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Trump's Envoy Coale Meets Belarus Leader Lukashenko, Seeking to Win More Prisoner Releases
Date: March 19, 2026
March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. presidential envoy John Coale met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk on Thursday, according to the Telegram channel of Lukashenko's administration, on the...
Syria Unveils Plan to Eliminate Assad's Chemical Weapons
Date: March 18, 2026
NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) - Syria on Wednesday launched a plan supported by Washington to rid the Middle Eastern country of legacy chemical weapons that were used against its people by forces under...
Top Vatican Cardinal Urges Trump, Israel to End War 'as Soon as Possible'
Date: March 18, 2026
By Joshua McElwee ROME, March 18 (Reuters) - The Vatican's top diplomat on Wednesday called on U.S. President Donald Trump to end the expanding Iran war as soon as possible and suggested Israel should...
Swedish Citizen Executed in Iran, Sweden's Foreign Minister Says
Date: March 18, 2026
COPENHAGEN, March 18 (Reuters) - A Swedish citizen was executed in Iran on Wednesday, Sweden's foreign minister said in a statement. (Reporting by Louise Rasmussen, editing by Terje Solsvik)...
Ilia Ii, Patriarch Who Led Georgian Church Out of the Soviet Union, Dies at 93
Date: March 17, 2026
By Lucy Papachristou March 17 (Reuters) - The spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church for just shy of half a century, Ilia II oversaw its transformation from an institution repressed under...
Belgium Orders Ex-Diplomat to Stand Trial for 1961 Murder of Congo's Lumumba
Date: March 17, 2026
By Inti Landauro BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) - A Brussels court on Tuesday ordered a former high-profile Belgian diplomat to stand trial over the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime...