By Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has told Sweden it expects to ratify its accession to the NATO military alliance within weeks, Sweden’s foreign minister said on Wednesday, offering a potential timeframe for expanding the Western bloc after 18 months of delays. The delays, including a Turkish parliament commission putting off a vote on …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s interior ministry has prepared draft legislation that would force foreigners to sign a “loyalty agreement” forbidding them from criticising official policy, discrediting Soviet military history or contravening traditional family values. Since President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has introduced a slew …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis sounded wheezy and limited his speaking at a public event on Wednesday, a day after he cancelled a trip to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai because of health issues. “Dear brothers and sisters good morning and welcome,” the 86-year-old pontiff said at his weekly audience, held indoors in …
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By Andrew Gray and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Turkey has told Sweden it expects to ratify its long-delayed accession to the NATO military alliance within weeks, Sweden’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. Sweden and Finland asked to join NATO last year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, whose country is …
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(Reuters) – A frigate of the Russian Black Sea Fleet launched an attack with four cruise missiles on Ukraine’s military infrastructure, Russia’s defence ministry said early on Wednesday. “The crew of a frigate of the Black Sea Fleet received a task of launching a strike with Kalibr cruise missiles in the shortest possible time against …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French Transport Minister Clement Beaune said on Wednesday that the increase in highway tolls will be lower than 3% next year. “Next year the increase will be limited. It will be below 3%,” Beaune told RMC radio, adding that increases in the years to follow will also be “moderate”. French highway operators …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not make peace in Ukraine before he knows the results of the November 2024 U.S. election, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday, amid concerns that a potential victory for former President Donald Trump could upend Western support for …
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By Humeyra Pamuk BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told NATO counterparts on Tuesday he was working hard on Sweden’s NATO ratification which is currently being debated by the Turkish parliament and provided a likely timeline of before year-end for the Nordic country to formally join the alliance, a senior State Department official said. …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Mohammed Salem and James Mackenzie GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas freed 12 more hostages and Israel released 30 Palestinian prisoners on Tuesday, the fifth day of an extended six-day truce between the militant Palestinian group and Israel in the Gaza war. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the 12 hostages had …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spain is “very close” to signing a deal on the post-Brexit status of the British territory of Gibraltar, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said after meeting his British counterpart David Cameron in Brussels. “Today we have made progress, because David Cameron has shown a willingness to reach an agreement,” Albares told reporters …
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