NAIROBI (Reuters) -South Sudan said on Tuesday that eight migrants deported to the African nation by the Trump administration were currently in the care of the authorities in Juba after they lost a legal battle to halt their transfer to the politically unstable country. The men, who had been in U.S. custody for more than …
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TORONTO (Reuters) -Canadian police have charged four men, including active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, with planning to forcibly take over land in the province of Quebec. Three of the men have been charged with facilitating a terrorist activity, accused of plotting to create an “anti-government militia,” the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on …
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By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) -Illegal armed groups in Colombia have added thousands of members and expanded their territorial control in the last three years, despite government efforts to negotiate ceasefires, according to an internal security report seen by Reuters. The twice-yearly report, issued to security officials on Tuesday by domestic security and intelligence …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had struck a “key” figure from Palestinian militant group Hamas near the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, the first targeted killing in the area for several months. In a statement later on Tuesday, the Israeli military named the targeted person as Mehran Mustafa Ba’jur. They described …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -A sacked Russian official who was found dead with a gunshot wound in a park outside Moscow was implicated in an official investigation into the embezzlement of funds for strengthening the border with Ukraine, two sources told Reuters. President Vladimir Putin on Monday dismissed Roman Starovoit, a former Kursk governor, as transport minister …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States would help defense contractors to boost production of military equipment. “We make the best military equipment by far… That’s why everybody wants to buy our equipment and that’s why we’re going to step up these contractors now that make it,” Trump said during …
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GAZA (Reuters) -Whenever Mansour Abu Al-Khaier stares across Gaza, all the 45-year-old Palestinian man sees is death and destruction in the tiny enclave after nearly two years of war between Hamas militants and Israel. But even though Palestinian lives have been shattered during the course of Israeli airstrikes and heavy bombardment, Al-Khaier and others flatly …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the United States was in “no position” to point fingers at the country on Tibet-related issues, urging Washington to fully recognise the “sensitivity” of the matter. Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks when asked to comment on U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s statement on …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday that he would visit China from this weekend as Beijing looks to build on partnerships on AI, green energy and the digital economy. “I look forward to going to Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu, which I will visit from Saturday,” Albanese told reporters in Hobart. He …
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By Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States would send more weapons to Ukraine, primarily defensive ones, to help the war-torn country defend itself against intensifying Russian advances. Washington’s decision to halt some weapons shipments to Kyiv prompted it to warn the move would crimp …
