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Syria to join G7 finance talks in Paris in sign of growing status
By Timour Azhari RIYADH, May 18 (Reuters) - Syria will take part in a closed-door session with G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in Paris on Monday, a person familiar with the matter sai...
May 18, 2026
Gaza aid flotilla says Israeli forces intercepted 10 boats, contact lost with 23 vessels
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL, May 18 (Reuters) - The organisers of a flotilla of aid vessels bound for Gaza said on Monday that Israeli forces had intercepted 10 of their boats and that contact had bee...
May 18, 2026
Norway joins EU's Baltic Sea Region cooperation amid greater security focus
OSLO, May 18 (Reuters) - Norway said on Monday it has joined the European Union's Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR), which aims to coordinate work around common challenges, including securit...
May 18, 2026
Revised Iranian proposal to end war shared with US, Pakistani source says
ISLAMABAD, May 18 (Reuters) - Pakistan has shared with the U.S. a revised proposal from Iran to end the conflict in the Middle East, a Pakistani source told Reuters on Monday, as peace talks appeared ...
May 18, 2026
Malaysia PM meets with king amid talk of early elections
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 (Reuters) - Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim held an audience with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday, a day after the premier floated the possibility of calling an early electi...
May 18, 2026
Putin faces 'very difficult choices' in Ukraine as sanctions bite, Estonia's spy chief says
By Andrius Sytas and Tom Balmforth TALLINN, May 18 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has few good options in Ukraine with his armed forces unable to advance significantly on the battlefield...
May 18, 2026
Prabowo says Indonesia will build defence capability further as Air Force receives Rafale jets
JAKARTA, May 18 (Reuters) - Indonesia will continue to build up its defence capabilities amid an uncertain geopolitical situation, President Prabowo Subianto said on Monday as he officially handed ove...
May 18, 2026
China denounces Taiwan foreign minister's Geneva visit amid WHO assembly
BEIJING/TAIPEI, May 18 (Reuters) - China said on Monday it opposed countries providing platforms for "Taiwan independence separatist" activities, after Taiwan's foreign minister arrived in Switzerland...
May 18, 2026
Belarus holds nuclear weapons drills
May 18 (Reuters) - Belarus, which hosts Russian nuclear weapons, said on Monday its armed forces had begun training on how to deploy them in the field. "During the training, in cooperation with the Ru...
May 18, 2026
US conducts follow-up strikes against militants in Nigeria's northeast
May 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Africa Command said on Monday it had carried out additional airstrikes against Islamic State targets in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, in coordination with the Nigerian go...
May 18, 2026
