The move removes a decades-old reexport mechanism routed largely through Georgia as Ankara and Yerevan step up normalization efforts.
Category: 3. Middle East
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Turkey, Armenia to launch direct trade in normalization push: What to know
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France confines over 1,700 passengers on cruise ship over gastroenteritis | Health News
The British ship docked in the southwestern French city of Bordeaux reports 49 suspected cases.
Published On 13 May 2026
French authorities have temporarily prevented 1,233 passengers and 514 crew from leaving a British cruise ship…
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Trump arrives in China for two-day summit with Xi | US-Israel war on Iran
NewsFeed US President Donald Trump has landed in Beijing to meet China’s President Xi Jinping, the first visit to China by a US president in nearly a decade. Discussions on the US-Israel war on Iran expected during his two-day visit.
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Iran looms large over Trump’s China visit, but breakthrough unlikely
Analysts say China is cautiously looking to de-escalate the US-Iran war while limiting its direct involvement.
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Exclusive-France probes whether Israeli firm BlackCore interfered in local elections, sources say
By Gabriel Stargardter and Raphael Satter
PARIS, May 13 (Reuters) – French authorities are examining whether a foreign interference campaign aimed at a hard-left party ahead ofMarch’s municipal elections was carried out at least in part by an…
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Stocks waver, oil steady ahead of US-China summit as Iran talks stall
Stock markets were mixed Wednesday and oil prices steadied but remained above $100 a barrel as investors awaited a high-stakes summit between the United States and China, and Middle East peace talks stalled.
Oil prices surged earlier this week on…
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‘Most powerful’: What’s the Sarmat missile Russia has test-launched? | Military News
Russia has tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of its efforts to modernise its nuclear forces, and President Vladimir Putin has hailed the launch just days after his claim that the fighting in Ukraine is nearing an…
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Which teams have won the FIFA World Cup? | World Cup 2026 News
Ahead of the World Cup 2026, a chronological record of all winners since the first global tournament took place in 1930.
Argentina head into the FIFA World Cup 2026 as the reigning champions after dethroning France at the Qatar World Cup 2022 to…
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Analysis-Iran war brings Turkey-PKK peace process to near standstill
By Jonathan Spicer and Ahmed Rasheed
ANKARA/BAGHDAD, May 13 (Reuters) – Just two weeks after Turkey’s parliament made recommendations on how to advance the country’s peace process with Kurdish militants, the Iran war broke out, plunging the Middle…
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Explainer-What’s at stake in Turkey’s bid to end conflict with PKK militants?
ANKARA, May 13 (Reuters) – Turkey’s attempt to finish its decades-old conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group has stalled, with both sides waiting for the other to act in a peace bid complicated by the Iran war.
The…
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