By Parisa Hafezi, Crispian Balmer and Jana Choukeir DUBAI/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iran said on Friday it would not discuss the future of its nuclear programme while under attack by Israel, as Europe tried to coax Tehran back into negotiations and the United States considers whether to get involved in the conflict. A week into its campaign, …
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(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukraine was working on the rapid development of interceptor drones to counter the swarms of Russian drones that have been descending on Ukrainian cities in increasing numbers in recent weeks. Ukrainian officials have noted the sharply increased numbers of Iranian-designed Shahed drones deployed by Russian drones in …
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By Robbie Corey-Boulet (Reuters) -Emmanuel Cherem, a 25-year-old gay man in Nigeria, tested positive for HIV two months after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration cut access for at-risk groups like gay men and injecting drug users to medication that prevents infection. Cherem admits he should have been more careful about practicing safe sex but had …
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By David Brunnstrom and Doina Chiacu (Reuters) -UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday that expansion of the Israel-Iran conflict could “ignite a fire no one can control” and called on both sides and potential parties to the conflict to “give peace a chance.” Representatives from Israel and Iran later traded angry accusations at the …
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By Artorn Pookasook REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) -Researchers at Israel’s prestigious Weizmann Institute of Science have been scrambling to save their experiments after an Iranian missile destroyed a building containing dozens of cutting-edge laboratories. The missile struck the institute’s campus at Rehovot, on the southern periphery of Tel Aviv, in the early hours of Sunday, damaging …
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin made the following comments at a plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday. Putin spoke in Russian. The quotes were translated into English by Reuters. ON UKRAINE: “…I consider the Russian and Ukrainian people to be one people – in fact, in this …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iran said it would continue to defend itself against Israel during a UN Security Council session on Friday, while Israel’s UN ambassador vowed that his country would not stop its attacks until Iran’s nuclear threat is dismantled. “We will not stop,” Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon said. “Not until Iran’s nuclear threat is …
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By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -COP30 president Brazil on Friday proposed expanding emissions reduction commitments to include pledges from companies, states, and cities, aiming to bolster global climate efforts following the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. Brazilian diplomats preparing for the climate summit have been working closely with the U.N. to encourage countries to …
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By Gleb Bryanski ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Afghanistan is in discussions with Russia to import certain foodstuffs as the conflict between Israel and Iran, one of its largest trading partners, risked cutting off supplies, its agriculture minister told Reuters. As relations between Russia and the Taliban government have been improving, an Afghan delegation is visiting Russia’s …
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he was worried when asked if he was concerned that the world was heading towards World War Three. Putin, speaking at an economic forum in St Petersburg, said there was a lot of potential for conflict in the world and that it was …
