HAVANA (Reuters) – Cubans still reeling from months of hours-long blackouts now have a new problem on their hands: fuel shortages. Many gas stations across the island have been shuttered for days as an unusually severe shortfall has left the nation nearly devoid of gasoline and diesel, stranding motorists and sprouting seemingly interminable lines at …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia appears to be packing up military equipment at a military air base in Syria, according to satellite images released by Maxar following rebels’ overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad last weekend. The images taken on Friday show what appear to be at least two Antonov AN-124s, one of the world’s largest cargo …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American citizen Travis Timmerman has been flown out of Syria, where he was imprisoned before being released by rebels this week, U.S. officials said on Friday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Timmerman had been transferred to Jordan and was currently with State Department officials. A second official said that …
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By Bulent Usta and Tuvan Gumrukcu LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) – Thousands gathered in northwestern Syria on Friday for weekly prayers and a rally where clerics in the port city of Latakia, a former stronghold of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, urged national unity under the country’s new government. “Freedom forever despite Assad,” some in the crowd …
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva posted an Instagram video on Friday where he can be seen walking for the first time since being rushed to a hospital earlier this week, providing visual evidence of a delicate recovery. The 79-year-old leftist leader, known simply as Lula, underwent two operations in Sao …
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By Simon Lewis BAGHDAD (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday and met with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to discuss Syria’s political transition, calling for a non-sectarian administration following the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The top U.S. diplomat is touring the Middle East to establish a …
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By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar will send its first official delegation to Damascus on Sunday to meet Syria’s interim government and discuss reopening the Qatari embassy and enhancing humanitarian aid deliveries, a Qatari official told Reuters on Friday. “They will take the necessary steps to reopen the embassy and discuss enhancing aid delivery,” the official …
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By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Umit Bektas LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) – Syrian cyclist Bassel Soufi rode his bike 40 km (25 miles) from the northwestern city of Latakia on Friday to visit the Assad family’s private coastal resort as local residents strolled around the compound for the first time in decades. After the family’s brutal 54-year …
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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and China renewed a science cooperation agreement on Friday, the U.S. State Department said, this time with “robust national security guardrails,” despite objections from Republicans who argue that the decision should have been left to the incoming Trump administration. For 45 years, the landmark …
By Timour Azhari DOUMA, Syria (Reuters) – The industrial-scale drug lab sat just up a hill from a main road on the western edge of Damascus, the city that was the seat of power for the Assad family which long denied any links to the narcotics trade. President Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria was accused …
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