Exclusive-Five Iraqi banks to be banned from U.S. dollar transactions – sources
By Maha El Dahan and Ahmed Rasheed DUBAI/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s central bank will ban five more local banks from…
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Zelenskiy says draft US minerals deal ‘does not protect’ Ukraine
By Jonathan Landay, Tom Balmforth and Dan Peleschuk MUNICH (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday a draft minerals deal…
G7 ministers link future Russia sanctions to good faith talks
MUNICH (Reuters) – G7 foreign ministers agreed on Saturday to continuing working together to get a strong peace deal for…
US Defense Secretary Hegseth’s Europe debut irks allies, wins Trump’s nod
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attention-grabbing overseas debut may have irritated…
US drops website wording on not supporting Taiwan independence
TAIPEI (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has removed a statement on its website that it does not support Taiwan…
Trump administration’s NIH layoffs total 1,165 people, internal email shows
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of workers terminated by the Trump administration at the National Institutes of…
Donald Trump: Coming to you almost daily from the Oval Office
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gone are the crowded arenas, the pulsing playlists, the off-the-cuff 90-minute campaign speeches. Now…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy wants to discuss with US fate of minerals in areas held by Russia
(Reuters) – Ukraine and the United States need to discuss the fate of mineral deposits in areas captured by Russia,…