By John Irish and Clotaire Achi PARIS (Reuters) – Thousands of opponents to Iran’s authorities rallied in Paris on Saturday, joined by Ukrainians to call for the fall of the government in Tehran, hopeful that U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign could lead to change in the country. The protest, organised by the Paris-based …
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By Patricia Zengerle (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Friday that it had approved military sales to Israel worth some $7.4 billion, despite a Democratic lawmakers’ request that the sale be paused until he received more information. The Department of Defense announced that the State Department had approved a package for Israel …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday, following unusually direct U.S. intervention in the process and in a step intended to bring the country closer to accessing reconstruction funds following a devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah. Speaking to reporters at the presidential palace, new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the 24-member cabinet …
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(Reuters) – Hamas handed over on Saturday three Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in central Gaza’s Deir Al-Balah, live television showed. The militant group released Ohad Ben Ami and Eli Sharabi, both taken hostage from Kibbutz Be’eri during the cross-border Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, and Or Levy, abducted that day from the …
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By Andrew Goudsward, Nate Raymond and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily allowed roughly 2,700 U.S. Agency for International Development employees put on leave by President Donald Trump’s administration to go back to work, pausing aspects of a plan to dismantle the agency. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington, who …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump supported the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, after Australia on Friday confirmed its first $500 million payment under the defense pact. “The President is very aware, supportive of AUKUS, recognises the importance of the defense industrial base,” Hegseth said in opening remarks of a …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico has received nearly 11,000 deported migrants from the United States since January 20 when U.S. President Donald Trump took office, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday. She said the figure included about 2,500 non-Mexicans. Earlier this week, Sheinbaum reached a deal with Trump to pause threatened tariffs on Mexican goods …
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By David Lawder, Helen Reid, Lisa Baertlein and Lisa Barrington WASHINGTON/LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump paused his administration’s repeal of duty-free treatment of low-cost packages from China on Friday, giving the Commerce Department time to make the order workable, after the rapid change created disruptions for customs inspectors, postal and delivery services …
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By Saeed Azhar (Reuters) -Bank of America has agreed to buy a $9 billion portfolio of residential mortgage loans from Toronto-Dominion Bank, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. TD did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Canadian lender’s CEO Raymond Chun had said at a banking conference in January …
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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have started working at the U.S. Energy Department where officials are concerned that they could get access to personnel files and information about disbursement of federal grants, two sources said on Friday. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who was confirmed this …
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