WARSAW/MINSK -- Poland will completely close its border with Belarus starting at midnight on Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said.
"For national security reasons, we will close the border with Belarus, including railway crossings ... on Thursday at midnight, from Thursday to Friday," Tusk said ahead of a government meeting on Tuesday. (Poland-Belarus-Border Closure)
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JERUSALEM -- Countries hosting Hamas leaders or other groups regarded by Israel as enemies could themselves become targets if they failed to act against the groups, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Wednesday, a day after Israel's Doha strike that drew swift and broad international condemnation.
"I say to Qatar and all nations who harbor terrorists, you either expel them or you bring them to justice ... because if you don't, we will," Netanyahu said in a video statement. (Israel-Hamas-Targets)
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WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, and ruled she must be immediately reinstated, local media reported.
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ruled that Trump's effort to fire Cook over allegations of mortgage fraud that predated her time on the Fed board violated a federal law meant to insulate the interest-rate-setting body from political pressure. (US-Trump-Lisa Cook)
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SANAA/JERUSALEM -- Israel conducted airstrikes against Yemen's capital Sanaa on Wednesday, targeting the Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry, headquarters of the Houthi military spokesman, military camps, and a fuel storage complex, eyewitnesses told Xinhua.
The Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that the Israeli attack targeted a medical facility run by the Houthi-controlled Yemeni Oil company in the al-Sitteen street, southwest of Sanaa. (Yemen-Israel-Airstrikes) Enditem
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