BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s foreign minister appealed to Iran’s leaders to make credible assurances that it is not seeking a nuclear weapon and to show it is willing to find a negotiated solution as fears mount of further military escalation between Iran and Israel. “We are still ready to negotiate a solution. However, Iran must act …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will continue to organise special commercial flights out of Jordan for its citizens who are looking to leave Israel as long as there is a need and the situation permits, said a foreign ministry spokesperson in Berlin on Wednesday. One flight, with a capacity of just under 200 seats, was already organised …
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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations trade and development agency, tasked with helping developing countries access the global economy, faces “painful” cuts as part of broader reforms prompted by a decline in global donor funding, its secretary general said. Rebeca Grynspan told Reuters she was concerned that UNCTAD’s work will be hampered …
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By Joe Brock, Giulia Segreti, Paul Sandle and Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. defence giants, backed by a strong Congressional delegation from Washington, used the Paris Airshow to showcase cutting-edge technologies and court European partners as they seek to tap into rising regional military spending. Many European nations have pledged to significantly increase defence budgets in …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez declined on Wednesday to say whether his name could crop up in a corruption investigation that has engulfed the ruling Socialists and seriously weakened his minority governing coalition. Sanchez spoke during a grilling in parliament over revelations in a police report that included recordings of one of his …
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(Corrects to add dropped word “range” in first paragraph) NAIROBI (Reuters) -A man shot at point blank range by a Kenyan police officer during protests in the capital Nairobi against extrajudicial killings by security forces is alive but in intensive care, his father said on Wednesday. Protests broke out in Nairobi and Kenya’s second-largest city, …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded on Wednesday to U.S President Donald Trump’s call for the country to surrender, warning that any U.S. strike will have “serious irreparable consequences”. (Reporting by Jana Choukeir and Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Alison Williams)
VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria plans to tighten its gun control rules after a 21-year-old killed 10 people then killed himself in the country’s worst school shooting by far, the conservative-led government said on Wednesday. The gunman, a former pupil at the school in the southern city of Graz, owned the two firearms he used in his …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Two workers were injured and taken to hospital after a collapse at a bauxite mine belonging to a unit of Russian metals producer Rusal <RUAL.MM> in the Urals, the regional prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. The incident occurred at a depth of 1,172 metres (3,845 feet). Authorities have begun a safety compliance inspection …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Former Iranian Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi has said that tankers and LNG cargoes should only transit the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian permission and this policy should be carried out from “tomorrow [Wednesday] for a hundred days.” It was not immediately clear whether Khandouzi was echoing a plan under the Iranian establishment’s consideration …
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