By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Thursday that Iran would not gain access any time soon to $6 billion in Iranian funds parked in a Qatar bank last month as part of a prisoner exchange and that Washington retained the right to completely freeze the account. The …
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By Henriette Chacar, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Humeyra Pamuk JERUSALEM/GAZA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Gaza moved closer to a humanitarian catastrophe on Thursday as the death toll rose and vital supplies ran low, while Israel massed tanks on the enclave’s border ahead of an anticipated ground invasion amid international calls for restraint. Israel’s government showed U.S. Secretary of …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland and the Czech Republic will extend temporary controls on their borders with Slovakia into November as countries seek to restrict the flow of illegal migrants. Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski was quoted as saying by news agency PAP on Thursday that the government would announce an extension until Nov. 2, following …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Ex-Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone pleaded guilty in a London court on Thursday to one count of fraud for making dishonest representation to Britain’s tax authority. The 92-year-old appeared at Southwark Crown Court and pleaded to one count of fraud by false representation, just over a month before he was due to …
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By Helen Coster and Alexander Cornwell NEW YORK/DUBAI (Reuters) – Some were on their honeymoon, others were studying abroad, many were building new lives in foreign countries. But when Israel called up its reservists and declared war this week, the response was swift and overwhelming. “Everyone is coming. No one is saying no,” said Yonatan …
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(Reuters) -Governments around the world have arranged repatriation flights from Tel Aviv in reaction to the conflict in Israel. Here is a list of the governments that have organised chartered flights and repatriation schemes to help their citizens leave Israel: AUSTRALIA Australia organised two special flights on Friday and Sunday to bring back citizens from …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic and Denmark will jointly supply heavy military equipment to Ukraine in the coming months, the Czech Defence Ministry said on Thursday. It said the Czech-made supplies, financed from the Danish budget, would include tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, hand guns and ammunition. (Reporting by Jan Lopatka, Editing by Michael Kahn)
(Reuters) -Debris from a drone downed by anti-aircraft units over southern Russia’s Belgorod region killed three people and injured at least two, the regional governor said on Thursday. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said a house had been destroyed and three bodies, of a man, a woman, and a child, had …
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(Reuters) – Russia has unleashed a drone attack on Ukraine’s Danube port infrastructure, causing damage to the vital export route in the Odesa region in the south, Ukrainian officials and the military said on Thursday. Odesa region governor Oleh Kiper said that port infrastructure and residential buildings were damaged in the overnight attack in the …
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(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what he described as a lack of preparation for a weekend attack by Palestinian Hamas militants that killed at least 1,200 people in Israel. Speaking to Fox News, Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said Netanyahu …
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