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Rubio warns Syria could be weeks away from ‘full-scale civil war’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for Syria’s transitional authorities to be supported, warning that the country could be only weeks away from “potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions”. At a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he defended President Donald Trump’s decision last week to lift sanctions on Syria before meeting President…
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Iran’s Khamenei doubts US nuclear talks will lead to agreement
Iran’s Supreme Leader has expressed doubt that nuclear talks with the US will lead to a new agreement, saying it had made “excessive and outrageous” demands on uranium enrichment. “We don’t think it will lead to any outcome. We don’t know what will happen,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said. US President Donald Trump said last week that Iran had “sort of”…
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Poland seizes aircraft tyres bound for Russia in suspected sanctions breach
Polish officials have seized 5 metric tons of tyres for Boeing passenger planes that were due to transit through Belarus and Russia, in what Poland’s tax and customs office on Monday said constituted a breach of European sanctions. Western countries have imposed broad-ranging sanctions against Russia and its ally Belarus since Moscow’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Heavily reliant…
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Reactions pour in after former President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis
Well wishes are pouring in for former President Joe Biden after his office revealed on Sunday he’d been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Biden was diagnosed with “prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,” according to the statement. His office said it is a “more aggressive form…
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Joe Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer
Former US President Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, a statement from his office said on Sunday. Biden, who left office in January, was diagnosed on Friday after he saw a doctor last week for urinary symptoms. The cancer is a more aggressive form of the disease, characterised by a Gleason…
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PHOTOS: Vatican Secretary hosts President Tinubu
The Secretary of State to The Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, hosted President Bola Tinubu to dinner a few hours after the Nigerian leader arrived in Rome on Saturday. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post on x.com. The President is in Rome, Italy for the official inauguration of Pope Leo XIV,…
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Trump says he will call Putin on Monday to discuss stopping Ukraine ‘bloodbath’
Donald Trump says he will be speaking to Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday about ending the war in Ukraine, saying the call at 10:00 EDT (14:00 GMT) would be about “stopping the ‘bloodbath'”. In a post on Truth Social, the US president said he would then speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and leaders of some Nato countries. Russia…
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Mike Pence says it’s a ‘bad idea’ for Trump to accept a Qatari jet for use as Air Force One
In an exclusive “Meet the Press” interview, former Vice President Mike Pence raised concerns about Trump’s plan, including security and constitutional issues. Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that President Donald Trump should not accept a luxury jet from Qatar to use as the next Air Force One, telling NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker that the…
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Shock in Sweden at death of diplomat questioned for spying
Sweden’s foreign minister has spoken of grief among her colleagues after it emerged that a diplomat who was questioned this week on suspicion of spying has been found dead. The man, described as a high-ranking diplomat, was arrested by Sweden’s Säpo intelligence service on Sunday and released on Wednesday. He had denied wrongdoing, although prosecutors said he remained under suspicion.…
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Gabon’s ousted president, family freed after two years, move to Angola
Gabon’s former President, Ali Bongo, who was deposed in a 2023 coup, has left the country and is now in Angola, the authorities there have announced. The Angolan presidency added in a statement posted on social media that Bongo’s family had been released from detention and were with him in Luanda. The Bongo family lawyer, François Zimeray, welcomed the release…
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