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US senators urge Trump administration to back older retirement age for pilots

14 Jul 2025

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of three U.S. senators including Senate Majority Leader John Thune urged President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday to support international efforts to raise the mandatory pilot retirement age. In 2023, Congress rejected a push to raise the mandatory airline pilot retirement age to 67 from 65. International …

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Clerics accuse West Bank settlers of attacking Christian sites

14 Jul 2025

By Charlotte Greenfield and Ali Sawafta TAYBEH, West Bank (Reuters) -Christian leaders accused Israeli settlers on Monday of attacking sacred sites in the West Bank, in violence that one said was forcing some to consider quitting the occupied territory. The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III – visiting the Christian town of Taybeh with …

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Egypt says Israel-EU agreement has not increased aid to Gaza

14 Jul 2025

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Egypt’s foreign minister said on Monday that the flow of aid into Gaza has not increased despite an agreement last week between Israel and the European Union that should have had that result. “Nothing has changed (on the ground),” Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told reporters ahead of the EU-Middle East meeting in …

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Attacks on Syrian security forces sent to quell sectarian clashes leave 18 dead as Israel strikes targets to protect Druze

14 Jul 2025

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -At least 18 members of Syria’s security forces have been killed in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, the Defence Ministry said, after they deployed to quell deadly sectarian clashes that had resumed on Monday, while Israel said it struck tanks in a town in the same province on the same day. Sunday’s …

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Five EU states to test age verification app to protect children

14 Jul 2025

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -France, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Greece will test a blueprint for an age verification app to protect children online, the European Commission said on Monday, amid growing global concern about the impact of social media on children’s mental health. The setup for the age verification app is built on …

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Pakistan to create new paramilitary force ahead of more protests by Imran Khan’s party

14 Jul 2025

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan said on Monday it was creating a national paramilitary force, prompting concern among opposition parties and human rights groups that it could be used as a tool of political repression. The move turns an existing paramilitary force deployed on Pakistan’s northwestern border with Afghanistan into a national security force that will be …

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EU to push for deal with U.S, to avoid prohibitive tariff

14 Jul 2025

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union ministers agreed on Monday to prioritise negotiations with the United States to avoid threatened 30% tariffs that the EU trade chief said would wreck transatlantic trade. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would impose 30% tariffs on most EU imports from August 1, though diplomats say …

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Kremlin says weapons and ammunition deliveries to Ukraine from U.S. are continuing

14 Jul 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday that the big picture of U.S. President Donald Trump remarks about supplying Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine was that U.S. arms and ammunition deliveries to Kyiv have continued and are still continuing. Trump did not say how many Patriots he plans to send to Ukraine, but he …

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Serbia seeks fifth US sanctions waiver for Russian-owned oil firm NIS, minister says

14 Jul 2025

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Talks between Belgrade and the United States over postponing sanctions against Russian-owned Serbian oil company NIS for a fifth time have been marred with difficulties, Serbian mining and energy minister Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Monday. NIS has so far secured a fourth reprieve, which is due to expire on July 29, putting …

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Iran says it will respond to reimposition of UN sanctions

14 Jul 2025

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran will react to any reimposition of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme, the country’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, without elaborating on what actions Tehran might take. A French diplomatic source told Reuters last week that European powers would have to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran under the so-called “snapback …

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