump has made a condition for continued…

Kyiv, Ukraine – Thread-thin, glistening in the sun and kilometres long, optical fibres wind through the branches of trees on the frontlines of eastern Ukraine.

The cords were – sometimes still are – attached to Russian drones, making them immune to radio-electronic jamming.

The drones may have been shot down. Some are still operational, waylaid and replete with danger.

“When somebody is passing by, they just fly up and attack,” Oleh, a military officer deployed in eastern Ukraine,…