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UAE president, Trump discuss Gaza ceasefire efforts, state news agency says

25 Mar 2025

CAIRO (Reuters) – United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed in a phone call efforts for reaching a ceasefire in Gaza, Emirati state news agency WAM reported on Tuesday, as Israel resumed its military offensive in the enclave last week. The Israeli military resumed fighting in …

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Russia and Ukraine agree to suspend strikes on energy facilities, Kremlin says

25 Mar 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Oil refineries, oil and gas pipelines and nuclear power stations are among the targets on which Russia and Ukraine agreed to temporarily suspend strikes, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. A list appearing on the Kremlin’s Telegram channel also included fuel storage facilities, pumping stations, electricity generation and transmission infrastructure, such as power …

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EU trade chief meets with Trump officials to try to head off ‘harmful’ tariffs

25 Mar 2025

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The European Union’s trade commissioner Maros Sefcovic met with U.S. President Donald Trump’s top trade officials on Tuesday to try to avoid steep U.S. tariffs on EU goods next week, but results of the talks were unclear. Sefcovic said he held “substantive talks” with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, U.S. …

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Protesters clash with police outside of Chile’s Congress after fishing law vote gets delayed

25 Mar 2025

By Alexander Villegas VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) – Police tear gassed and hurled water from cannons at protesters in front of Chile’s national Congress in Valparaiso on Tuesday after a Senate commission delayed a vote on a controversial fishing law that seeks to redistribute quotas between artisanal and industrial fishers. At least one police officer was …

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Stocks edge higher, US dollar slips as tariff uncertainty weighs

25 Mar 2025

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stocks were slightly higher on Tuesday, after a sharp rally in the prior session on hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump would take a more measured approach on tariffs, while the dollar edged down from a three-week high. European shares paced the advance, while stocks on Wall …

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Mexico ‘ranch of horror’ was cartel training site, not ‘extermination camp’

25 Mar 2025

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s security minister said on Tuesday there was no evidence that a so-called “ranch of horror” strewn with human remains was an “extermination camp” but rather it was a cartel training site where those who resisted recruitment were killed. The discovery earlier this month of the site, littered with bone fragments, …

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Rubio to discuss energy security, illegal migration in Caribbean trip

25 Mar 2025

By Humeyra Pamuk and Sarah Morland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will discuss energy security in the Caribbean, illegal immigration and dismantling of transnational criminal networks during a trip to the region later this week, State Department officials said on Tuesday. Speaking at a briefing, U.S. Special Envoy for Latin America Mauricio …

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Germany’s emboldened far right takes expanded role in new parliament

25 Mar 2025

By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) -The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took up its largest-ever share of the seats as Germany’s new parliament met for its first session on Tuesday, demanding commensurate influence in a Bundestag facing the biggest diplomatic and economic crisis in decades. The AfD came second in the February 23 election, the …

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