By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will not succumb to pressure and sanctions imposed by Washington, the Islamic Republic’s top diplomat said on Tuesday after meeting his Russian counterpart, days after Moscow held initial talks with the U.S. just a month after Donald Trump returned to the White House. During his one-day trip to …
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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – The mother of jailed Egyptian-British dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah was taken to hospital on Monday night as she neared the 150th day of a hunger strike in protest against her son’s imprisonment in Egypt. Laila Soueif, 68, who has lost nearly 30 kg (66 lb) in weight since starting …
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By James Mackenzie and Andrew Mills JERUSALEM/DOHA (Reuters) – Israel is considering an extension of the 42-day truce in Gaza as it seeks to bring home the remaining 63 hostages, while putting off agreement on the future of the enclave for now, Israeli officials said. The initial phase of the ceasefire deal, launched with the …
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By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -Election winner Friedrich Merz on Tuesday ruled out a quick reform to Germany’s state borrowing limits known as the “debt brake” and said it was too soon to say whether the outgoing parliament could wave through a massive military spending boost. Some investors and political parties are …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Norway and Denmark plan to increase their cooperation on defence, the two Nordic NATO members said on Tuesday in a joint statement. They said the move would be within the framework of Nordic cooperation and the NATO framework, and their aim is to present concrete proposals in May. “Amongst the areas to …
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By Nikhil Sharma and Purvi Agarwal (Reuters) – European shares closed slightly higher on Tuesday, after gains in banks and healthcare companies offset declines in technology stocks. The continent-wide STOXX 600 index was 0.2% higher. HSBC and Banco Santander were the biggest boosts to the banks index which led gains on the STOXX and was …
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By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) – Omar Alkadamani, a Syrian-born, naturalised German citizen, used to support Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats. Unsettled by its increasingly tough stance on migration, however, he cast his vote on Sunday for the far-left Left Party. The successor to East Germany’s Communist Party on Sunday scored 8.8% in Germany’s federal election, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Tuesday welcomed what it described as a much more balanced U.S. stance on Ukraine after the United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution that took a neutral position on the conflict. “We see that the United States is taking a much more balanced position, which really …
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria condemned on Tuesday Israel’s incursion into its territories and called for Israel to withdraw, according to a the closing statement of a national dialogue summit organised by Syria’s new Islamist rulers to outline the country’s political roadmap. Israel moved forces into a U.N.-monitored demilitarized zone within Syria after rebels led by …
ZURICH (Reuters) – The head of Switzerland’s armed forces and the chief of the neutral country’s intelligence services have both resigned their jobs, a Swiss lawmaker said on Monday, confirming media reports. Thomas Suessli handed in his resignation as head of the armed forces at the end of January, public broadcaster SRF and newspaper Neue …
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