By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed “the need for bold diplomacy” to end the Russia-Ukraine war in a call on Thursday with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, the State Department said. The call comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the war in Ukraine in phone …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said Ukraine would have a seat at the table during any peace negotiations with Russia over ending the war. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the war in Ukraine has to end. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal; writing by Ryan Patrick Jones; editing by Susan …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian citizen will be returned within days from the United States as part of an exchange deal with the U.S. administration, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday without specifying the name. The United States is freeing a Russian cybercrime boss, Alexander Vinnik, from prison in return for Moscow’s release of …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would love to have Russia return to the Group of Seven nations, saying it was a mistake for Moscow to be expelled. Russia had been a member of the G7 club of industrialized democracies, then known as the G8, until Moscow was excluded following …
PARIS (Reuters) – France has put together a proposal for United Nations peacekeepers, including French troops, replace Israeli forces at key points to ensure those forces leave Lebanon by a February 18 deadline, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Thursday. Israel’s public broadcaster said on Wednesday the U.S. had authorised a “long term” Israeli troop …
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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Twenty regional and Western powers agreed in a joint statement on Thursday to do their utmost to help Syria’s new authorities and shield the country during its fragile transition amid ongoing instability across the Middle East. Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani led a delegation for a first trip …
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By Janis Laizans GULF OF FINLAND (Reuters) – Estonia’s navy is prepared to act against vessels that pose a danger to Baltic Sea infrastructure even if they are in international waters, a senior official patrolling the busy Gulf of Finland shipping lane said on Thursday. The Baltic Sea region is on alert and the NATO …
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By Gram Slattery and Alexander Cornwell WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has told the United States it wants to host talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine that could eventually include a peace summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, several people familiar with the matter told Reuters. …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas signalled on Thursday that a crisis threatening to unravel an already fragile ceasefire in Gaza could be avoided even after trading accusations with Israel this week of ceasefire breaches. The 42-day ceasefire has appeared close to failure since Hamas on Monday unexpectedly announced it would stop …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany wants the European Union to make its gas storage targets less rigid because of worries over their cost, the economic affairs and climate ministry said on Thursday. The targets, introduced in response to the supply disruption caused by the Ukraine war, require all EU countries to refill their storage caverns to …
