By Jasper Ward (Reuters) -The United Nations plans to ramp up its delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza in the first 60 days of a ceasefire in the enclave, a top UN official said on Thursday, hours after a deal was struck between Israel and Hamas. The deal is expected to go into effect 24 …
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By Michaela Cabrera PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday inaugurated a cenotaph in memory of Robert Badinter at the Pantheon, a mausoleum in central Paris where some of France’s most prominent national heroes are buried. The former justice minister, who died in February 2024 aged 95, joined the likes of philosopher Voltaire, writer Victor …
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GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. children’s charity said on Thursday it had to suspend a pre-approved mission to transfer two newborn babies from Gaza City because they did not get Israeli security clearance as military operations continue despite a new ceasefire deal. The babies are part of a group of 18 newborns in north Gaza hospitals …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will set up an internal group to examine allegations that Hungary has been spying on European institutions, a spokesperson for the Commission said on Thursday. The allegations were made following a joint investigation by Hungarian nonprofit investigative journalism group Direkt36 and newspapers including Belgium’s De Tijd and German magazine …
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HAVANA (Reuters) -Thousands of Cubans demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Thursday to protest the war in Gaza, even as Israel and Hamas announced a ceasefire and hostage deal that could pave the way to ending the two-year-old conflict. The event, led by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and organized by the …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece has dismantled a criminal ring which trafficked dozens of Nepali men, beat them and forced them to work in farms across the country in degrading conditions with little or no payment, police said on Thursday. Police have charged 17 people, including 10 Pakistani nationals, with participating in the gang which operated at …
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By Edmund Blair (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump says the deal agreed between Israel and Hamas marks the first steps toward a “strong, durable, and everlasting peace” that will end the two-year-old Gaza war. Yet the agreement signed after indirect talks in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, a favoured location for Middle East peace …
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By Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) -Jews suffered the highest rate of religious hate crimes in England and Wales in the year to March, interior ministry data showed on Thursday. Muslims experienced the highest outright level of such crimes, but with them making up a larger proportion of the population, the rate was lower in the …
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By Tom Perry and Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -The Palestinian Authority expects a significant role in post-war Gaza, even though President Donald Trump’s plan sidelines it for now, and is banking on Arab support to secure its position despite Israeli objections, Palestinian officials say. Gaza’s future governance has moved into focus with a …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and Hamas had reached a deal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release under the first phase of his plan for ending the two-year-old war in the Palestinian enclave. Following are comments on the agreement from leaders and officials around the world: U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP “This means …
