Putin, Zelensky want peace: Trump
NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters): Donald Trump said both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed a desire for peace in separate phone calls with him on Wednesday, and Trump ordered top US officials to begin talks on ending the war in Ukraine.The conversations came after Trump's...
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Hamas will free Israeli hostages on time
CAIRO, Feb 13 (BBC/AFP): Hamas has said it is committed to implementing the Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel and will continue releasing hostages within the agreed time frame.Following talks in Cairo, the Palestinian armed group said Egyptian and Qatari mediators had confirmed they would "remove obstacles" to the deal.There was...
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Putin holds phone call with Syria's Sharaa
MOSCOW, Feb 13 (Reuters/AFP): Russia's President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, the first direct communication between the two since Sharaa's forces overthrew Moscow's ally Bashar al-Assad in December.Russia is hoping to retain the use of naval and air...
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Afghan held after car attack injures 28 in Germany
MUNICH, Feb 13 (AFP): An Afghan asylum seeker was arrested after a suspected car ramming attack injured at least 28 people in the southern German city of Munich on Thursday, police said.The incident comes on the eve of a high-profile international conference in Munich and amid an election campaign in...
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