QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador’s foreign ministry on Tuesday reaffirmed its stance to not grant safe passage for former Vice President Jorge Glas to leave the country, following a request from Mexico’s government to allow Glas to go to a third country. Mexico broke relations with Ecuador in April after Ecuadorean authorities forcefully entered Mexico’s embassy to …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Oil giant Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported a 3.4% fall in second-quarter profit on lower crude volumes and softer refining margins. Aramco posted second-quarter net income of 109.01 billion riyals ($29.03 billion) in the three months to June 30, beating a company-provided median estimate from 15 analysts of $27.7 billion. Dividends of $31.1 …
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By Ruma Paul, Krishna N. Das DHAKA (Reuters) -Often seen in public with a Bangladeshi flag tied across his forehead, Nahid Islam is a soft-spoken sociology student who spearheaded the protest that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after 15 straight years in power. Islam, 26, was the coordinator of a student movement against quotas in …
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By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s armed forces have restarted operations against leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN), Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez said on Monday. The decision to restart military operations comes after a six-month ceasefire between the two sides ended on Saturday. The government of President Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first left-wing …
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(Reuters) – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it was seeking more information about an accident involving Tesla’s Cybertruck from the electric vehicle maker. The driver of the electric pickup truck was declared dead as a result of the accident in Texas’s Chambers County, according to media reports. Tesla and the Chambers …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is not looking to escalate regional tensions but believes it needs to punish Israel to prevent further instability, the foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week. “Iran seeks to establish stability in the region, but this will only come with …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi concluded a rare visit to Iran on Sunday with a plea for an end to the escalation of violence and for the region to be able to live in “peace, security and stability”. Safadi’s visit to Iran follows continued diplomatic contacts by the United States and its partners …
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HOLON, Israel (Reuters) – A Palestinian attacker killed two people and wounded two others in a stabbing spree in central Israel on Sunday before being shot dead by police, Israeli authorities said. The stabbings took place during morning rush hour in the city of Holon, near Tel Aviv. The attacker stabbed people near a gas …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta CAIRO/RAMALLAH (Reuters) -An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced persons in Gaza City killed at least 15 Palestinians on Saturday, hours after two strikes in the occupied West Bank killed nine militants including a local Hamas commander, Hamas said. The Israeli military said the first of two West …
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By Mircely Guanipa and Vivian Sequera CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -Thousands of Venezuelans marched across the South American country on Saturday over its contested election, as President Nicolas Maduro told supporters some 2,000 people had been arrested during protests against the results. Venezuela’s electoral authority, blasted by critics as favoring the ruling socialists, proclaimed Maduro the …
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