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Iraq PM, French president meet at Davos; discuss boosting cooperation
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met France's President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Davos 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in S...
Jan 17, 2024
Moldova says latest talks with separatists 'difficult'
By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) - A senior official of Moldova's pro-European government said on Wednesday that his latest talks with the pro-Russian separatist Transdniestria region had been "q...
Jan 17, 2024
Blinken briefly stranded in Davos after his plane breaks down
(Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was briefly stranded in Davos on Wednesday after his plane experienced a "critical failure" related to an oxygen leak and another plane is being flown...
Jan 17, 2024
Sierra Leone court allows ex-president Koroma to travel abroad on medical grounds
FREETOWN (Reuters) - A Sierra Leone high court on Wednesday allowed ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma, charged this month with treason, to travel abroad on medical grounds. Koroma was charged with four o...
Jan 17, 2024
Factbox-The militant group in Pakistan targeted by Iranian strikes
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister has said its missile and drone strikes in Pakistan on Tuesday evening targeted a militant group that it claimed was linked to Israel. Here are some facts ...
Jan 17, 2024
Bosnian Serb leader calls trial "political", proceedings adjourned again
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik took to the stand on Wednesday in a trial in which he is accused of defying the rulings of an international peace envoy, call...
Jan 17, 2024
Russia allocates another $1.23 billion to company buying planes from Western lessors
(Reuters) - Russia has allocated an additional 107.7 billion roubles ($1.23 billion) from its rainy day fund to a state company that has been purchasing aircraft from foreign lessors, the finance mini...
Jan 17, 2024
Exclusive-Qatari court convicts ex-finance minister of laundering $5.6bn - document
By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) - A criminal court in Qatar has sentenced the Gulf Arab state's former finance minister to 20 years in prison for laundering more than $5.6 billion, according to a docum...
Jan 17, 2024
Gaza post-war housing reconstruction to cost at least $15 billion - fund
DAVOS (Reuters) - At least $15 billion would be needed to rebuild housing in the Gaza Strip, Palestine Investment Fund chairman Mohammed Mustafa said on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum, after mu...
Jan 17, 2024
Taiwan reports first major post-election Chinese military activity
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence ministry said it had detected on Wednesday evening 18 Chinese air force planes operating around Taiwan and carrying out "joint combat readiness patrols" with Chines...
Jan 17, 2024
