By Alexander Cornwell, Simon Lewis and Pesha Magid TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed an effort by some Israeli lawmakers to push forward with annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying Israel is “not going to do anything with the West Bank.” A bill applying Israeli law to the West Bank, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, is in the United States for talks, the RIA state news agency quoted an unnamed source as saying on Friday. CNN had previously reported that Dmitriev was expected to meet Trump administration officials “to continue discussions about the U.S.-Russia relationship.” …
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KYIV (Reuters) -A man detonated an explosive device as border guards checked documents at a railway station in northern Ukraine on Friday, killing himself and three women, the State Border Guard Service said. It said in a statement that 12 other people were hurt in the blast at the station in Ovruch, close to the …
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By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland began voting on Friday to elect its next president with Catherine Connolly, a veteran lawmaker on the far-left of the Irish political spectrum, the clear favourite to win the largely ceremonial role. The 68-year-old independent candidate, a long-time critic of the European Union in overwhelmingly pro-EU Ireland who has …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan said it scrambled jets on Friday to monitor Russian warplanes, including strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons, which had flown along the edge of Japanese airspace up its coast. Russia’s Defence Ministry, in a statement reported by state-owned RIA news agency, confirmed that its Tu-95 bombers had been escorted by jets …
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BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan voiced regret on Friday over the inclusion of several Kyrgyz entities in the European Union’s latest Russia sanctions list, a move it called “one-sided sanctions pressure”. In a statement, the foreign ministry of the Central Asian state said Kyrgyzstan “strictly observes its international obligations” and pursues an “open and constructive dialogue” with …
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NICOSIA (Reuters) -A Cyprus court on Friday sentenced an Israeli businessman to five years in jail for illegally developing Greek Cypriot property in the Turkish-held north of the island, in one of the most politically charged cases in years. Shimon Aykut, 74, who also holds Turkish and Portuguese citizenship, had earlier pleaded guilty to 40 …
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BAKU (Reuters) -A court in Azerbaijan said on Friday a senior Russian journalist could leave jail and be placed under house arrest for three months instead amid an ongoing investigation into his employer, the Russian state-owned outlet Sputnik Azerbaijan. In a move that coincided with a souring of ties between the two nations, Yevgeny Belousov, …
LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. singer Chris Brown made a surprise appearance in a London court on Friday for a hearing ahead of his trial next year on charges of attacking a music producer in a London nightclub. Brown earlier this year denied attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm, and also a less serious charge of assault …
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By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) -Bird flu is spreading rapidly in Europe, with the highest number of countries in at least a decade reporting early outbreaks, raising concerns about a repeat of past crises that led to the culling of tens of million birds and higher food prices. The spread of highly pathogenic …
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