SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea’s foreign minister, Choe Son Hui, is on her way to Moscow, state media KCNA and Russian officials said on Tuesday, for her second trip to Russia in six weeks amid rising concerns about Pyongyang’s involvement in Moscow’s war in Ukraine. KCNA said a delegation led by Choe left on Monday for …
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(Reuters) – CIA Director Bill Burns floated a deal for a 28-day Gaza ceasefire, the freeing of around eight hostages by Hamas and the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners by Israel, Axios reported on Monday, citing three Israeli officials. Burns discussed the idea during a meeting on Sunday with Israeli and Qatari counterparts, Axios …
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By Felix Light and Lucy Papachristou TBILISI (Reuters) -Thousands of people protested outside Georgia’s parliament in Tbilisi on Monday after the governing party won an election marked by reports of voting irregularities, prompting Western powers to call for investigations. The protesters, some carrying anti-Russia banners, had viewed the parliamentary election as a crucial choice for …
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(Reuters) -Iran executed Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd after he was convicted of carrying out terrorist attacks, Iranian state media said on Monday. Sharmahd, who also holds U.S. residency, was sentenced to death in 2023 on charges of “corruption on earth”, a capital offence under Iran’s Islamic laws. He was accused by Iran of heading a …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel did not receive a proposal that would include the release of four hostages in return for a 48-hour ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. “If such a proposal were made, the prime minister would accept it on the spot,” Netanyahu’s office said in …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s defence ministry said on Monday it had signed a 2 billion shekel ($536-million) deal with local contractors to expand production of a new laser-based missile defence system that could be operational in the next year. The deal signed with state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Elbit Systems is for a high-power …
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PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Michel Barnier underwent surgery on a cervical lesion over the weekend, his doctor said in a statement shared by Barnier’s office on Monday. The operation went well and Barnier, 73, resumed work on Monday, the statement said. Results from an analysis of the lesion will be known in several weeks. …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor Karim Khan has asked the ICC’s oversight mechanism to open an immediate investigation into allegations of misconduct made against him, he said on Monday. According to the prosecutor, the investigations should cover the allegations and disinformation surrounding them. “I shall cooperate fully with that inquiry,” he …
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By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) -A French court postponed actor Gerard Depardieu’s trial for the alleged sexual assault of two women on a film set in 2021 for five months on Monday after his lawyers argued he was too ill to defend himself. Depardieu, one of France’s biggest film stars whose hits include Green Card, …
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TBILISI (Reuters) -Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban paid a surprise visit to Georgia on Monday, two days after the ruling party declared victory in an election which the opposition says was marred by voting violations. Georgia’s electoral commission said Georgian Dream won Saturday’s election with nearly 54% of the vote, but opposition parties disputed the …
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