Countries repatriating gold in wake of sanctions against Russia – study
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – An increasing number of countries are repatriating gold reserves as protection against the sort…
Middle East
In call with Turkey’s Erdogan, Biden expresses support for Sweden’s NATO bid
By Ezgi Erkoyun and Kanishka Singh ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden expressed a desire to see Sweden join NATO…
Russian, Turkish ministers talk after Turkey sends Ukrainian commanders home
(Reuters) – The foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey spoke by telephone on Sunday, a day after Ankara angered Moscow…
Netanyahu bristles at protests as Israel’s judicial reform edges ahead
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday summoned his attorney-general to explain the police’s handling…
Senior US diplomat to travel to Addis Ababa to discuss Sudan conflict
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. assistant secretary of State for African affairs, Molly Phee, will travel to…
Israel, Saudi normalization a long way off, Biden says
By Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel and Saudi Arabia are a long way from a normalization agreement…
Saudi National Bank was denied taking 40% Credit Suisse stake -report
VIENNA (Reuters) – Saudi National Bank wanted to increase its stake in Credit Suisse to around 40% from 9.88%, but…
Turkey aims to ensure fiscal discipline and lower budget deficit -Finance Minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey is taking measures to re-establish fiscal discipline and control the level of the budget deficit, Finance…
Israeli protests reignite as Netanyahu pushes new justice bill
By Rami Amichay TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel’s business hub Tel Aviv saw the biggest anti-government protest in weeks on…
Paraguay president-elect to visit ‘great friend’ Taiwan’s Tsai
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Paraguay’s president-elect, Santiago Pena, will visit Taiwan this week and meet “great friend” President Tsai Ing-wen, he…