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Blinken urges Egypt to ensure aid is flowing into Gaza
By Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday urged Egypt to do everything it can to make sure humanitarian aid is flow...
May 22, 2024
Israel releases film of female conscripts held by Hamas
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli television aired previously withheld footage on Wednesday of five pyjama-clad female army conscripts being seized by Hamas gunmen during the Oct. 7 raid t...
May 22, 2024
US says Palestinian state should come via talks, not unilateral recognition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden believes a Palestinian state should be achieved through negotiations, not unilateral recognition, the White House said on Wednesday after Ireland, Spain...
May 22, 2024
Blinken says U.S.-Saudi pacts could be "weeks away" from completion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said the United States and Saudi Arabia were very close to concluding a set of agreements on nuclear energy, security and def...
May 22, 2024
Germany ready to use frozen Russian assets if legal, ministry sources say
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is open to using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine's war effort, sources at the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will push financ...
May 22, 2024
German defence minister not ready to compromise on 2025 budget demand
PABRADE TRAINING GROUND, LITHUANIA, (Reuters) - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday he was not prepared to lower his demands for the 2025 defence budget or accept a compromise ri...
May 22, 2024
Boosted by Gaza war, South African Muslim party open to deal with ANC
By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's small Muslim political party Al Jama-ah is gaining support due to the conflict in Gaza and sees itself as a potential coalition partner for the...
May 22, 2024
Islamic State claims attack on vehicle in Iraq which killed soldier
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - One Iraqi soldier was killed and two were wounded after an explosive device detonated on their vehicle in an area between the Diyala and Salahuddin governorates in eastern Iraq on ...
May 22, 2024
Russian guided bombs hit residential area in Kharkiv, nine injured
(Reuters) - A Russian air attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv on Wednesday injured at least nine people, at least one severely, and set fire to a residential building, local officials sai...
May 22, 2024
Putin ally attends Raisi commemorations, delivers message of support from Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin attended commemorations in Tehran for the late President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday and passed on a message of support for the Iran...
May 22, 2024
