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Trump Tower Damascus? Syria Seeks to Charm US President for Sanctions Relief

DAMASCUS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Trump Tower in Damascus, a detente with Israel and U.S. access to Syria’s oil and gas are part of Syr...
A general view shows Damascus from Mount Qasioun, after one month since the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Trump Tower Damascus? Syria Seeks to Charm US President for Sanctions Relief

DAMASCUS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Trump Tower in Damascus, a detente with Israel and U.S. access to Syria’s oil and gas are part of Syr...

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The motorcade of U.S. President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in West Palm Beach, Florida, February 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Trump Plans to Accept Luxury 747 From Qatar to Use as Air Force One

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump‘s administration intends to accept a Boeing 747-8 airplane as a gift from the Qatari royal fa...

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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane)

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Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the international media in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope Leo XIV Urges Release of Imprisoned Journalists, Affirms Gift of Free Speech and Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and th...

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a press conference following a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran Warns Europeans That Reimposing Sanctions Could Have Irreversible Consequences

PARIS (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister warned Britain, France and Germany on Monday that a decision to trigger a U.N. mechani...

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People gather, on the day Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, who was kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack, is expected to be released from captivity by Hamas in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hamas will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander from Gaza on Monday, the Palestinian militant group s...

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Trump’s Trip to Saudi Arabia Raises the Prospect of US Nuclear Cooperation With the Kingdom

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia wants U.S. help developing its own civil nuclear program, and the Trump administration says it is “very exci...

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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi shake hands during a press conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran to Send Russia Launchers for Short-Range Missiles, Sources Say

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Iran is preparing to deliver in the near future launchers for short-range ballistic missiles that the U....

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People shop for essential goods at a supermarket in Amritsar, India, May 9, 2025. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Residents Stockpile Food, Rush to Bunkers as Conflict Rattles India and Pakistan

LAHORE/MUZAFARRABAD, Pakistan/AMRITSAR, India (Reuters) – Residents across Pakistan and India rushed to stockpile foods and other esse...

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee looks on during the day he visits the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, April 18, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo

Israel Won’t Be Involved in New Gaza Aid Plan, Only in Security, US Envoy Says

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A U.S.-backed mechanism for getting aid into Gaza should take effect soon, Washington’s envoy to Israel sa...

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