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The apparent readiness of Gallant, a senior member of Netanyahu's conservative Likud party, to break rank drew criticism from Jewish Power, a far-right partner in Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition.

Plane giants Airbus and Boeing face mounting pressure to set up jetliner plants in India, after the country's civil aviation minister told Reuters the "time has come" to serve its soaring demand with jets assembled on domestic soil.

It was the fourth congressional hearing in two days with testimony from Blinken after President Joe Biden's administration asked for an 11% increase in the department's budget in his fiscal 2024 budget request.

The United States has imposed multiple sanctions on Iran over the years, most recently targeting Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry over supply of drones to Russia.

The remarks were the strongest indication yet from Kyiv that it is close to shifting tactics, having absorbed Russia's onslaught through a brutal winter.

The White House said in October it would buy back oil for the SPR when prices were at or below about $67-$72 per barrel.

The coalition says the overhaul is aimed at pushing back against Supreme Court over-reach and restoring balance among branches of government.

AKP spokesperson Omer Celik said after the meeting that Erdogan did not offer Simsek a formal posting but that "all the mechanisms and duties of the party" were open to him.

The United States is "actively" working on re-establishing a diplomatic presence in Libya, U.S.

The ruling was asked for in a joint session of parliament convened over the instability caused by the crisis over Khan.

A quarter of the world's population relies on unsafe drinking water while half lacks basic sanitation, the U.N. said. Meanwhile, nearly three quarters of recent disasters have been related to water.

Both crude benchmarks had settled on Wednesday at their highest close since March 14.

There was still a danger, however, that the Ukrainian garrison in Bakhmut could be surrounded, Britain's defence ministry said in its intelligence update on Wednesday.

Tensions over plans to transform Air India into a global airline with hundreds of new jets rippled across the aviation sector on Tuesday as foreign carriers clamoured for more access to the world's fastest-growing economy.

The Taliban administration's former acting finance minister, Mullah Hidayatullah Badri, has been appointed as governor of Afghanistan's central bank, a finance ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

The return of domestic travellers to tourist destinations helped the recovery.

On Tuesday, around three weeks after her death, Abu Jazar's body was brought home for burial in her town of Rafah.

Hussein Mankawi has little hope he will ever rebuild his home and food distribution businesses in the north-west Syrian city of Jandaris after they were reduced to rubble by last month's deadly earthquake, wiping out his life's work.

In January, the U.S. pledged to supply Ukraine with 31 advanced M1A2 Abrams tanks after months of shunning the idea of deploying the difficult-to-maintain tanks to Ukraine, which was invaded by Russia in February 2022.

Strains were still evident among regional U.S. banks with shares of First Republic Bank sliding on suggestions the government might be involved in a rescue deal, perhaps disadvantaging shareholders.

Ukraine has welcomed China's diplomatic involvement but says Russia must pull out its troops and underlines the importance of Ukraine's territorial integrity.

Emergency service employees have evacuated more than 10,000 people from settlements in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year.

The agreement, which must still be ratified by the IMF's board, takes into consideration Ukraine's path to accession to the European Union after the war.

Data from the American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday showed U.S. crude inventories rose by about 3.3 million barrels in the week ended March 17, sources said.

An official source told Reuters on Tuesday that Amman had received assurances from Israel that the statements by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich did not represent Israel's position.

"Because of that, we've been able to stave off famine," WFP Afghanistan Country Director Hsiao-Wei Lee told Reuters.

The World Bank had previously projected a 3.2% contraction in Syria's 2023 economic output, due to continuing conflict, high grain and energy prices and shortages, along with water scarcity that is limiting crop output.

In the previous session, both Brent and WTI fell about $3 a barrel before settling higher.

Two massive earthquakes shattered the fragile existence of Syria's diaspora in Turkey and left many in despair about having to piece their lives together yet again, somehow, somewhere.