WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has launched a review of an Israel Defense Forces unit that could have implications on U.S. assistance to Israel, Axios reported on Monday, citing two Israeli and two U.S. officials. The review focuses on the IDF’s ‘Force 100,’ which is in charge of guarding detainees from Gaza, and no …
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CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuelan authorities have arrested former industry and oil minister Pedro Tellechea, Attorney General Tarek Saab said on Monday, the latest high-profile detention connected to management of Venezuela’s sanctioned oil industry. In a statement on Instagram, Saab said Tellechea had been arrested in the early hours of Sunday for alleged “grave crimes against the …
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later years mired in accusations of orchestrating an attempted coup against Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, has died. He was 83. Herkul, a website which publishes Gulen’s sermons, said on its X account …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) -A U.S. and a Canadian warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait together on Sunday, less than a week after China conducted a new round of war games around the island, with Beijing denouncing the mission as “disruptive”. The U.S. navy, occasionally accompanied by ships from allied countries, transits the strait around once …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Advocates for a greater role for women in the Catholic Church say Pope Francis is failing their cause at a global meeting of Church leaders drawing to a close this week, by shunting aside the question of finally letting women be ordained as clergy. Women’s roles in the …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Jennifer Garner had a warning for a crowd of “Moms for Harris” gathered at a tearoom in Tucson, Arizona: Be prepared to see more Hollywood stars visiting your state to talk about the Nov. 5 election. “Jessica Alba, Kerry Washington – my colleagues and friends – will be …
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By Phil Stewart KYIV (Reuters) – The U.S. military has rushed its advanced anti-missile system to Israel and it is now “in place”, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. THAAD, or the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, is a critical part of the U.S. military’s layered air defense systems and adds to Israel’s already formidable …
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By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, the fourth such failure in 48 hours, raising fresh doubts about a quick fix on an island already suffering from severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine. The blackout, after weeks of rolling outages, sparked some small protests around the Caribbean island, where …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) -India’s envoy to Canada, who is being expelled over what Ottawa says are links to the murder of a Sikh leader, insisted in an interview he was innocent and said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had wrecked bilateral political ties, but trade may remain unscathed. Both countries on Monday ordered out six diplomats in …
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(Reuters) -Israel gave the United States a document last week with its conditions for a diplomatic solution to end the war in Lebanon, Axios reported on Sunday, citing two U.S. officials and two Israeli officials. Israel has demanded its IDF forces be allowed to engage in “active enforcement” to make sure Hezbollah doesn’t rearm and …
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