JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Sunday that Israel fully endorses U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza aid. Trump recently repeated a U.S. pledge to help get food to Palestinians in Gaza. A U.S.-backed mechanism for getting aid into Gaza should take effect soon, Washington’s envoy to Israel also said …
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By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated on Sunday that he will aim for the elimination of all tariffs in trade negotiations with the United States. Speaking on a Fuji Television morning program, Ishiba said that “discussions have gradually come together,” and that Tokyo’s relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump is …
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PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Colombia granted asylum to Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli, Colombian authorities said on Saturday, and two sources close to the ex-president said that he had departed the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City for Colombia. Martinelli, who was sentenced to over a decade in prison in Panama for money laundering, has been …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo XIV took his first trip outside the Vatican on Saturday, heading about an hour’s drive east of Rome for a visit to a Catholic shrine and stopping on the way back to pay respects at the tomb of his predecessor Francis. Leo waved from the passenger side …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that if the United States’ goal is to deprive Iran of its “nuclear rights”, Tehran will never back down over those rights. Araqchi was speaking in Doha a day ahead of another round of planned nuclear talks between Iran and the U.S. in Oman. “If …
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GENEVA (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were continuing trade talks with senior Chinese officials on Saturday evening after some negotiators left the lakeside venue, a source familiar with the discussions told Reuters. The talks had been under way in Geneva since Saturday morning. (Reporting by John Revill and …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday after a fourth day of strikes and counter-strikes against each other’s military installations. Here is a chronology of major military and diplomatic escalations in their troubled relationship since 1999. May–July 1999: India and Pakistan fight an undeclared war in the Kargil region of …
QUITO (Reuters) -Eleven soldiers were killed and one was injured in Ecuador’s Amazon region during an armed confrontation with a criminal group, the country’s defense ministry said on Friday. The troops were attacked during an operation targeting illegal mining in the Alto Punino area, the ministry said. The ambush was carried out by the Comandos …
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KARACHI (Reuters) – The Pakistan Army spokesman claimed India fired ballistic missiles that fell in Indian territory, announcing it in a sudden statement on national broadcaster at 1:50 a.m. local time on Saturday (2050 GMT), with no details provided to support the claim. “I want to give you the shocking news that India fired six …
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Thousands of people rallied in Romania’s capital, Bucharest, and other cities in support of the European Union on Friday, one week before a presidential election run-off that could see a hard-right eurosceptic sweep into power. Hard-right nationalist George Simion won the first round of the presidential ballot on Sunday, and an opinion …
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