Up to 1 million people ‘disappeared’ in Iraq in last half century – UN

GENEVA (Reuters) – Up to 1 million people have been “disappeared” in Iraq during a tumultuous last half century spanning the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein, U.S.-led military occupation and the rise of Islamic State militants, the United Nations said on Tuesday.     The U.N. Committee on Enforced Disappearances urged Iraq, which has one of …

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Russian children’s commissioner rejects ICC war crime allegations as false

By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights on Tuesday dismissed International Criminal Court (ICC) allegations that she was responsible for unlawfully deporting children from Ukraine as false. The Hague-based ICC on March 17 issued arrest warrants for President Vladimir Putin and Children’s Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova for the war …

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Factbox – What can Finland’s armed forces and arsenal offer NATO?

By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland joined NATO on Tuesday, bringing the Western defence alliance significant military capabilities developed over the years. Finland is one of few European countries to have retained a conscription army through decades of peace, wary of its eastern neighbour Russia after the former Soviet Union tried to invade Finland …

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ECB’s Makhlouf says impact of rate hikes ‘well underway’

DUBLIN (Reuters) – The impact of the European Central Bank’s interest rate hikes on financial conditions is “well underway” and rate-setters must be alert to longer lag effects when considering future action, ECB governing council member Gabriel Makhlouf said on Tuesday. “We must remain alert to the longer lags in the transmission of monetary policy …

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Europas Anleger streifen Ölpreis-Schock ab – Dax auf Jahreshoch

Frankfurt (Reuters) – Ungeachtet der weiter steigenden Ölpreise haben Europas Anleger bei Aktien wieder zugegriffen. Nach dem leichten Rücksetzer zum Wochenstart nahm der Dax am Dienstag wieder an Fahrt auf und kletterte um ein Prozent auf ein frisches Jahreshoch. Mit in der Spitze 15.736,56 Punkten notierte der deutsche Leitindex so hoch wie seit Mitte Januar …

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