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Turkey’s Erdogan met online with Trump, Syrian and Saudi leaders, Anadolu says

14 May 2025

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met online with U.S. President Donald Trump, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday. Erdogan said during the meeting that Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Syria is of historic importance, Anadolu reported. Trump made the surprise …

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Israel issues evacuation warnings in Yemen as Trump visits Gulf

14 May 2025

DUBAI (Reuters) – Israel issued evacuation warnings on Wednesday for three seaports in Yemen after saying the Iran-aligned Houthis had fired a missile towards it. It reported the missile launch while U.S. President Donald Trump was on a visit to three Gulf states – Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The Israeli army …

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Israel says it intercepted a missile from Yemen, Houthis claim responsibility

14 May 2025

DUBAI (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen towards its territory. The launch coincides with U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf. Trump has announced that he reached a ceasefire with Yemen’s Houthis that will halt attacks on U.S. vessels. The Iran-aligned group fired a missile …

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UN humanitarian chief slams aid plan for Gaza proposed by Israel, backed by US

14 May 2025

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher on Tuesday criticized an Israel-initiated and U.S.-backed humanitarian aid distribution plan for Gaza as a “fig leaf for further violence and displacement” of Palestinians in the war-torn enclave. “It is cynical sideshow. A deliberate distraction,” Fletcher told the U.N. Security Council. No humanitarian …

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US says Cuba ‘not fully cooperating’ with counter-terrorism efforts

14 May 2025

By Brendan O’Brien and Dave Sherwood (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Tuesday placed Cuba on a short list of countries it says did not fully cooperate with U.S. counterterrorism efforts in 2024, reversing a decision by the Biden administration the previous year. The State Department said in statement that there are at least 11 …

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Jose Mujica, Uruguay’s former leader, rebel icon and cannabis reformer, dead at 89

14 May 2025

By Lucinda Elliott and Helen Popper MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW Beetle and enacted progressive reforms that carried his reputation well beyond South America, has died aged 89. The straight-talking Mujica, known to many Uruguayans by his nickname “Pepe,” led the small …

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Brazilian researcher who helped country’s grain boom wins World Food Prize

14 May 2025

By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK (Reuters) – Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela Hungria, whose research has helped farmers in the country sharply boost grain production, has been named the 2025 World Food Prize Laureate, the Iowa-based foundation organizing the prize said on Tuesday. Hungria has been a researcher for more than 40 years at Brazil’s state-run agricultural …

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Robert De Niro calls for protest against ‘philistine’ Trump as Cannes opens

13 May 2025

By Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) -Hollywood icon Robert De Niro lambasted “philistine” U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday and his proposed film tariff at the Cannes Film Festival’s opening ceremony, where he used his lifetime achievement award speech to call for protests. The 81-year-old actor shared the stage at the plush Grand Theatre Lumiere …

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US agrees to sell Saudi Arabia $142 billion arms package

13 May 2025

RIYADH (Reuters) -The United States agreed on Tuesday to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, according to a White House fact sheet that called it “the largest defense cooperation agreement” Washington has ever done. The agreement, signed during U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to the Saudi capital Riyadh, covers deals with …

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Carney unveils cabinet aimed at urgently resetting US-Canada ties

13 May 2025

By Promit Mukherjee and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who won an election last month vowing to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump, unveiled a new cabinet on Tuesday that he said would help urgently define a new relationship with Washington. Carney cut the number of ministers to 29 from …

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