By Alexander Cornwell TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham dismissed on Monday President Donald Trump’s proposal to seize Gaza and force out the Palestinians, while Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal said he expects Arab states to put forward a workable alternative. The prominent lawmakers were among a bipartisan group of U.S. senators who …
By Humeyra Pamuk RIYADH (Reuters) – Russia said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would hold talks with top U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Tuesday that will focus on ending the war in Ukraine and restoring broader Russia-U.S. ties. Rubio arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Monday on a previously planned trip. …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Doctors have changed treatment for Pope Francis’ respiratory tract infection to tackle a “complex clinical situation,” and he will remain in hospital for as long as necessary, the Vatican said on Monday. The 88-year-old pontiff has been suffering from a respiratory infection for more than a week and was …
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PARIS (Reuters) – European leaders meeting in Paris on Monday for emergency talks called for higher defense spending to ramp up the continent’s defense capabilities but remained divided on the possible deployment of peacekeepers to Ukraine to back up any peace deal. Below are some quotes from European leaders after leaving the meeting at the …
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RIYADH (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed plans for Gaza during a meeting on Monday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said. Rubio is visiting the Middle East after President Donald Trump infuriated the Arab world with a proposal for the Palestinian residents of the war-torn …
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TBILISI (Reuters) -A presidential election held on Sunday in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia produced no clear winner, setting up a second round between the top two candidates, state news agency Apsnypress said. Citing Abkhazia’s electoral commission, the agency reported that acting President Badra Gunba had taken 46% of the vote, while opposition leader …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Keith Kellogg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy, said on Monday that no one would impose a peace deal on Kyiv and that questions about whether Washington would provide guarantees for any future European peacekeepers would be addressed later. Senior U.S. officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio – but not Kellogg …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is preparing to receive the bodies of four hostages from Gaza on Thursday and is working on bringing back six living captives on Saturday, an Israeli security official said on Monday. If the two handovers are successful, only four hostages, all presumed dead, would remain in Gaza of the 33 due …
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By William James and Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Monday called a pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 a “sinister goal”, and criticised the British government’s attempts to hit clean energy targets. Former President Joe Biden set a target in 2021 for the United States to …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -A Swedish court on Monday found four men guilty of belonging to Islamic State, carrying out activities such as recruitment and weapons training for the organisation, and sentenced them to between three and six-and-half years in prison. The Nacka District Court said in a statement that varying acts by the men, all of …
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