By Simon Lewis and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia on Thursday proposed its own draft of a U.N. resolution on Gaza in a challenge to a U.S. effort to pass its own text at the Security Council that would endorse President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, according to a copy of the draft seen by …
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(Reuters) -Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced a U.S. military operation that he said would target “narco-terrorists” in the Western Hemisphere. “Today, I’m announcing Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR. Led by Joint Task Force Southern Spear and @SOUTHCOM, this mission defends our Homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere, and secures our Homeland from the drugs that …
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By Jasper Ward (Reuters) -Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called for the United Nations to impose “appropriate measures” against the United States and Israel over military strikes in June against Iran’s nuclear sites.Araghchi said that President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials bear “criminal responsibility” for the strikes after Trump’s statement last week that he …
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By Timour Azhari RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia plans imminently to boost commercial ties with Lebanon after Lebanese authorities demonstrated “efficacy” in curbing drug smuggling to the kingdom over the past months, a senior Saudi official said on Thursday. Ties between Riyadh and Beirut have been strained for years due to the power of Iran-backed Hezbollah …
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By Daphne Psaledakis and Maria Cheng NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Canada (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday pushed back against criticism from some U.S. allies over the legality of the U.S. strikes in the Caribbean, saying Europeans don’t get to dictate how Washington defends its national security. Rubio attended a Group of Seven foreign ministers …
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By Nafisa Eltahir (Reuters) -The funding gap for aid agencies is accentuating Sudan’s crisis, leaving them unable to help many of the tens of thousands of people fleeing from the Darfur city of al-Fashir and other areas, U.N. migration chief Amy Pope said. The war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, …
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By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) -Maria Gladys Primo cannot hold back tears as she recalls the night of November 13, 1985, when she last saw her two young children, before a landslide of mud, rocks and trees triggered by the eruption of Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz volcano swept away her home. Primo spent two days …
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MANILA (Reuters) -Juan Ponce Enrile, one of the most enduring and polarising figures in Philippine politics, who played a central role during the rule of the late Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos Sr, died on Thursday at the age of 101, his daughter said. Enrile’s death ends a political career spanning more than six decades under …
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By Diana Novak Jones CHICAGO (Reuters) -A jury in federal court in Chicago ordered Boeing on Wednesday to pay more than $28 million to the family of a United Nations environmental worker who was killed in the 2019 crash of a 737 MAX jet in Ethiopia. The verdict awarded to the family of Shikha Garg …
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By Alexander Villegas COLCHANE, Chile (Reuters) -Chileans are heading into Sunday’s presidential election consumed by fear over crime, immigration and organized gangs that have taken root in a few short years, a far cry from the wave of left-wing optimism and hopes of drafting a new constitution that dominated the last election cycle. Polls …
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