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UN extends peacekeeping mission between Syria, Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

20 Dec 2024

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Friday extended a long-running peacekeeping mission between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for six months and expressed concern that military activities in the area could escalate tensions. Since a lightning rebel offensive ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad earlier this month, Israeli …

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Germany says Kurdish militias in Syria must be disarmed

20 Dec 2024

ANKARA (Reuters) – Kurdish militias in Syria must disarm and join Syria’s new government security forces, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Friday, after talks with her Turkish counterpart in Ankara. Speaking at a press conference Baerbock said the security of Kurds was essential for a free Syria, but that Turkey’s security concerns must also …

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Trump picks CatholicVote President Burch for US ambassador to Holy See

20 Dec 2024

(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that he had picked Brian Burch, the president of the political advocacy group CatholicVote, to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. “Brian is a devout Catholic, a father of nine … He represented me well during the last Election,” Trump said on …

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Vessel in Kerch strait sends distress signal, Russian authorities say

20 Dec 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A vessel called Gam Express has sent a distress signal in the Kerch strait, Russia’s Southern Transport Prosecutor’s Office said on Friday. “The Southern Transport Prosecutor’s Office controls the safety of navigation in connection with the sending of a distress signal by the Gam Express vessel in the Kerch Strait,” it said …

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Pupil killed in knife attack at Croatia school

20 Dec 2024

ZAGREB (Reuters) -A seven-year-old child was killed by a knife-wielding assailant who attacked a teacher and pupils at a Zagreb primary school on Friday, government ministers said. Health Minister Irena Hrstic said the attacker stabbed five people, wounding four and killing one. The suspect later injured himself and was detained. “Five persons have been hospitalised …

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Volunteers battle to clear spilled oil on Russia’s Black Sea coast

20 Dec 2024

By Sergei Pivovarov VITYAZEVO, Russia (Reuters) – Volunteers struggled on Friday to shovel up tons of sticky oil from Russia’s Black Sea coastline following what President Vladimir Putin has called an ecological disaster. The oil spilled from two ageing Russian oil tankers that were severely damaged by a weekend storm in the Kerch Strait that …

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How secretive Swiss sought to keep a lid on the Credit Suisse crisis

20 Dec 2024

By John O’Donnell, Stefania Spezzati and Dave Graham LONDON/BERN (Reuters) – Secret meetings, mistrust among officials and attempts to downplay the gravity of Credit Suisse’s problems hamstrung Switzerland in the run-up to the bank’s collapse in 2023, an inquiry by lawmakers found on Friday. Almost two years after the implosion of the country’s second-largest bank, …

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Biden’s daunting exit list: Gaza ceasefire, Ukraine aid, U.S. Steel

20 Dec 2024

(Reuters) -With a month left in the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden has a long list of foreign and domestic policy actions he hopes to get done before president-elect Donald Trump assumes office, where the Republican is expected to try to reverse much of Biden’s record. Atop Biden’s list are final, hurried pushes to …

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Sweden ends funding for UN Palestinian aid agency UNRWA

20 Dec 2024

(Reuters) -Sweden will no longer fund the U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) and will instead provide increased overall humanitarian assistance to Gaza via other channels, the Nordic country said on Friday. Israel, which says it will ban UNRWA operations in the country from late January, accuses the agency of being involved in the Oct. …

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