By Francois Murphy, John Irish, Parisa Hafezi and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -There were few signs of progress after European foreign ministers met their Iranian counterpart on Friday in a bid to prevent conflict in the Middle East from escalating, although all signalled readiness to keep talking, despite major sticking points. The foreign ministers …
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panama’s government on Friday temporarily suspended some constitutional rights in the western province of Bocas del Toro hours after businesses and government offices were ransacked, following more than a month of protests and road blocks over a pension reform law. “In the face of the disruption of order and acts of systematic …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin quipped on Friday that in his view the whole of Ukraine was “ours” and cautioned that advancing Russian forces could take the Ukrainian city of Sumy as part of a bid to carve out a buffer zone along the border. Putin, …
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(Reuters) -A referendum to seek voter approval for a raft of labor reforms in Colombia will be withdrawn after the Senate approved a modified and much-debated version of the changes, leftist President Gustavo Petro said on Friday. Petro had decreed the referendum last week, saying it would move ahead unless a bill passed by the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iraq’s representative to the United Nations said 50 Israeli warplanes planes violated Iraqi airspace shortly before a U.N. meeting on the Israel-Iran conflict on Friday. Abbas Kadhom Obaid Al-Fatlawi, charge d’affaires of Iraq’s U.N. mission, told the UN Security Council the aircraft came from the Syrian-Jordanian border areas. “Twenty airplanes started, followed by …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration said on Friday it had issued fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting eight entities, one vessel and one person for their alleged role in providing sensitive machinery for Tehran’s defense industry. “The United States remains resolved to disrupt any effort by Iran to procure the sensitive, dual-use technology, components, and machinery that …
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ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland said on Friday it will lift a raft of economic sanctions imposed on Syria, including the Middle Eastern country’s central bank. After the toppling of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, targeted sanctions against individuals and entities linked to the former government will still remain in place, Switzerland’s governing Federal …
(Corrects paragraph 10 and third bullet to remove reference to Novo Nordisk’s CEO leaving the company. He has announced plans to leave but hasn’t left yet.) By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) -A federal judge has rejected a bid by compounding pharmacies to allow them to continue making copies of Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster weight-loss drugs Ozempic …
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday it could not predict whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet U.S. President Donald Trump this year given how turbulent the world had become. The Kremlin has repeatedly said that Putin is open to an in-person meeting with Trump, but that the process of setting one …
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Berlin (Reuters) -The German military deems Russia an “existential risk” to the country and Europe, according to a Spiegel news magazine report that cites a new Bundeswehr strategy paper. The confidential document warns that the Kremlin is aligning both its industrial and leadership structures “specifically to meet the requirements for a large-scale conflict against NATO …
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