(Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Politico on Wednesday that Iran was “much further away from a nuclear weapon” following a U.S. strike on Tehran’s three main nuclear sites over the weekend. Rubio’s comments come after Reuters and others reported Tuesday that those U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities set back Tehran’s program …
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -There is no alternative to higher defence spending in light of the ongoing threat from Russia, NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Wednesday. “Given our long-term threat of Russia, but also the massive build-up of the military in China, and the fact that North Korea, China and Iran are supporting the war …
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By Gram Slattery, Alexander Cornwell and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV/ISTANBUL (Reuters) -U.S. airstrikes did not destroy Iran’s nuclear capability and only set it back by a few months, according to a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment, as a shaky ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump took hold between Iran and Israel. Earlier on Tuesday, both …
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By Sara Rossi MILAN (Reuters) -A celebrity wedding party for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez in Venice this week has been moved to an isolated, less accessible part of the lagoon city on security concerns and to prevent the risk of protests, sources said. The billionaire tech-tycoon and his fiancee had earmarked …
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By Janis Laizans HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) -Israelis responded calmly on Tuesday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticisms and accusations their country had violated a truce he brokered with Iran, expressing gratitude for his mediation and relief at the conclusion of the 12-day war. Earlier in the day Trump admonished Israel with an obscenity in an …
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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Amazon has again been judged by UK grocery suppliers as the worst food retailer by far in terms of compliance with an industry code of practice, though the e-commerce giant did show an improvement versus 2024. Britain’s grocery regulator, the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA), said on Wednesday its 2025 survey …
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By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has helped about 400 U.S. citizens and others to fly out of Israel since Saturday amid conflict with Iran and hopes to accommodate more in the coming days, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday. “We very much know that there’s still capacity, …
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By Jeff Mason and Sabine Siebold THE HAGUE (Reuters) -President Donald Trump cast doubt on Tuesday over the United States’ commitment to defending its NATO partners, suggesting there were “numerous” definitions to the cornerstone of the alliance’s mutual defence pact. Trump was speaking to reporters en route to a NATO summit in the Netherlands, a …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Leaders of Britain, France and Germany said on Tuesday that it was now “time for diplomacy”, as a shaky ceasefire began to take hold between Israel and Iran. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the NATO summit in The Hague. “The …
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By Angeliki Koutantou CHIOS, Greece (Reuters) -Hundreds of firefighters battled for a third day to contain wildfires on the Greek island of Chios on Tuesday that have torn through swathes of forest and farmland and forced hundreds of villagers to evacuate, after it declared a state of emergency. More than 400 firefighters assisted by 14 …
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