By Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed (Reuters) -The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday demanded Yemen’s Houthis immediately end attacks on ships in the Red Sea and cautioned against escalating tensions while implicitly endorsing a U.S.-led task force that has been defending vessels. The demand came in a Security Council resolution that also called on the …
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By Andrew Gray and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS/ AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Donald Trump told top European officials while he was U.S. president that the United States would never help Europe if it came under attack, according to a high-level EU official. Thierry Breton, a French commissioner who is responsible for the European Union’s internal market, said …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s former Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said he had started a hunger strike as a “political prisoner” on Wednesday, and was joined in the protest by his ex-deputy Maciej Wasik a day after both men, convicted of abuse of power, were sent to jail. Their high-profile arrests, which took place inside the presidential …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Finland will extend the closure of its border with Russia, which had otherwise been set to end on Jan. 15, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah told national broadcaster YLE on Wednesday. “The border will remain closed,” presidential candidate Essayah said when asked if the border would remain closed for another month. …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign ministry summoned the Moldovan ambassador on Wednesday, issued him a protest against “unfriendly acts” on the part of the ex-Soviet state’s pro-European government and said it was barring entry to a number of its nationals. A foreign ministry statement denounced the “systematic character” of actions it said were directed against …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s parliament on Wednesday passed two government decrees, including an extension of anti-inflationary measures, by a margin of just one vote, and voted down another, exposing the fragility of the ruling coalition that has just started its second term. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, a Socialist, leads a minority government with far-left Sumar, …
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By Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies on Wednesday condemned what they described as Russia’s firing of North Korean missiles at Ukraine, with Washington calling it abhorrent and Seoul calling Ukraine a test site for Pyongyang’s nuclear-capable missiles. Speaking at a U.N. Security Council session on the …
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By Mohammed Salem, Simon Lewis and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/MANAMA/DOHA (Reuters) -Israeli strikes in southern and central Gaza intensified on Wednesday despite a pledge by Israel that it would pull out some troops and shift to a more targeted campaign, and pleading from its ally Washington to reduce civilian casualties. In the latest sign of the …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will publish a bill shortly that will legalise same-sex marriage in a bid to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. Greece has implemented a series of reforms over the past decade to improve LGBT+ rights in the country where the Orthodox Church has long …
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By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan AMMAN/CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt and Jordan warned against any Israeli reoccupation in the Gaza Strip and appealed for uprooted residents to be allowed to return to their homes as the Arab countries’ leaders met Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday. While Israel presses forward with a military …
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