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France summons Venezuelan envoy over Caracas’ decision to limit diplomatic staff

16 Jan 2025 16 Jan 2025

PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Thursday it had summoned a senior Venezuelan diplomat in Paris to protest against Caracas’ decision to limit the number of French diplomatic personnel in the Latin American country. The foreign ministry said in a statement it would take “reciprocal measures” but did not give details. Venezuela said on Tuesday …

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Russia says Western claims of Russian undersea cable sabotage aim to curb sea-borne Russian oil exports

16 Jan 2025 16 Jan 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Thursday accused NATO and the West of making “evidence-free” allegations against Moscow over ships purportedly involved in sabotaging undersea cables in an effort to curb sea-borne Russian oil exports. Finnish police last month seized a tanker carrying Russian oil and said they suspected the vessel had damaged the Finnish-Estonian Estlink …

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Bulgaria’s parliament approves new government to end months of coalition talks

16 Jan 2025 16 Jan 2025

SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s parliament approved on Thursday a cabinet led by Rosen Zhelyazkov, a former parliament speaker, ending months of negotiations on the formation of a coalition government. The centre-right GERB party won a snap election in October, the seventh held in the Balkan state in four years, but has had to hold tough …

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Ukraine says it downed 34 Russian drones in overnight attack

16 Jan 2025 16 Jan 2025

(Reuters) – Ukraine downed 34 out of 55 drones launched by Russia in an overnight attack, the Ukrainian air force said on Thursday, with a further 18 failing to reach their targets, something which usually indicates they were jammed by electronic warfare. Drones were downed in 11 regions across Ukraine, the air force said. Falling …

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International reaction to Gaza ceasefire deal

16 Jan 2025 16 Jan 2025

(Reuters) -Negotiators reached a phased ceasefire deal on Wednesday in the war in Gaza between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Here is some reaction to the deal. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN “I can announce a ceasefire and a hostage deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas,” Biden said at the White House. “Fighting in …

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Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in Gaza

16 Jan 2025 16 Jan 2025

By Andrew Mills, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas and Israel reached a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza that mediators said would take effect on Sunday and include a release of hostages held there during 15 months of bloodshed that devastated the Palestinian enclave and inflamed the Middle East. The complex phased …

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UN says priority must be easing Gaza suffering, warns security poses aid challenge

16 Jan 2025 16 Jan 2025

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday the priority now “must be to ease the tremendous suffering” caused by the war in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas, after a ceasefire deal was agreed. During the 15-month war, Israel has laid to waste much of Gaza and …

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Russia launches new missile barrage at Ukraine, targets gas infrastructure

16 Jan 2025 16 Jan 2025

By Olena Harmash and Dan Peleschuk (Reuters) -Russia launched scores of missiles and drones at Ukraine on Wednesday, targeting gas infrastructure and other energy facilities in western regions in a new barrage against the struggling power system in the depths of winter. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that the Russian forces launched over 40 missiles during …

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Gaza deal emerged after intense 96 hours, US officials say

15 Jan 2025 16 Jan 2025

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A long-sought Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal emerged at the end of an intense 96 hours of negotiations in Doha brokered by U.S., Egyptian and Qatari diplomats who persuaded Israel and Hamas finally to conclude the agreement. A senior Biden administration official credited the presence of President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Middle …

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Israel hostage families on roller coaster of hope and despair as Gaza deal reached

15 Jan 2025 15 Jan 2025

By Rami Amichay TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza gathered on Wednesday in the Tel Aviv square where they have held rallies for more than a year, as news trickled out of the agreement struck with Hamas to halt the fighting in Gaza and bring the hostages home. After more …

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