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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council began considering on Friday a draft resolution to extend the mandate for an international security mission helping Haiti fight armed gangs and ask the U.N. to plan for it to become a formal peacekeeping mission. The mandate of the Multinational Security Support (MSS)mission …

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum Friday announced her picks to serve as the country’s top military leaders once she takes office next month, naming General Ricardo Trevilla as defense minister and Admiral Raymundo Morales to lead the Navy. The two posts are among the most senior for Mexico’s military, which under outgoing President …

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By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s has guaranteed 32 immigrants of various nationalities who are at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos Airport the right not to be forcibly repatriated, according to court rulings seen by Reuters. The preliminary rulings answer to habeas corpus requests filed by the Federal Public Defender’s Office asking for the immigrants not …

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By Ali Sawafta JENIN (Reuters) -Israeli forces pulled out of the Palestinian city of Jenin on Friday, leaving a mass of damaged buildings and infrastructure, following one of the biggest security operations in the occupied West Bank in months. Road diggers began clearing piles of debris and rubble left by the operation, which involved hundreds …

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WASHINGTON/GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -The United States secured the release of dozens of political prisoners in Nicaragua on Thursday following talks with the government of President Daniel Ortega, who has in recent years often expelled individuals who he sees as hostile to his rule. The White House announced that 135 prisoners were freed from jail on humanitarian …

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By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA/CARACAS (Reuters) -Brazil’s top foreign policy adviser on Tuesday slammed Venezuela’s arrest warrant for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as “very concerning” and said there was a clear “authoritarian escalation” in the country. Other countries around the Americas, including the United States, Argentina and Peru, also condemned the move. The Venezuelan attorney general’s …

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Danish police on Wednesday apprehended activist Greta Thunberg at a Copenhagen protest against the war in Gaza, a spokesperson for the student group organising the demonstration said. Six people were detained at the scene at the Copenhagen University after some 20 people had blocked the entrance to a building and three entered, a …

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(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that he had asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up advocacy among Ukraine’s Western partners to allow strikes on military targets deep inside Russia. Zelenskiy urged Trudeau to lobby allies to grant “Ukraine permission and the necessary means to strike military targets on the territory of …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Patience is running out among United Nations Security Council members and the 15-member body will likely consider taking action if a ceasefire cannot soon be brokered between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Slovenia’s U.N. envoy – council president for September – said on Tuesday. …

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