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By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova’s breakaway Transdniestria region expects to receive Russian gas again soon to meet its needs, its leader Vadim Krasnoselsky said on Wednesday, two weeks into crippling power cuts in the Russian-backed enclave. The prime minister of Moldova’s pro-European central government said Russia was intent on bringing to power a Moscow-friendly …

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By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan described the Middle East in late September 2023 as “quieter” than it had been in two decades. That assessment did not age well. Just eight days later, Hamas launched a deadly surprise attack from Gaza into Israel, triggering a war …

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By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s two major centre-right parties finalised a coalition deal with independent lawmakers on Wednesday that will return Micheal Martin as prime minister and continue the previous government’s high spending economic policy. The Fine Gael and Fianna Fail-led government pledged to increase public sector investment, fix infrastructure …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would use the Gaza ceasefire deal as momentum to expand the Abraham Accords, U.S.-backed agreements struck during the president-elect’s first term that normalized Israel’s relations with several Arab countries. Negotiators reached a phased deal on Wednesday to end the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas after …

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DAMASCUS (Reuters) – U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for a Syrian national reconciliation process to ensure justice for crimes committed over the past five decades of iron-fisted rule by the Assad family. President Bashar al-Assad was toppled by a lightening rebel offensive last month, ending 54 years of domination …

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(Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 25 prisoners of war each after negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates, according to statements from both sides. “These are our military and civilians,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on X. He said many of the Ukrainian POWs had severe injuries and illnesses and would receive medical care. …

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