BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Israel has rejected a European Union report saying it may be breaching human rights obligations in Gaza and the West Bank as a “moral and methodological failure,” according to a document seen by Reuters on Sunday. The note, sent to EU officials ahead of a foreign ministers’ meeting on Monday, said the report …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation said on Sunday it would set up a ministerial contact group to establish regular contact with international and regional parties to support de-escalation efforts after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. In a joint declaration following a meeting of the 57-member group’s foreign ministers in …
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By Saeed Shah ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan condemned on Sunday the strikes ordered on its neighbour Iran by Donald Trump, a day after Islamabad had said it would nominate the U.S. President for the Nobel Peace Prize. Pakistan on Sunday said Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities violated international law and that diplomacy was the …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s Supreme National Security Council must make the final decision on whether to close the Strait of Hormuz following U.S. bombing raids, Iran’s Press TV said on Sunday, after parliament was reported to have backed the measure. Iran has long used the threat of closing the Strait, through which around 20% of global …
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By Maya Gebeily and Kanishka Singh BEIRUT/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department ordered the departure of family members and non-emergency U.S. government personnel from Lebanon citing the volatile security situation in the region, a State Department notice emailed to U.S. citizens in Lebanon showed on Sunday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The world awaited Iran’s response …
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By Menna AlaaElDin, Pesha Magid and Maha El Dahan DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) -Gulf states, home to multiple U.S. military bases, were on high alert on Sunday with their leaders calling on all parties to exercise maximum restraint following U.S. strikes on Iran that raised the possibility of a wider conflict in the region. President Donald Trump …
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By Kanishka Singh and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday the U.S. was not at war with Iran but at war with its nuclear program, adding the program had been pushed back by a very long time due to American strikes ordered by President Donald Trump. Trump said he …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Around 10,000 Russian soldiers are fighting in Russia’s Kursk region, about 90 square kilometers (35 square miles) of which is controlled by Ukraine, Ukraine’s top military commander said. “We control about 90 square kilometers of territory in the Hlushkov district of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, and these are our preemptive …
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By Humeyra Pamuk, Samia Nakhoul, Alexander Cornwell and Emily Rose WASHINGTON/DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli officials have told the Trump administration they do not want to wait two weeks for Iran to reach a deal to dismantle key parts of its nuclear program and Israel could act alone before the deadline is up, two sources said, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. B-2 bombers were involved in strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites announced by President Donald Trump on Saturday, a U.S. official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. Reuters had reported earlier on Saturday the movement of B-2 bombers, which can be equipped to carry massive bombs that experts say would be ideal …
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