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Russia to further tighten rules on earnings of ‘foreign agents’, lawmaker says

13 Dec 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian lawmakers want to stiffen even further the rules governing the income received by those deemed “foreign agents” to include almost all forms of property, the speaker of the Russian parliament said on Friday. Russian law requires any person or organisation receiving support from outside Russia or who is under foreign influence …

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Russia in contact with Syrian rebels, hopes to keep military bases, Interfax reports

13 Dec 2024

(This Dec. 12 story has been corrected to clarify that Russian and U.N. officials called for the stabilisation of situation in Syria, not destabilisation, in paragraph 9) MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has established direct contact with the political committee of Syria’s Islamist rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign …

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US grand jury charges former Syrian prison official with torture

13 Dec 2024

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal grand jury in Los Angeles charged a former Syrian government official who headed the Damascus Central Prison from 2005 to 2008 with torture, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 72, headed the Adra prison, as it is colloquially known, during that period, allegedly …

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Demoralised and abandoned by allies: why Assad’s army failed to fight in Syria

13 Dec 2024

By Maya Gebeily, Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Ahmed Rasheed and Timour Azhari DAMASCUS/AMMAN/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His army outpost in scrubland near the rebel-held city of Idlib should have had nine soldiers but it just had three, after some had bribed the commanding officers to escape serving, …

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Senior Ukraine official says Kyiv not yet ready for talks with Russia

13 Dec 2024

(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff said in an interview broadcast late on Thursday that Kyiv was not yet ready to start talks with Russia as it lacked the weapons, security guarantees and international status that it sought. Andriy Yermak’s comments to public broadcaster Suspilne come as Zelenskiy publicly considers the possibility …

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US will prohibit visas for Georgian officials for ‘undermining democracy’

13 Dec 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for about 20 people responsible for “undermining democracy in Georgia,” including government ministers, parliament members and security officials, the State Department said on Thursday. The department’s statement did not name the people who would be prohibited from receiving U.S. visas. Hundreds of people have …

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US announces new arms aid package for Ukraine worth $500 million

13 Dec 2024

By Andrea Shalal and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden announced another package of weapons aid for Ukraine on Thursday, valued at $500 million, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. White House spokesperson John Kirby said earlier the U.S. would continue to provide additional packages for …

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Brazil’s Lula has head drain removed after second surgery, doctors say

13 Dec 2024

By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had a drain removed from his head on Thursday evening, his doctors said, as he recovers from emergency surgery earlier this week to relieve bleeding in his skull. Lula remains “lucid and speaking normally”, the doctors said in a new medical note, …

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