By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. troops have been repeatedly attacked in Iraq and Syria in recent days, U.S. officials said on Thursday, as Washington is on heightened alert for activity by Iran-backed groups with regional tensions soaring during the Israel-Hamas war. President Joe Biden has sent naval power to the Middle East in …
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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators from both parties are readying legislation to help the federal government enforce oil sanctions on Iran, the office of Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican, told Reuters on Thursday. Ernst is spear-heading the bill slated for release on Monday to create a $150 million Iranian sanctions enforcement fund …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will try to sell Americans on the need to spend billions more dollars on Israel and Ukraine on Thursday, even as the U.S. House of Representatives, without a leader, cannot approve new spending on the two wars. “Hamas’s terrorist attacks against Israel,” Biden wrote in a social …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it was aware of reports Russia had detained an editor at U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and said it appeared to be Russian harassment. “This appears to be another case of the Russian government harassing U.S. citizens,” State Department spokesman Matt Miller told reporters …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has detained an editor at U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) for failing to register as a foreign agent while visiting for a family emergency, the broadcaster said. Russia has tightened its control over information and the media since the start of the Ukraine war, forcing the closure of …
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By Samia Nakhoul, Matt Spetalnick and Alexander Cornwell DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel is vowing to wipe out Hamas in a relentless onslaught on the Gaza Strip but has no obvious endgame in sight, with no clear plan for how to govern the ravaged Palestinian enclave even if it triumphs on the battlefield. Codenamed “Operation Swords of …
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By Matt Spetalnick and Marianna Parraga WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Wednesday broadly eased sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector in response to a deal reached between the government and opposition parties for the 2024 election – the most extensive rollback of Trump-era restrictions on Caracas. A new general license issued by the U.S. …
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By Liliana Salgado and Daniel Becerril HARLINGEN, Texas (Reuters) – The first U.S. deportation flight to Venezuela under a new Biden administration initiative landed in Caracas on Wednesday, as part of a tougher approach to border enforcement as the U.S. struggles with record illegal crossings. At an airport in Harlingen, Texas, on Wednesday morning, buses …
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By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Two popular ex-governors kicked off the race on Thursday to succeed Indonesian President Joko Widodo, registering as candidates for the February election and promising more jobs and better public services in the world’s third-largest democracy. Nearly 205 million of Indonesia’s more than 270 million people will vote on Feb. 14 …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced a new family reunification parole program for certain Ecuadoreans, the latest Biden administration move to expand legal pathways to the U.S. in the hopes of deterring illegal border crossings. Under the process, certain Ecuadoreans with relatives in the United States will …
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