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U.S. To Move $3.5 Billion in Afghan Central Bank Assets to Swiss-Based Trust
Date: September 15, 2022
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday announced that it would transfer $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets into a new Swiss-based trust fund that will be shielded from the Taliban and used to help stabilize Afghanistan’s collapsed economy. The Afghan Fund, managed by a board of trustees, could pay for...
Two-Thirds of Iaea Board Backs Western Statement Pressuring Iran
Date: September 15, 2022
VIENNA (Reuters) – Two-thirds of the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors endorsed a non-binding statement by the United States, Britain, France and Germany on Wednesday pressing Iran to explain why uranium traces were found at three undeclared sites. At its last quarterly meeting in June the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors...
U.S. To Move $3.5 Billion in Afghan Central Bank Assets to Swiss-Based Trust
Date: September 14, 2022
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday announced that it would transfer $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets into a new Swiss-based trust fund that will be shielded from the Taliban and used to help stabilize Afghanistan’s collapsed economy. The Afghan Fund, managed by a board of trustees, could pay for...
Factbox-World Leaders to Attend Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral
Date: September 13, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth’s funeral will take place in London on Monday, Sept. 19, and a host of world leaders, royalty and other dignitaries will attend. The following have said they will come to London. ROYAL ATTENDEES – King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands – King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of...
King Charles and Siblings Hold Silent Vigil to Late Mother, Queen Elizabeth
Date: September 12, 2022
By Andrew MacAskill and Lindsay Dunsmuir EDINBURGH (Reuters) – King Charles and his siblings held a silent vigil at the side of their mother Queen Elizabeth’s coffin as it lay at rest in Edinburgh’s historic cathedral, with thousands queuing for hours to pay their respects to Britain’s longest-serving monarch. With their heads bowed, Charles, wearing...
Israel Sees No New Iran Nuclear Deal Before U.S. November Mid-Terms
Date: September 12, 2022
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel does not anticipate a renewal of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers before the U.S. mid-term elections in November, an Israeli official said on Sunday, after European parties to the negotiations voiced frustration with Tehran. Having supported then-U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from a 2015 Iranian nuclear deal which it deemed...