AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian transitional leader Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit Jordan on Wednesday and meet King Abdullah to discuss boosting ties between the neighbouring countries, two Jordanian officials said. The visit is the new interim leader’s third foreign trip along with Saudi Arabia and Turkey since he came to power after leading a decisive rebel …
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian nuclear power projects backed by U.S. companies should not be affected by recent criticism from members of President Donald Trump’s administration over a cancelled election, Romania’s energy minister said. Romania’s top court voided the country’s presidential election in December based on suspicions of Russian interference in favour of the surprise far-right …
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech police detained 22 people and carried out 46 searches linked to suspected corruption at the country’s biggest hospital involving 160 million euros ($167.50 million) in European Union (EU) funds, authorities said on Monday. Charges were brought against 16 people for corruption, subsidy fraud, damaging the EU’s financial interests and laundering, the …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey said on Monday it was ready to host possible talks between Ukraine and Russia and would support any initiative leading to peace, following a visit to Ankara by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. NATO-member Turkey hosted initial talks between the sides months after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, helping secure a …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s government will draft legislation to protect national sovereignty and, following the example of the new U.S. government, will uncover foreign funding channelled to Hungarian media, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday. President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze most funds disbursed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for 90 …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s conservative CDU leader Friedrich Merz welcomed on Monday the interest shown by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in improving ties with Europe, adding that the two had spoken several time in the last few weeks. “I very much welcome the fact that Great Britain is once again seeking proximity to Europe, …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe and the United States will be able to work out their differences like they have done in the past, even though recent remarks from the U.S. administration have caused worries, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday. “It’s clear that the statements coming from United States make us all …
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MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – Three projectiles were thrown over the perimeter wall of Russia’s consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille on Monday, two of which exploded, Marseille police said. The incendiary devices were thrown into the gardens of the consulate in France’s second-largest city by population. Investigators were analysing the contents of …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine and the United States are in the final stages of negotiating a minerals deal considered central to ending Russia’s three-year-old war in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian official said on Monday. Kyiv and Washington are both interested in U.S. access to Ukraine’s undersoil riches, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said any such deal …
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By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s political newcomer, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), said on Monday it might legally challenge the results of the national election after narrowly missing the 5% hurdle to enter parliament. The leftist populist BSW, which was created last year, scored 4.97% in Sunday’s election, lacking just 13,400 votes to …
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