TUNIS (Reuters) – France on Wednesday criticised the lengthy sentences handed down by a Tunisian court against opposition leaders and businessmen on conspiracy charges on the weekend, saying the conditions for a fair trial were not met. The comments by France, the first country to speak out on the trial, came amid growing criticism of …
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By Doina Chiacu, Elizabeth Piper and John Irish WASHINGTON/LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy clashed again on Wednesday on efforts to end the three-year-old war in Ukraine, with the U.S. leader chiding Zelenskiy for refusing to recognize Russia’s occupation of Crimea. Trump’s Vice President JD Vance said it was time …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, was coming under a missile attack early on Thursday, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram. He said several explosions had been heard in the city, a frequent target of Russian strikes. (Reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by Chris Reese)
(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged on Wednesday that peace talks in London had been marked by “emotions” and pledged that Ukraine would abide by its constitution, an oblique reference to U.S. criticism of his stand that Kyiv could never recognise Russian control over the Crimea peninsula. “Emotions have run high today. But it is …
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(This April 18 story has been refiled to correct captions on the pictures) By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic who has clashed with Pope Francis over the Trump administration’s immigration policies, took part in a religious service at the Vatican on Friday but the convalescing pope did …
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By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s state police, SIPA, on Wednesday tried to arrest Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik who is wanted for attacking the constitutional order but were stopped by his armed police forces, a SIPA spokeswoman said. The state court issued an arrest warrant for Dodik, the president of Bosnia’s autonomous Serb …
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(Reuters) -Iran will have to stop enriching uranium under any deal with the United States and could only import what is needed for a civilian nuclear program, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said ahead of talks between Tehran and Washington on Saturday. However, Iran has already made clear that its right to enrich uranium …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is frustrated with the pace of talks on ending the war in Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is going in the wrong direction when it comes to negotiations, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday. “The president’s frustrated. His patience is running very thin. He wants to do …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance played down political differences between the Trump administration and the late Pope Francis and said he felt lucky to have held one of the last meetings with the Catholic pontiff before he died. The two met briefly on Sunday morning at the Vatican while Vance was visiting Italy. …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Wednesday it had hit a Russian long-range drone production site in Tatarstan, damaging the final assembly line. In the course of the three-year-old war, Russia has been extensively using Shahed and other types of attack drones for strikes across Ukraine. On Wednesday night, Ukraine said it had downed 134 …
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