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LISBON, April 15 (Reuters) – Portugal is against the creation of a separate European army and instead backs strengthening and modernising its armed forces within the U.S.-led NATO alliance, the country’s defence minister said, contrasting with neighbouring Spain’s position. Nuno Melo said late on Tuesday that Portugal was a founding NATO member which valued the …
GUADALAJARA, México (AP) — For hours under the blistering sun, Raúl Servín shovels and digs his way through days filled with pain, hope and usually frustration. He is looking for his son, gone eight years now — and for “ all the other missing people ” in Mexico as well. Every Tuesday, Servín loads a …
BUDAPEST, April 15 (Reuters) – Hungary’s election-winner Peter Magyar said on Wednesday he would need to hold talks with the leadership of oil company MOL, adding that ensuring fuel security would be the top priority in the coming weeks. Magyar’s centre-right TISZA (Respect and Freedom) party won a landslide victory in Sunday’s election, ending nationalist …
April 15 (Reuters) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha held a call with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar to discuss a Russian vessel carrying what he described as grain stolen from Ukraine that was allowed to dock in an Israeli port. Kyiv considers all grain produced in the four regions Russia claimed as its own …
MOSCOW, April 15 (Reuters) – Russia is ready to increase energy supplies to China ahead of an expected visit by President Vladimir Putin, Russian news agencies quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday at a news conference in Beijing. The agencies quoted Lavrov as saying that the visit would take place in the …
April 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl on Tuesday he was not concerned about Viktor Orban’s loss in Hungary, and that he likes incoming Prime Minister Peter Magyar. “I think the new man’s going to do a good job — he’s a good man,” Trump told the reporter. …
Pakistan said Tuesday it was pursuing efforts to help the U.S. and Iran negotiate an end to the war, after Trump told the New York Post earlier that a second round of talks with Iran “could be happening over next two days.” Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad said talks between Lebanon and …
TBILISI, April 15 (Reuters) – When anti-government protests began in Georgia in late 2024, Luka Mishveladze started sleeping on the floor at his university building to be closer to student rallies. Some 18 months later, the 20-year-old student is now a protest organiser, demonstrating outside the same building in the capital Tbilisi against government reforms …
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is heading to the central African nation of Cameroon with a message of peace for its separatist region and for talks with President Paul Biya, the 93-year-old leader whose grip on power was extended for an eighth term in a widely disputed election last year. The Vatican says …
DHAKA, April 15 (Reuters) – A Rohingya survivor has recounted a harrowing journey at sea after an overcrowded boat carrying refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, leaving around 250 people missing. The boat, which departed from Teknaf in southern Bangladesh and was bound for Malaysia, sank in the second week of April …