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US to continue Israel charter flights through at least Sunday

17 Oct 2023 17 Oct 2023

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department will continue to offer government-sponsored charter flights from Tel Aviv for Europe to help Americans depart through at least Sunday, a department spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday. The department said Monday that nearly 1,000 U.S. citizens and family members have departed Israel on State Department-sponsored …

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Gaza hospital strike complicates risky Biden trip to Israel

17 Oct 2023 17 Oct 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s already fraught trip to Israel and Jordan got more complicated after hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a strike on a Gaza hospital on Tuesday. Palestinian authorities blamed Israel; Israeli authorities denied involvement in the strike, which occurred during a massive Israeli bombardment of the enclave. Palestinian President …

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Hamas-appointed head of crossings in Gaza killed in Israeli air strike – Hamas radio

17 Oct 2023 17 Oct 2023

GAZA (Reuters) – The Hamas-appointed head of crossings in Gaza, Fouad Abu Btihan, and some of his relatives were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on Tuesday, Hamas radio reported. (Reporting by Nidal Al-Mughrabi; Editing by Alison Williams)

First batch of U.S. citizens leaving Israel arrive in Cyprus by boat

17 Oct 2023 17 Oct 2023

LIMASSOL, Cyprus (Reuters) – Dozens of U.S. citizens from Israel arrived in Cyprus early Tuesday on the first evacuation boat organised by the United States amid the escalating crisis in the Middle East. Some 159 people were on board the luxury liner Rhapsody of the Seas which left Haifa and sailed into Limassol port in …

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Poland’s ruling nationalists lose majority in election, final results confirm

17 Oct 2023 17 Oct 2023

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party won most votes in Sunday’s national election but fell short of a majority, final official results showed on Tuesday, confirming that the liberal, pro-EU opposition is on track to form the next government. The official results from 100% of voting districts gave PiS, a nationalist, socially …

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Venezuela’s Maduro to attend October migration summit in Mexico

16 Oct 2023 16 Oct 2023

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro will attend next Sunday’s meeting in southern Mexico where regional leaders will discuss rising U.S.-bound migration in Latin America, Mexico’s foreign ministry announced in a statement on Monday. The participation of Maduro at the Oct. 22 summit could be crucial since large numbers of Venezuelan migrants have …

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Schumer says US Senate will move quickly on Israel

16 Oct 2023 16 Oct 2023

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday the Senate will seek within days to pass a resolution supporting Israel, approve additional funds for Israel and confirm a new U.S. ambassador to the Jewish State. Schumer spoke as the Senate opened after he led a small group …

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Biden says Hamas must be eliminated, US officials warn war could escalate

16 Oct 2023 16 Oct 2023

By Nandita Bose and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he believes the Hamas militant group must be eliminated but there should be a path to a Palestinian state, after top U.S. officials warned the war between Israel and Hamas could escalate. Biden did not think American troops would be …

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Gaza hospitals struggling to cope with air strikes, blockade

16 Oct 2023 16 Oct 2023

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – As Gaza residents brace for an Israeli ground offensive, after days of intense air strikes and a blockade, in response to the attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, health ministry official Ashraf Al-Qidra wonders how hospitals will cope. Doctors have been scrambling to help a rising number of …

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Noboa wins Ecuador presidential race, pledges to rebuild country

16 Oct 2023 16 Oct 2023

By Alexandra Valencia, Yury Garcia QUITO/GUAYAQUIL (Reuters) -Business heir Daniel Noboa on Sunday won Ecuador’s presidential election, vowing to rebuild the South American country, which is struggling with a weak economy and rising crime and violence. Thirty five-year-old Noboa, a surprise qualifier for the run-off in the early election, has pledged to improve the economy …

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