BRUSSELS -- Foreign affairs ministers of the European Union gathered in Brussels Monday to mainly discuss the Ukraine issue, including U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to allow Kiev to deploy U.S. long-range missiles for strikes inside Russia.

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell confirmed that Ukraine has received U.S. permission to strike up to 300 km deep into Russian territory. (EU-Ukraine)

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BRATISLAVA -- Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Monday voiced opposition to Ukraine's use of U.S. long-range missiles to strike inside Russia, the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) reported.

In a major shift of his administration's policy on the Ukraine crisis, U.S. President Joe Biden has authorized Kiev to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia, U.S. media reported Sunday. (Slovakia-Russia-missiles)

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GAZA -- Hamas on Monday denied reports that some of its leaders have moved from Qatar to Türkiye.

In an official statement, sources within Hamas said the claims spread by Israeli media were "pure rumors that Israel periodically attempts to promote." (Hamas-Qatar-Türkiye)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) will resume its limited operation in violence-wracked Haiti later this week, a UN spokesman said on Monday.

Stephane Dujarric, chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted the waiver to the World Food Programme's (WFP) UNHAS to operate its U.S.-registered helicopter and a fixed wing aircraft in Haiti. The service will resume on Wednesday. (UN-US-Haiti) Enditem

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