(Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Honduras to complete the fourth review of two of its facilities, paving the way for a disbursement of about $120 million later this year. (Reporting by Rajveer Singh Pardesi in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)
By John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -European officials are uneasily digesting U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech at the United Nations this week, where he blasted the world body and attacked Europe’s immigration policies, energy transition and commitment to climate action. Unlike his last appearance in 2020, when China dominated his speech, his European allies were …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations was shocked, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Friday, when a Fox News host called for the world body to be bombed over U.S. President Donald Trump’s difficulties with an escalator and a teleprompter. Jesse Watters had privately apologized to U.N. global communications chief Melissa Fleming …
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said he was close to forging a deal to end the war in Gaza and bring hostages home as he prepared to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. “It’s looking like we have a deal on Gaza. I think it’s a deal that gets the …
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By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has signalled he will soon meet with the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians globally to discuss the possible reopening of a key theological school near Istanbul that has been shut for more than 50 years. The Halki seminary, founded in 1844, plays a central …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s prime minister said on Friday that his government will propose a referendum on whether to revoke two agreements on the demarcation of its border with Cambodia as part of a plan to address a simmering dispute with its neighbour. Thailand and Cambodia have bickered for decades over undemarcated points along their 817-km …
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By Laila Bassam and Parisa Hafezi BEIRUT/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Hezbollah’s effort to blunt international pressure on Lebanon to disarm the group by appealing to Saudi Arabia last week was the result of back-channel diplomacy by Iran, two Iranian sources and a source with knowledge of Hezbollah thinking said. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem appealed to Saudi …
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(Reuters) -Election officials in Moldova barred a pro-Russian party on Friday from standing in Sunday’s parliamentary election, a move that threatens to raise tensions ahead of the high-stakes vote. The decision by the Central Election Committee to exclude Heart of Moldova, part of the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc, followed a court ruling limiting the party’s activity …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Arab and Muslim countries warned Donald Trump about the grave consequences of any Israeli annexation of the West Bank — a message the U.S. president “understands very well,” Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters at the White House later, Trump signaled he had received the …
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ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he and President Donald Trump had made “meaningful progress” on a range of regional and bilateral issues at their first meeting in the White House in six years, where they discussed defence cooperation and trade. However, a readout of Erdogan’s comments to reporters on his return trip from …
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