(Reuters) – The US government has seized ships that were all loaded with Iranian fuel in violation of sanctions imposed by the Trump administration, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing US amtners. U.S. prosecutors filed a lawsuit last month to seize gasoline on board four tankers Iran is …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan on Thursday unveiled an increase of T $ 42.1 billion ($ 1.4 billion) in planned spending on defense next year, as China announced details of its latest battlefield near the democratic island. FILE PHOTO: A CM-11 Brave Tiger tank burns during the live fire Han Kuang …
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MINSK (Reuters) – Employers of state-owned industrial plants joined tens of thousands of people in a fifth day of protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, despite a violent collapse that has prompted the West to impose new sanctions. People hold flowers at a demonstration against violence following recent protests to …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic deal on Thursday that will lead to a complete normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern countries in an agreement that helped US President Donald Trump broker. First White House adviser Jared Kushner listens as US …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The explosion of the port of Beirut was preceded by a series of explosions, the last of which was a burning of fireworks that apparently set a warehouse full of ammonium nitrate, an Israeli seismological and ammunition expert said on Thursday. Boaz Hayoun, of the Tamar Group …
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