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Man gets life sentence for assassination of ex-Japanese premier Abe
A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced the man accused of assassinating former prime minister Shinzo Abe to life in prison. Tetsuya…
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EU calls on Western Balkans to step up reforms for membership
The leaders of the European Union and the Western Balkans countries agreed to forge closer ties at a summit on Wednesday evening in…
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Peru cuts ties with Mexico over asylum for ex-prime minister
Peru has severed diplomatic relations with Mexico after accusing it of granting asylum to a former Peruvian prime minister who is on trial…
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PM urged to raise toxic limoncello deaths with Vietnam leader
The prime minister is being urged to raise the case of a British woman and her fiancé who died from methanol poisoning in Vietnam when he…
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French PM backs freezing Macron's pension reform to save government
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has told parliament he backs suspending controversial 2023 pension reforms, in the face of crucial…
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France's Lecornu explains surprise reappointment as prime minister
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Saturday explained his surprise reappointment by French President Emmanuel Macron, just days…
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France's re-appointed prime minister Lecornu calls for calm amid political chaos
L'HAY-LES-ROSES, France (AP) — France’s newly re-appointed prime minister acknowledged Saturday that there weren’t ″a lot of candidates″…
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French President Macron reappoints Lecornu as prime minister
French President Emmanuel Macron has surprisingly reappointed Sébastien Lecornu as the country's prime minister, days after he resigned,…
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No breakthrough in sight to end France's political turmoil
France's political crisis remains unresolved after President Emmanuel Macron's crunch talks with political leaders ended on Friday with no…
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Macron set to name next French premier
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to appoint a new prime minister in France later Friday, as he remains under huge pressure to…
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France's Macron expected to name new prime minister on Friday
French President Emmanuel Macron is likely to name a new prime minister on Friday, his office said. Speculation is running high in Paris…
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New French prime minister expected in 48 hours
France's outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu sees a way out of the government crisis following consultations with political parties.…
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Army general named as Madagascar PM to quell Gen Z protests
Madagascar's embattled President Andry Rajoelina has appointed an army general as the new prime minister in a bid to end youth-led…
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Takaichi set to be Japan's first female PM after election as LDP head
Japan's conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Saturday elected former minister Sanae Takaichi as its first female leader,…
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Footage shows Serbia's massive rally, not anti-Israel demonstration in Yemen
Huthi rebels have vowed to avenge their leader's death after the group's prime minister was killed in an Israeli strike in August, but…
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'They are still there': Hostage families mark second Rosh Hashanah since October 7
As the hostages now approach their third Simchat Torah in Gaza, she said, the feeling that time has frozen only grows stronger. Nearly two…
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Japan PM contender Koizumi vows wage hikes to counter inflation
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Shinjiro Koizumi, launching a bid to become Japan's next prime minister, pledged on Saturday to focus on…
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Einav Zangauker holds bottle of son’s urine from Gaza at rally
"This is what the State of Israel brought me from captivity, from the tunnels in Khan Younis. Matan’s urine. This is what I have from my…
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Netanyahu at Fiji's new Jerusalem embassy: 'Welcome to our capital of last 3,000 years'
Fiji recognizes a truth that everybody should, but few do - Jerusalem has been Israel's capital for 3,000 years, Netanyahu said during the…
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Israel Information Center organizes award ceremony for books on Shimon Peres, Moshe Sharett
Peres, the only one to serve as both prime minister and president, and Sharett, the country’s second prime minister, were chosen as the…
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New French PM Lecornu faces censure threat on first day amid nationwide protests
PARIS (AP) — Newly-appointed French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu faced the threat of a no-confidence vote on the first day he took…
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Third leader toppled in 14 months tests Macron and the French Republic itself
PARIS (AP) — Another prime minister gone. Another crisis unfolding. In France, what once shocked is now routine. Prime Minister François…
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France faces more political upheaval as prime minister's fate hangs in the balance
PARIS (AP) — France risks losing its third prime minister in 12 months on Monday, with incumbent François Bayrou facing a parliamentary…
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Sa'ar: Europe needs to decide if it is on Israel's or radical Islam's side
This was in response to Danish PM Frederiksen telling Jyllands-Posten that Netanyahu is personally a problem and that Israel is going too…