ANKARA (Reuters) – Paving the way for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to run for a fourth term in office is “on our agenda”, the spokesman for the president’s ruling party said on Monday, adding that the important factor was whether the people wanted it. Erdogan, modern Turkey’s longest-serving leader, has been in power for more …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany, Poland, Britain, France and Italy will implement as swiftly as possible new NATO targets for weapons and troop numbers which the alliance is about to agree upon, German Defence Minister Pistorius pledged on Monday. The chief of NATO’s Military Committee, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, told Reuters earlier that the alliance aims to …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration sees a possible Gaza truce as soon as this week, White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan told Bloomberg News on Monday, adding that there were no guarantees that the parties would agree to such a deal. Sullivan, speaking to Bloomberg in an interview, added that U.S. President Joe …
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(Reuters) – NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Monday the alliance’s military capability targets may require members to spend as much as 3.7% of GDP on defence but this figure could be reduced with innovation and joint procurement. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said last week that NATO members should dedicate 5% of their GDP to …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump last week reiterated his interest in taking control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, which could be useful for the U.S. because of its strategic location and rich mineral resources. His allies in the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to build support for a bill to authorize talks …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said on Monday the country is looking to strengthen its defence and mining ties with the United States, albeit on its own terms, following renewed interest from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, last week returned to an idea floated during his first …
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(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Ukraine’s capital Kyiv this Friday, responding to his offer of talks to try to resolve a spat over the end of Russian gas deliveries. Russia’s gas flows to Europe ended at the start of the year following the expiration of a transit …
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By Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) -NATO aims to bring forward a decision on new targets for weapons and troop numbers to this summer, a top military official said on Monday, referring to the alliance’s biggest overhaul since the Cold War as it faces what it sees as a growing threat from Russia. The Western military …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union intends to let its gas price cap expire as scheduled at the end of this month, EU diplomats said, in a sign the worst of Europe’s energy crisis from 2022 has passed. Brussels first introduced the price limit in December 2022, after months of cripplingly high …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Joseph Aoun summoned jurist Nawaf Salam on Monday to designate him as Lebanon’s prime minister, after a majority of Lebanese lawmakers nominated him for the post. Salam, 71, is an attorney and judge who served as Lebanon’s ambassador to the United Nations from 2007-17. He won support from 84 of Lebanon’s …
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