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Baghdad (EFE).- Iraq announced the complete withdrawal of troops from the international coalition fighting the Islamic State, led by the United States, from all military bases in the country on Sunday, after confirming the last units’ removal from the Ain al-Asad air base in Al Anbar province (west). The US-Iraq...
Cairo, Jan 18 (EFE).- The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said it is ready to hand over the administration of Gaza to a technocratic committee headed by Gazan engineer Ali Shaaz, which was formed in Cairo and began its work last week, a Hamas source told EFE. The source, familiar with...
Tehran, Jan 18 (EFE).- Iran took another step toward normality on Sunday with the reopening of schools after a nine-day closure ordered amid anti-government protests that have rocked the country since late December, although universities remain closed. “All schools in the country are open,” the Iranian Ministry of Education said,...
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Barcelona, Jan 18 (EFE).- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Sunday called for progress toward a common European defense, even without the unanimous backing of all 27 EU member states, amid rising geopolitical tensions linked to Greenland. “A group of countries can move forward in this process of integration toward...
By Carlos Meneses Asunción (EFE).- The European Union and Mercosur signed an ambitious free trade agreement on Saturday, creating the world’s largest free trade zone, a historic event that occurs amid the new tariff offensive by United States President Donald Trump. The signing ceremony of the trade treaty, which was...
Tehran, Jan 17 (EFE).- Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, acknowledged on Saturday that “several thousand” people died in the protests that shook the country in recent weeks, blaming the violence and destruction on the United States and President Donald Trump. The religious leader said “ignorant and misinformed elements, under...
Mexico City (EFE).- The Secretary of Security and Civilian Protection Omar García Harfuch, stated on Friday that the Mexican government has not detected a «significant» or «alarming» presence of the transnational criminal group known as the Tren de Aragua in Mexico. At a presidential press conference, García Harfuch stated that,...
Washington, Jan 16 (EFE).- CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Caracas this week for a rare meeting with Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, US media and officials reported on Friday. The development is aimed at improving cooperation between Washington and Venezuela’s interim authorities. The meeting, described by a US official...
Nairobi, Jan 16 (EFE).- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni holds a commanding lead in the vote count following the country’s general election, according to partial results released Friday by the Electoral Commission. The 81-year-old leader of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) came to power in 1986 and is seeking a contentious...
Seoul, Jan 16 (EFE).- Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to five years in prison Friday after being convicted of obstruction of justice in connection with his failed attempt to impose martial law in December 2024, the first verdict in a series of criminal trials related to the...
Washington, Jan 15 (EFE).- President Donald Trump said Thursday that the second phase of his Gaza peace plan is already underway and that it will result in a “comprehensive demilitarization agreement with Hamas, including the surrender of all weapons and the dismantling of all tunnels” in the territory. “As Steve...
Washington, Jan 15 (EFE). – Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Thursday she had presented United States President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal at their meeting in the White House. “I presented the president of the United States the medal, the Nobel Peace Prize,” Machado said,...
