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Trump will not win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but he may influence who does, say expertsOSLO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump will not win this year's Nobel Peace Prize as he wages war with Iran, but his influence will still be felt by the awarding body that picks the laureate, according to experts.Last year's award, to Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado, was unique in the prize's 125-year history, coming amid repeated lobbying by…
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US Senate blocks measure demanding report on rights violations in West BankBy Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - US Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bid to require President Donald Trump's administration to report to Congress on increasing violence in the occupied West Bank, including the deaths of American citizens.The procedural vote was the latest sign of friction between US Democrats and Israeli Prime…
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Trump denies offering Iran sanctions relief for nuclear concessionsBy Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Monday denied offeringIran sanctions relief and the release of frozen funds in return for nuclear concessions from Tehran. DETAILS:• "This is untrue. I offered them NOTHING," Trump wrote on Truth Social, responding to anAxios report that cited US officials as saying that he was…
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Iran awaits US move after WSJ report says Trump rejects peace planBy Menna AlaaElDin and Parisa HafeziCAIRO/UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday awaited an official US response to its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the wider Middle East war after the Wall Street Journal reported that US President Donald Trump had rejected the deal.Iran raised the diplomatic initiative at the…
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US and Indian top diplomats discuss Russia sanctions bill signed by TrumpBy Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar discussed on Wednesday US measures that could be leveled against countries that engage economically with Russia and Iran, with New Delhi reiterating concerns over a sanctions bill recently signed into law by President Donald…
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Trump set for whirlwind UN meetings with wars in Iran, Ukraine on agendaBy Gram Slattery and Humeyra PamukUNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Donald Trump is set for a whirlwind schedule of meetings with leaders from four continents at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, against the backdrop of an unstable Middle East and a four-and-a-half-year-old war in Ukraine that shows no signs of abating despite the US president's…
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Analysis-As Iran war grinds on, Trump to face skeptical world leaders at UNBy Matt SpetalnickWASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - When President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations a year ago, he touted the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites just months earlier as "totally obliterating everything" and said he had brought peace between Israel and Iran. Returning to the world body on Tuesday, Trump will face a deeply skeptical…
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South Korea's Lee rules out military involvement in Middle East conflictBy Heejin Kim and Joyce LeeSEOUL, Sept 18 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday he would not deploy military assets to the Middle East in a way that could draw the country into conflict, but Seoul was reviewing whether to play a greater role in safeguarding navigation in the region.South Korea has maintained a naval presence off…
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Trump hopes Iran war nearing end as Houthi-Saudi fighting escalatesSept 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped an end to the war against Iran was near, as the conflict, in its seventh month, escalated with Saudi aircraft pounding Yemen and Houthi fighters launching drones and missiles at Saudi cities.The Iran-backed Houthis' lightning advance in Yemen along the Red Sea and their attacks on Saudi…
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Trump downplays report China entities helped Iran before attack that killed US troopsABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Sept 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday brushed aside a report that Iran acquired satellite images of a base in Jordan from Chinese entities before an attack that killed threeU.S. troops there in July.A recent report in the Wall Street Journal cited unnamed U.S. officials about the attack in Jordan. Asked whether…
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