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Iran is willing to give Trump diplomacy ‘another chance’, senior Iranian official says

5 Feb 2025

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is ready to give the United States a chance to resolve disputes between the arch foes, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday, a day after President Donald Trump restored his “maximum pressure” campaign on the country. Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that U.S. concerns …

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‘No to Trump’s plan!’ Palestinians vow to stay in Gaza’s ruins

5 Feb 2025

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Hatem Khaled CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Gazans criticised U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle Palestinians elsewhere, vowing to never leave the ruins of their homes in the coastal enclave that Trump wants to turn into a “Riviera of the Middle East”. “Trump can go to …

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Italy says it freed Libyan officer because of errors in ICC warrant

5 Feb 2025

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s justice minister said on Wednesday Rome had no choice but to free a Libyan military officer wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court because of what he described as mistakes and inaccuracies in the court’s arrest warrant. Osama Elmasry Njeem was released and flown home to …

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U.S. military plane flies 104 illegal immigrants back to India

5 Feb 2025

By Aftab Ahmed and Adnan Abidi AMRITSAR, India (Reuters) -A U.S. military plane carrying 104 deported Indian illegal immigrants landed in India on Wednesday, authorities said, part of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda a week before he is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington. Migration has been among the key issues discussed …

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Brazil’s Lula rejects Trump plan for Gaza and tariff threats as ‘bravado’

5 Feb 2025

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to take over the Gaza Strip, and dismissed his expansionist ambitions and tariff threats against trading partners as “bravado”. “No country, no matter how important, can fight the entire world all the time,” the Brazilian leader …

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Syria’s SDF says it has not received any plans from U.S. forces to withdraw

5 Feb 2025

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Wednesday the group had not received any plans from the U.S. forces in northern and eastern Syria to withdraw. “Of course, ISIS and other malicious forces are waiting for the opportunity of the U.S. withdrawal to reactivate and reach the state of 2014,” the SDF’s …

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A button and a buckle: the memory of Franco’s firing squads 85 years on

5 Feb 2025

By Eva Manez and Horaci Garcia PATERNA, Spain (Reuters) – Josefina Fortea, 92, was seven when her father Jose, a farm labourer, faced a firing squad sent by General Francisco Franco. While she hardly knew him, receiving his remains 85 years later has brought some comfort. The remains of 18 people executed by soldiers and …

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Ecuador presidential candidate Gonzalez wants to raise social spending, tackle crime

5 Feb 2025

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean leftist Luisa Gonzalez says her plans to spend on social welfare and impose harsher penalties for criminals will work better than what she calls the ad-hoc policies of incumbent President Daniel Noboa, but she faces an uphill battle to win Sunday’s presidential election. Gonzalez, who lost to Noboa …

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