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By Timour Azhari (Reuters) -Turkey is preparing a law to let thousands of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters and civilians return home from hideouts in northern Iraq under negotiations to end generations of war. A senior Middle East official and a Kurdish political party source in Turkey said the proposed law would protect those returning …

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Bolivia’s new president Rodrigo Paz faces empty reserves and fractured congress

LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivia’s President-elect Rodrigo Paz will be sworn in on Saturday, inheriting an economy in turmoil and facing tricky negotiations in the legislature to pass reforms economists say are needed to stabilize the country’s finances. Paz, a centrist former senator from the Christian Democratic Party, won the October 19 runoff election. His victory …

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US kills three men in another strike on suspected drug vessel, Hegseth says

(Reuters) -The U.S. military killed three men in a strike on a suspected drug vessel in international waters in the Caribbean on Thursday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. Hegseth, said in a post on social media website X that the vessel was operated by a “Designated Terrorist Organization” but provided no further evidence. His …

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Trump meets Central Asian leaders to boost critical mineral ties

By Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called critical minerals a key priority as he hosted the leaders of five Central Asian nations at the White House, emphasizing his administration’s efforts to expand and secure U.S. supply chains through new global agreements. The meeting with leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, …

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UN Security Council removes sanctions on Syria’s president, interior minister

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council has removed sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is due to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. The U.S.-drafted resolution on Thursday also lifted sanctions on Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab. It received 14 votes in favor, while …

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Peru declares Sheinbaum persona non grata as asylum case heightens tensions

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian lawmakers said Mexico’s president was unwelcome in the country on Thursday, escalating a diplomatic row as it weighs whether to grant safe passage to Mexico to an opposition politician holed up at the Mexican embassy in Lima. Peru’s Congress voted to declare President Claudia Sheinbaum a “persona non grata” …

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World leaders punch back at US climate denial ahead of Brazil’s COP30 negotiations

By Valerie Volcovici, Lisandra Paraguassu and William James BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Country leaders at a climate summit in Brazil on Thursday bemoaned the fractured global consensus on climate action, taking swipes at the climate-denying U.S. government while trying to assure the world they were still on mission. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tore into nations for …

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