PARIS (Reuters) – French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes, notably the launch of a deliberate attack on civilians, a legal source said late on Tuesday. The mandate was issued on Jan. 20 as part of an investigation into the case of …
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By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) – Five candidates’ names will appear on the ballot for a presidential election in Belarus on Sunday, but for the past 31 years there has only been one winner. In power since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko is assured of a new five-year term in a vote that the exiled opposition describes as …
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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s transport ministry said on Wednesday that it would remove the concrete embankment installed at Muan International Airport following last month’s Jeju Air crash, its deadliest domestic air disaster. While investigators are still probing what caused Jeju Air flight 7C2216 to crash, including reported bird strikes, experts have …
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By David Brunnstrom, Simon Lewis and Alasdair Pal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States, Australia, India and Japan recommitted to working together on Tuesday, after the first meeting of the China-focused “Quad” grouping’s top diplomats since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. In a joint statement after the talks in Washington, hosted by U.S. …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would likely impose sanctions on Russia if its president, Vladimir Putin, refuses to negotiate about ending the war in Ukraine. Trump gave no details on possible additional sanctions. The United States has already sanctioned Russia heavily for its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. …
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By Max Schwarz and Yves Herman DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Greenpeace activists staged a brief climate change protest just outside the main hall of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting on Thursday, as business and political leaders gathered for this week’s event in Davos. Dressed in dark suits and white shirts, three protesters made it into …
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By James Mackenzie and Ali Sawafta JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH (Reuters) -Israeli security forces backed by helicopters raided the volatile West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, killing at least nine Palestinians in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a “large-scale and significant military operation”. The action, launched a day after U.S. President Donald Trump declared he was …
By Mert Ozkan and Huseyin Hayatsever KARTALKAYA, Turkey (Reuters) -A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey’s Bolu mountains killed 76 people and injured dozens on Tuesday, forcing panicked guests to jump out of windows in the middle of the night. “It was like the apocalypse. The flames engulfed the hotel immediately, like in …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Dawoud Abu Alkas and Ramadan Abed CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -On foot or riding rickshaws, many Palestinians exhausted by war in Gaza began returning to the ruins of their homes on the third day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, shocked by total destruction. The truce took effect on Sunday after 15 months …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Panama has alerted the United Nations – in a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday – to U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks during his inauguration speech, when he vowed that the United States would take back the Panama Canal. Panama’s U.N. Ambassador Eloy Alfaro de Alba noted that …
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