PHILO PHOTO: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a youth event of Venezuela’s United Socialist Party in Caracas, Venezuela June 22, 2020. Miraflores Palace / Handout via REUTERS CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday it would be a “good idea” to buy missiles from Iran, a …
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CAMP TAJI, Iraq (Reuters) – Leading international coalition troops withdrew from the Taji military base in Iraq on Sunday, handing it over to Iraqi security forces, Reuters witnesses and the coalition said. The base, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, was the site of frequent Iranian-backed rocket attacks by …
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BAMAKO / LONDON (Reuters) – An important meeting on Saturday between Mali’s coups and West African regional bloc mediators seeking a return to civilian rule ended just 20 minutes later. Tuesday’s reversal of Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been condemned abroad but celebrated by many in a country struggling …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Saturday that it was holding talks with China’s top diplomat on trade, denuclearization and the response to the coronavirus, in the first visit by a senior Beijing official since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. erupted last year. China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – West African presidents plan to fly to Mali as regional powers escalate efforts to overthrow a coup, two sources said after an opposition coalition joined the junta in rejecting foreign interference. A screenshot shows a teleconference during the Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African …
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