WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he believes Iran could join the Abraham Accords, a peace agreement signed during Trump’s first term in office under which Israel normalized diplomatic relations with four Muslim-majority nations. “Who knows, maybe even Iran can get in there,” Trump said at a White House press conference beside …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A White House peace plan for Gaza released on Monday proposes an end to the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants and the return of all hostages, living and dead, within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting the agreement. If both sides agree to the proposal, “the war will immediately end,” according to …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed regret for an Israeli attack in Doha to Qatar’s leader on Monday in a three-way call with U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House said. The White House said Netanyahu also expressed regret for Israel violating Qatari sovereignty and “affirmed that Israel will not conduct such an …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. children’s charity called on Monday for an immediate evacuation to save at least 25 ill or premature babies in incubators in Gaza City as Israel steps up its ground offensive, shelling a hospital overnight housing around half of them. Palestinian health officials say tanks are surrounding the area …
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By Maria Cheng OTTAWA (Reuters) -After some six months as Canada’s Prime Minister, former banker Mark Carney faces a tepid economy and mounting obstacles as he attempts to forge a new path for the country amid tariff disputes with its two largest trading partners. Carney has not sealed a new economic relationship with the United …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas are “very close” to reaching agreement on a framework deal to end the war in Gaza and ensure lasting peace in the Middle East, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday. Leavitt, speaking on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” program, said President Donald Trump …
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -A French appeals court will begin a new trial on Monday of Air France and Airbus, 16 years after a jetliner plunged into the Atlantic killing all 228 people on board. A lower French court cleared both companies of corporate manslaughter in 2023, following a historic public trial over the …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran executed a man named Bahman Choubi-asl on Monday, the judiciary’s news outlet Mizan said, saying the defendant was “one of the most important spies for Israel in Iran”. Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many individuals it accuses of having links with Israel’s Mossad intelligence service and …
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By Steve Holland and Brendan O’Brien WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Sunday that he has received a “very good response” to his proposal for ending the war in Gaza and is optimistic about getting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to back it when the two meet on Monday. He said U.S. …
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CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova’s ruling pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) has won 40% of the votes counted so far in Sunday’s parliamentary election versus 31.5% for the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc, with 28% of votes counted, according to the country’s Central Electoral Commission. (Reporting by Dan Peleschuk; Editing by Mike Collett-White)
