WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said that the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran will end "soon" because there is "practically nothing left to target."
"A little this and that ... Any time I want it to end, it will end," Trump told U.S. online media outlet Axios in a five-minute phone interview on Wednesday.
U.S. and Israeli officials say there is no internal directive on when fighting might stop, according to the Axios report. (U.S.-Iran-War)
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MOSCOW -- Participants in the Ukraine talks are considering Istanbul as a possibility to continue negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.
"For now, I can say that in general there is an understanding that the negotiation process will continue, but again, there are no specific details yet," he said. (Russia-Ukraine-Talks)
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KHARTOUM -- Drone attacks struck a transport truck and a school-health center complex in two separate Sudanese states this week, killing at least 69 people, medical sources and volunteers said Wednesday.
In the deadlier of the two strikes, a drone hit a civilian transport truck Tuesday in Abu Zabad, in West Kordofan state in southern Sudan, killing 52 people. Eyewitnesses said the truck was carrying roughly 90 passengers; the dead were mostly women, along with several men and children. (Sudan-Drone Attacks)
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MADRID -- Spain has formally withdrawn its ambassador to Israel, leaving the Spanish Embassy in Tel Aviv to be headed by a charge d'affaires, the government said Wednesday in an official state bulletin.
The decision was approved during Tuesday's cabinet meeting upon a proposal by Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares. The move further downgrades diplomatic representation between the two nations. (Spain-Israel-Ambassador) Enditem
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