WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s board on Friday completed a review of a fund arrangement for Ukraine that would enable disbursement of $1.1 billion to the country that Russia invaded in February 2022, the IMF said in a statement. “The IMF Board today completed the Fifth Review of the extended arrangement under the …
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By Jonathan Saul and James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was tracked by an Israeli mini drone as he lay dying in the ruins of a building in southern Gaza and filmed him slumped in a chair covered in dust, according to video released by Israeli authorities on Thursday. As the drone hovered …
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By James Mackenzie and Jonathan Saul JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The killing of Israel’s most wanted enemy Yahya Sinwar has been hailed as vindication for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but in a country weary after a year of war it also raises pressure on him to end the fighting and save the hostages still in Gaza. …
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By James Mackenzie, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Samia Nakhoul JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Pledges from Israel and its enemies Hamas and Hezbollah to keep fighting in Gaza and Lebanon dashed hopes on Friday that the death of Palestinian militant leader Yahya Sinwar might hasten an end to more than a year of escalating war in the Middle East. …
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By Tommy Reggiori Wilkes ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland is “unequivocally committed” to sanctions against Moscow, the government said on Friday, after it decided not to adopt in full a package of European Union measures, a move the U.S. ambassador called disappointing. As Western governments try to cut off Russia’s means to finance its war on Ukraine, …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Friday it had identified what it called “a number of suspects” in Jordan’s border area trying to cross into Israel south of the Dead Sea region and had killed two of them after they opened fire on Israeli forces. “Two terrorists who crossed a few metres over …
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By Patricia Vicente Rua LISBON (Reuters) – The regional assembly of Portugal’s Azores Islands approved the creation of the largest protected marine area in the North Atlantic to reach international conservation goals well ahead of time. The approval late on Thursday places the archipelago at the forefront of global ocean conservation that aims to achieve …
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By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government vowed on Friday to push ahead with its contested plan to divert asylum-seekers abroad, saying it would appeal against a court’s ruling that a group of migrants in reception centres in Albania should be taken to Italy. The court potentially dealt a major blow to a …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO countries will need to discuss conditions for Ukraine to get a membership invitation and to join the alliance in response to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s “victory plan”, Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on Friday. Zelenskiy presented the five-point plan publicly for the first time this week, including a call for an …
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By Clodagh Kilcoyne BALLYHEALY, Ireland (Reuters) – An elderly Irish couple fear they are running out of time to save their family home as accelerating coastal erosion brings the sea ever closer to their front door. Willie and Lal Pierce have photos from around 30 years ago, showing two fields separating their traditional white-walled cottage …
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