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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday said it blacklisted two companies based in Hong Kong, one in Shanghai and one in Dubai for helping Iran’s state-owned National Iranian … Read More

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s parliament has voted to provide funding and training to local vigilantes in response to the growing firepower of jihadist groups who threaten to overrun government … Read More

By Sergio Goncalves and Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s market watchdog has launched inquiries into various firms where Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos holds stakes, after Angola’s chief prosecutor … Read More

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump fired off a new round of Twitter insults aimed at political rival Michael Bloomberg on Thursday, shortly after the Democratic … Read More

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s security council said on Thursday it was awaiting a decision on whether Tehran will hand over black boxes of the Ukrainian airliner it downed after an … Read More

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration rolled out a new rule on Thursday that aims to limit “birth tourism” by women who enter the United States … Read More

By Balazs Koranyi and Alessandra Galloni DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Greta Thunberg on Thursday she should study economics, a jibe which prompted the climate … Read More

By Nafisa Eltahir DUBAI (Reuters) – The successor to the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path by … Read More

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned the United States on Thursday he would repeal an agreement on deployment of troops and equipment for exercises if Washington did not … Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday said it is taking reports about the hacking of Amazon chief and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos’ phone seriously, after reports raised … Read More