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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said on Friday that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire supported by Turkey, Jordan and neighbors. On Wednesday, Israel launched airstrikes in Damascus, while also hitting government forces in the south, demanding they withdraw and saying that Israel aimed to protect Syrian …

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(Corrects to indicate US rejected 2024 amendments to global health rules, not 2025 pandemic agreement, in headline, paragraphs 1-3, 6-7, 9) By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has rejected amendments adopted in 2024 by members of the World Health Organization to its legally binding health rules aimed at improving preparedness for future pandemics …

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BEIRUT (Reuters) -One elderly man had been shot in the head in his living room. Another in his bedroom. The body of a woman lay in the street. After days of bloodshed in Syria’s Druze city of Sweida, survivors emerged on Thursday to collect and bury the scores of dead found across the city. A …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Egyptian real estate tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa on Friday won his bid to throw out a London lawsuit brought against him by a former kickboxing world champion for ordering the murder of a Lebanese pop star in 2008. Talaat Moustafa, CEO of Talaat Moustafa Group, was convicted in Egypt of paying a former …

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SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Slovenia approved a law to allow assisted dying on Friday, joining an increasing number of countries giving terminally-ill adults the right to end their lives if they face unbearable suffering with no expectation of improvement. Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium are among the countries to permit assisted dying, as well as some …

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By Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union on Friday agreed an 18th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, including measures aimed at dealing further blows to the Russian oil and energy industry. The EU will set a moving price cap on Russian crude at 15% below its …

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