DUBAI (Reuters) – Egypt said on Friday it had been in contact with Arab partners including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to firm up the region’s rejection of any displacement of Palestinians after U.S. President Donald Trump said they should go from Gaza. Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty had been in communication with …
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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE – Israeli victims of the Hamas attack that triggered the Gaza war will still work with the International Criminal Court even after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the tribunal, a lawyer for victims and victims’ families said on Friday. The sanctions are in retaliation for the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration will keep 611 essential workers on board at USAID, according to a notice sent to workers at the U.S. foreign aid agency late Thursday night and shared with Reuters by an administration official on Friday. The administration had earlier planned to keep fewer than 300 staff at the U.S. …
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By Lucinda Elliott BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Patricia Bullrich, Argentina’s security minister, is on a mission to stamp out drug gangs in the South American nation that have driven rising violence and led to a spike in cocaine shipments to Europe. She says she is succeeding. Argentina has grown in importance as a transit hub …
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By Simon Lewis and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel and Arab states in mid-February, a State Department official said, making his first trip to the Middle East after a widely condemned proposal by President Donald Trump to displace Palestinians in Gaza. Rubio will travel to the …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that talks with the United States were “not smart, wise, or honorable”, days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would “love to make a deal” with Iran. Khamenei criticised Trump’s past administration for not honouring its promises but stopped short of renewing a …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States has set a “red line” that Shi’ite armed group Hezbollah should not be a member of Lebanon’s next government after itr military defeat by Israel last year, U.S deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus said in Lebanon on Friday. Ortagus is the first senior U.S. official to visit Lebanon …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday there had been a lot of inaccurate reports on U.S. plans for ending the Ukraine war and called for patience as speculation swirled around the timing of a possible meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. At a briefing with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was asked …
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By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – Companies are racing against the clock this week to notify antitrust agencies about pending deals before a new, more stringent merger filing rule passed during President Joe Biden’s administration comes into effect, lawyers said this week. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission rule taking effect after 5 p.m. on Friday is …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) must be able to pursue its fight against global impunity without hindrance, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday. “The ICC guarantees accountability for international crimes and gives a voice to victims worldwide. It must be able to freely pursue the fight against global …
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