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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday held a phone call with his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin, discussing issues of international security and Ukraine, Russian state-owned news …

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -European foreign ministers will on Monday discuss the transfer of Iranian drones to Russia and could come to a political agreement on future sanctions related …

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Monday again reshuffled his Cabinet and appointed three women to lead the labor, social development and women’s ministries, as a deep …

LONDON (Reuters) – Senior British ministers on Sunday urged their colleagues to unite behind Prime Minister Liz Truss, warning that infighting would hand power to the opposition Labour Party at …

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – A string of former Colombian finance ministers criticized the Andean country’s President Gustavo Petro on Thursday after he took to Twitter to question …

By Sonia Rolley KINSHASA (Reuters) – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Tuesday some Western ministers avoided a so-called family photo of participants at climate talks in Kinshasa because …

By Jason Hovet and Jan Strupczewski PRAGUE (Reuters) -European Union finance ministers on Friday backed a 5 billion euro ($5 billion) loan for Ukraine to help keep its schools, hospitals …

BERLIN (Reuters) – The Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers plan to implement a price cap on Russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products, they confirmed in a joint statement on …

TOKYO(Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, dropping some ministers with links to the Unification Church. Here are some facts about his new cabinet and …

BOGOTA – Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro appointed two cabinet members on Saturday, a day before taking office in a bid to drive deep social and economic change. Petro appointed Irene …

BEIJING – China scolded foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Thursday for telling Beijing not to use a visit by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy …

ISTANBUL – Turkish and German foreign ministers argued over a range of issues in a tense and drawn-out news conference on Friday, trading barbs over disputes between Ankara and Athens, …

BRUSSELS – After several months of attempts, euro zone finance ministers failed again on Monday to choose a new head of the bloc’s bailout fund, EU officials said. Ministers need …

LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, expected to resign in just over an hour, started appointing new ministers to his cabinet on Thursday, including a third education secretary in …

LONDON -A group of cabinet ministers are about to tell Prime Minister Boris Johnson to quit, including the man who has just been appointed as the new finance minister, media …

UNITED NATIONS – Two Afghan education ministers are no longer allowed to travel abroad for any peace and stability talks after the United Nations Security Council removed them from a …

LUXEMBOURG – Euro zone finance ministers backed on Thursday Croatia’s bid to adopt the euro, clearing another hurdle on the way of the Balkan country to become the 20th member …

BERLIN -The finance ministers of the Group of Seven economic powers want to put together a 15 billion euro ($15.8 billion) aid package for Ukraine at their meeting in Bonn …

ABUJA – Four members of Nigeria’s cabinet, including the junior petroleum minister, said on Tuesday that they will not run in next year’s elections as planned after President Muhammadu Buhari …

LONDON – Britain’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his U.S. counterpart discussed next steps to help Ukraine, including military aid, in talks held in the United States this week, a …

By Byron Kaye and Praveen Menon SYDNEY – Australia’s mighty #MeToo wave is piling pressure on mining and political leaders who are preparing to face a reckoning over sexual harassment …

LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged his government to “go faster” in coming up with ways to tackle a cost of living crisis, his spokesman said on …

JERUSALEM -Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologised for his foreign minister’s comments claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. Putin also told …

WASHINGTON – G7 finance ministers said they have provided and pledged together with international community additional support to Ukraine exceeding $24 billion for 2022 and beyond, adding that they were …