Crown prince reassures Saudis about king's health, state TV reports
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made reassuring comments about King Salman's health during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday after the royal court said on Sunday the monarch will undergo treatment for a lung inflammatio...
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Israeli troops push into Jabalia, airstrikes kill five in Rafah
By Nidal al-Mughrabi (Reuters) - Israeli forces thrust deeper into the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza on Tuesday, laying waste to residential districts with tank and air bombardments, residents said, while Israeli air strikes killed at least five pe...
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Slovak PM Fico has CT scan during recovery from assassination attempt
(Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent a follow-up abdominal CT scan and remains conscious and communicative, doctors treating him said on Tuesday, as he recovers from being hit by four bullets in an assassination attempt last week...
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Thai minister quits over legal complaint seeking PM's dismissal
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai minister at the centre of a pending legal complaint seeking the dismissal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin resigned on Tuesday, in an effort to insulate the premier from possible repercussions. A group of 40 senators lo...
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Israel's Gallant calls ICC prosecutor moves against him and Netanyahu 'disgraceful'
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant described on Thursday a request by the International Criminal Court prosecutor for arrest warrants against him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "disgraceful" bid to interfere in ...
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Kremlin says it is very curious that U.S. appears ready to sanction the ICC
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was very curious that the United States appeared ready to use sanctions against the International Criminal Court whose prosecutor requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netany...
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Trial over deadly Med shipwreck opens in Greece amid protests
By Renee Maltezou KALAMATA, Greece (Reuters) - The trial of nine Egyptian men accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants off Greece last year began amid protests on Tuesday in the city of Kalamata. Up to 700 migrants from Pakis...
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France open to UAE investments in nuclear industry, minister says
By Alexander Cornwell ABU DHABI (Reuters) - France is open to the United Arab Emirates investing in its nuclear energy industry, its finance minister said on Tuesday ahead of discussions in the Gulf state with UAE officials. Sources told Reuters in...
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Srebrenica survivors still haunted as UN votes on genocide remembrance
By Daria Sito-Sucic SREBRENICA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Kada Hotic last saw her son, husband and brother on July 11, 1995, as Bosnian Serb forces swamped the United Nations "safe zone" of the town of Srebrenica, forcing thousands of panicked Muslims to ...
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Yemen's Houthis say they downed US drone over al-Bayda province
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis downed a U.S. MQ9 drone over al-Bayda province in southern Yemen, the Iran-aligned group's military spokesperson said in a televised statement on Tuesday. Yahya Saree said the drone was targeted with a locally made...
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Protests as Taiwan parliament pushes contentious reforms
By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Lawmakers in Taiwan jostled, unfurled banners and shouted at each other on Tuesday in a dispute about efforts to widen parliament oversight pushed by the opposition, despite the anger of the ruling party...
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Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad has leukemia, presidency says
DUBAI (Reuters) - Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been diagnosed with leukemia, the presidency said on Tuesday, almost five years after she announced she had fully recovered from breast cancer. (Reporting by Clauda...
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Russia says U.S. subcritical experiment does not violate nuclear test ban treaty
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said that a U.S. subcritical experiment aimed at giving data on the behaviour of the materials used in nuclear warheads did not violate the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administ...
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Vietnam lawmakers vote to dismiss police minister, clearing way for his presidency
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's National Assembly said on Tuesday it will vote to dismiss To Lam from the post of Minister of Public Security, paving the way for him to be elected president in a later house vote. To Lam, 66, was nominated last week by ...
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Finland calls for EU-wide solutions to prevent migrant flow from Russia
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland wants the European Union to find common measures to prevent what it calls instrumentalised migration, meaning a flow of migrants arriving from Russia without valid travel documents, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on T...
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Israeli army raids West Bank's Jenin, Palestinians say three killed
JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces raided Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday in an operation that the Palestinian health ministry said killed three Palestinians and left eight others wounded. The army said it was an operation again...
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Swarmed with tourists, Japan town blocks off viral view of Mt. Fuji
By Tom Bateman FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan (Reuters) - Japan's majestic Mt. Fuji was some 700,000 years in the making, but on one sultry May morning, it was gone. At least on one side of a busy road, views of the 3,776-metre (12,388 foot) symbol of Japa...
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Three senior Syrian officials face war crimes trial in absentia in France
By Layli Foroudi and Maya Gebeily PARIS (Reuters) - Three senior Syrian officials will face trial in absentia in a Paris court on Tuesday accused of involvement in the disappearance and subsequent death of a French-Syrian father and his son. It is ...
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France backs ICC after prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu
PARIS (Reuters) - France backs the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the 'fight against impunity', its foreign ministry said after the court's prosecutor sought an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others for all...
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Poland arrests nine on charges of Russian-ordered sabotage
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has arrested nine people in connection with acts of sabotage committed in the country on the orders of Russian services, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said late on Monday. Warsaw says its position as a hub for supplies to Ukr...
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Solomon Islands tells Australia it remains partner of choice
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Solomon Islands' newly elected Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele said the Pacific Island nation was ready to discuss "much, much larger bilateral co-operation" with Australia, as the latter's Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles vis...
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China embassy in South Korea says it opposes lawmakers visiting Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's embassy in South Korea on Tuesday said it resolutely opposes and condemns South Korean lawmakers visiting Taiwan to attend the so-called "inauguration ceremony of the leader". A spokesperson for the embassy said the move...
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China's embassy in Japan says it opposes Japanese lawmakers visiting Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's embassy in Japan on Tuesday said it firmly opposes Japanese lawmakers visiting Taiwan and expressed firm protests. "The Japanese government and some politicians ignored China's strong opposition and congratulated Taiwan'...
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More than 569 tons of aid delivered across floating pier into Gaza, says US CENTCOM
CAIRO (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday more than 569 metric tons of humanitarian assistance has been delivered so far across a temporary floating pier to Gaza, but not all the aid has reached warehouses. Aid deliveries...
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Australia, New Zealand send evacuation flights to New Caledonia
By Kirsty Needham and Lucy Craymer SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand said they will send government planes to New Caledonia on Tuesday to evacuate nationals from the French territory which has experienced a week of deadly riot...
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