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SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Bosnia’s Constitutional Court said on Tuesday it had rejected appeals by Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik against a verdict barring him from politics and against a decision to strip him of his mandate as a regional president. Dodik, former president of Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic, was banned in February from holding political …

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By Simon Lewis and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday eased some sanctions on Belarus, lifting measures against the national airline and allowing transactions related to President Alexander Lukashenko’s presidential aircraft. The move is the latest in a thaw in relations between the United States and Belarus after years of U.S. …

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(Reuters) -Russia remains in constant contact with Venezuela over tensions in the Caribbean, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Tuesday. “We have constant working contacts with Venezuela,” TASS news agency quoted Peskov as telling reporters at a briefing n response to questions about whether Moscow was extending help to Caracas. Tass said …

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By Ivana Sekularac BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbia’s parliament began to debate on Tuesday a plan that would fast-track the development of a luxury compound in Belgrade proposed by the investment company of U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.   The Serbian authorities and Kushner’s U.S.-based Affinity Global Development signed a 99-year lease deal in May 2024 …

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TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgia has gone backwards in its bid to join the European Union, an EU diplomat said on Tuesday after what he called a “devastating” update from Brussels on its membership prospects. Pawel Herczynski, the EU ambassador to Georgia, said the South Caucasus country was further away from joining the bloc than when it first …

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ROME (Reuters) -Italy summoned Russia’s deputy ambassador on Tuesday to protest at what it said were “vulgar” remarks by Moscow’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who linked the collapse of a tower in Rome to Italy’s military support for Ukraine. A Romanian worker was trapped under the rubble after part of a medieval tower near …

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