By Timour Azhari LONDON (Reuters) – Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones at Israel to lay down their weapons or join official security forces, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said. The push comes with a backdrop of seismic shifts in the …
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(This Jan. 15 story has been corrected to clarify that the prisoner release followed Cuban government talks with the Catholic Church, in paragraph 1) By Dave Sherwood and Mario Fuentes LA GUINERA, Cuba (Reuters) – Cuba on Wednesday began releasing prisoners jailed following anti-government protests in 2021, making good on a deal with the Catholic …
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NICOSIA (Reuters) -Cyprus on Thursday hailed U.S. President Joe Biden’s memorandum allowing military sales, including arms, to the island as a milestone affirming recognition as a pillar of stability in the east Mediterranean region which has been fraught with conflict. With a tiny military and no air force, the defence arsenal of the internationally recognised …
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BAKU (Reuters) – Azerbaijan has refused to renew its cooperation agreement with The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on Thursday, accusing Washington of using USAID to pursue its political agenda. Bayramov, who was speaking at a news conference with his Georgian counterpart, said that Baku had suspended cooperation …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Maritime security officials said on Thursday they were expecting Yemen’s Houthi militia to announce a halt in attacks on ships in the Red Sea, after a ceasefire deal in the war in Gaza between Israel and the militant group Hamas. The experts pointed to an email, seen by Reuters, from the group …
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TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania’s government has granted strategic investor status to a company linked to Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to build a luxury resort on an uninhabited Mediterranean island that was once a military outpost. The Balkan country’s Strategic Investment Committee, headed by Prime Minister Edi Rama, on Dec. 30 accepted a proposal by …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – A co-leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20 just a month before a federal election in Germany, the party said on Thursday. The invitation to Tino Chrupalla follows an endorsement of the AfD by Trump ally Elon Musk and …
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(Reuters) – Venezuelan NGO Espacio Publico said on X on Thursday that its director, Carlos Correa, has been released from detention. Last week, Venezuelan opposition parties and NGOs condemned the arrests of the prominent press freedom activist and a well-known opposition figure, among others, ahead of protests against the inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for …
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BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyz lender Keremet Bank on Thursday said it would challenge a decision by the U.S. Treasury to impose sanctions on it for allegedly creating a hub for trade payments and helping Russia to evade restrictions. The United States on Wednesday imposed hundreds of sanctions targeting Russia, seeking to increase pressure on Moscow …
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By P.J. Huffstutter and Heather Schlitz CHICAGO (Reuters) – Iowa farmer Caleb Hamer grabbed his phone and dialed a local corn buyer this week, eager to sell his grain as prices climbed to their highest level in more than a year. Farmers across the Midwest have boosted crop sales as corn and soybean futures spiked …
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