By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five Arab foreign ministers and a senior Palestinian official sent a joint letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio opposing plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza, as suggested by President Donald Trump in late January. The letter was sent on Monday and signed by the foreign ministers of …
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By Anna Mehler Paperny, Amanda Stephenson and Ed White TORONTO/CALGARY/WINNIPEG (Reuters) – Canadians have canceled trips south of the border, boycotted U.S. alcohol and other products and even booed at sporting events after U.S. President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on most of Canada’s goods on Saturday. Though Trump had pledged to put tariffs on …
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By Ted Hesson and Mariela Nava WASHINGTON/MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) -U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday moved to remove protection against deportation from hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the U.S., part of President Donald Trump’s expanding immigration crackdown. The decision means about 348,000 Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status, more than half of all …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. military plane is deporting migrants to India, a U.S. official said on Monday, the farthest destination of the Trump administration’s military transport flights for migrants. President Donald Trump has increasingly turned to the military to help carry out his immigration agenda, including sending additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, using …
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QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s borders will be closed from Saturday to next Monday, President Daniel Noboa said in a post on X on Monday, while also ratcheting up the military’s presence at the borders and at ports. Noboa said the borders would be closed over the weekend, when he is facing 15 opponents in a …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has asked congressional leaders to approve new transfers of roughly $1 billion worth of bombs and other military hardware to Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The planned weapons sales include 4,700 1,000-pound bombs, worth more than $700 million, and armored bulldozers built by Caterpillar, worth …
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By Ange Kasongo and Benoit Nyemba KINSHASA (Reuters) – The international community must take concrete action and impose sanctions on Rwanda to curb the M23 rebel conflict in eastern Congo and keep the peace in the wider region, Congo’s communications minister told Reuters on Monday. An ongoing escalation has displaced around half a million more …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said billionaire Elon Musk, who the president had charged with shrinking the U.S. government, is only doing things that have approval. Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, also said Musk will not be allowed to go places where there is a conflict. (Reporting by …
(Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will extend his visit to Washington D.C. and will return to Israel on Saturday, an Axios reporter said on X on Monday. During his trip, Netanyahu is expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza, hostages held …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A senior commander of Islamic State’s Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS leadership was targeted with U.S. airstrikes and as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against them. In the last few years Somalia’s IS franchise has become an increasingly important part …
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