By Simon Lewis and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday called on Qatar to continue to play a constructive role in resolving the Gaza conflict, speaking in Jerusalem on the same day that Arab leaders were meeting in Doha to respond to an Israeli strike. Qatar, a U.S. …
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was not informed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in advance about Israel’s attack in Qatar last week. Trump’s comments came after an Axios report said that Netanyahu informed the U.S. president of the strike shortly ahead of time. The Trump administration …
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By Kate Abnett and Virginia Furness BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union does not expect to reach an agreement on its new U.N.-mandated climate target in time for a key deadline this month, and has instead drafted plans to submit a temporary goal, which could change later, an EU negotiating document seen by Reuters showed. EU …
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(Reuters) -In the lush highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, coffee crops are rotting and withering as an escalation in the decades-long conflict in the region has kept farmers from tending to their land this year. Fighting between the government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels escalated at the start of the year as rebels seized …
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NEAR BORISOV, Belarus (Reuters) – U.S. military officers observed joint war games between Russia and Belarus on Monday for the first time since Moscow used Belarus as a launchpad to enter Ukraine, as U.S. President Donald Trump deepens ties with Moscow’s closest ally. The presence of the U.S. officers, less than a week after neighbouring …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – High hotel prices for Brazil’s COP30 climate summit in November have prompted the United Nations to urge its staff to limit attendance, while government delegations are still scrambling to find rooms within their budgets. The move comes as delegations grow increasingly concerned about the cost of accommodation in the …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s State Protection Service (SOP) has neutralized a drone operating over sensitive government locations, including Parkowa Street and the Belweder Palace, said Prime Minister Donald Tusk on X, amid heightened regional tensions following recent airspace violations. Two Belarusian citizens were detained in connection with the incident and police are investigating the circumstances of …
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By Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish court delayed a decision on Monday whether to oust the main opposition leader and annul his party’s 2023 congress over alleged irregularities, in a case that has already deepened the country’s political crisis. The judge in Ankara adjourned the case concerning the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and …
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STOCKHOLM/BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson accused his Hungarian counterpart of spreading “outrageous lies” on Monday, after Viktor Orban said the Nordic country was “collapsing” as gangs had hired hundreds of children as assassins. Orban, a eurosceptic nationalist who is facing what could be a tough election in 2026, has regularly sought to rally …
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By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – British prosecutors on Monday dropped charges of spying for China against two men, including a former researcher for a senior British lawmaker, provoking dismay from the government which said it was concerned about Beijing’s espionage threat. Former director of the China Research Group think tank Christopher …
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