By Angelo Amante, John Irish, Inti Landauro and Nandita Bose ROME/PARIS/MADRID/ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -Italy, Spain and France stood out on Friday by not taking part in U.S. and British strikes against the Houthi group in Yemen and not signing a statement put out by 10 countries justifying the attacks. The divergence highlights divisions …
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By Michael Georgy and Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) – Abdul Malik al-Houthi, enigmatic leader of Yemen’s Houthi fighters whose attacks on Red Sea shipping have drawn fire from the U.S. and British militaries, created the defiant force challenging world powers from a ragtag militia in sandals. Multiple shipping lines have suspended operations or taken …
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By David Ljunggren and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada does not accept the premise of South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice which accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. Israel rejected as false the accusations brought by South Africa at the ICJ, the U.N.’s …
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By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova’s pro-Russian separatist Transdniestria region accused central authorities in the ex-Soviet state on Friday of training Ukrainian soldiers to launch attacks on the rebel area’s institutions and leaders. Moldova’s pro-European government, which denounces Russia’s war in Ukraine, immediately denied the allegation. Transdniestria split from Moldova before the 1991 Soviet …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some members of the U.S. Congress have charged that President Joe Biden violated the Constitution by authorizing overnight strikes on Yemen. But provisions in U.S. law give the White House the authority to launch limited foreign military action, experts say. “There’s not actually a strong case to prevent Biden …
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By Niket Nishant and Nupur Anand (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase reported its best-ever annual profit and forecast higher-than-expected interest income for 2024, even as its quarterly profit fell. The largest U.S. lender also took a nearly $3 billion charge to replenish a government deposit insurance fund. JPMorgan benefited from its acquisition of failed First Republic …
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By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Mohammed Ghobari WASHINGTON/ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) -U.S. and British warplanes, ships and submarines launched dozens of air strikes across Yemen overnight in retaliation against Houthi forces for months of attacks on Red Sea shipping that the Iran-backed fighters cast as a response to the war in Gaza. Witnesses confirmed explosions …
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(This Jan. 9 story has been refiled with corrected picture captions) By Karol Badohal WARSAW (Reuters) – Police entered Poland’s presidential palace to detain two of their former bosses on Tuesday, executing a court order to take the ex-interior minister and his deputy to prison and escalating a row between the head of state and …
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ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – The United States does not want war with Yemen but will not hesitate to take further action, the White House said on Friday, adding President Joe Biden approved the U.S. strikes on Tuesday in response to a Houthi drone strike in the Red Sea. “We’re not interested in …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he was more positive now than he was last month that his country will secure new financial aid from the United States. But there was no indication in Washington that Congressional approval for an aid package proposed by the White House would be forthcoming anytime …
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