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Suicide bomber in Pakistan's Lahore kills 25, many of them police
[ad_1] LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people, many of them police, in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, officials said, an attack which shattered a period of…
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Why Ukrainian forces gave up Crimea without a fight – and NATO is alert
[ad_1] KIEV/SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – The career of Sergei Yeliseyev helps to explain why Ukraine’s armed forces gave up Crimea almost without a fight – and why NATO now says it is alert to Russian…
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Car bomb in Afghan capital kills at least 24: Kabul officials
[ad_1] KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the western part of Kabul on Monday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 40, and the death toll could rise, an Interior…
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Japan PM Abe denies favors for friend amid falling support
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his ratings sinking over a suspected cronyism scandal, said on Monday he had never instructed that preferential treatment be given to a long-time friend and that…
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Israel says Jerusalem mosque metal detectors to stay
[ad_1] JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Sunday it would not remove metal detectors whose installation outside a major Jerusalem mosque has triggered the bloodiest clashes with the Palestinians in years, but could eventually reduce…
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Israele, arrestati 25 capi Hamas
[ad_1] TEL AVIV – L’esercito israeliano ha messo a segno nella notte un blitz in Cisgiordania durante il quale sono stati arrestati 25 alti esponenti di Hamas, nel contesto di misure straordinarie adottate dopo le…
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Erdogan kicks off Gulf crisis diplomacy with Saudi visit
[ad_1] DUBAI (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Saudi Arabia and met King Salman on Sunday, Saudi state news agency SPA reported, his first stop on a Gulf diplomatic tour aimed at healing…
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Iran and Iraq sign accord to boost military cooperation
[ad_1] DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran and Iraq signed an agreement on Sunday to step up military cooperation and the fight against “terrorism and extremism”, Iranian media reported, an accord which is likely to raise concerns…
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Marawi standoff enters third month, underlining crisis in Philippines
[ad_1] MANILA (Reuters) – Two months after Islamist militants launched an assault on one of the biggest southern cities in the Philippines, the fighting is dragging on, and President Rodrigo Duterte says he is prepared…
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Venezuelan protest violence flares, violinist injured
[ad_1] CARACAS (Reuters) – A young Venezuelan violinist who has become one of the best-known faces of protests against President Nicolas Maduro was injured on Saturday in violent clashes in Caracas. The Democratic Unity coalition…
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Hundreds of Islamic State corpses await repatriation from Libya
[ad_1] MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Seven months after Libyan forces defeated Islamic State in the coastal city of Sirte, hundreds of bodies of foreign militants still lie stored in freezers as authorities negotiate with other…
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Israeli raid, Jerusalem clashes ratchet tensions higher
[ad_1] JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel sent extra troops into the occupied West Bank on Saturday and its police broke up a crowd of stone-throwing Palestinians in Jerusalem as international concern mounted over the deadliest outbreak…
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'You belong here' Germany tells Turks as row with Ankara rages
[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany sought on Saturday to reassure the country’s 3 million people of Turkish descent it would stand by them as a row with Ankara escalates, saying they were not the target…
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Lebanon's Hezbollah, Syrian army advance in border offensive: reports
[ad_1] BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Shi’ite militia Hezbollah and the Syrian army advanced against Sunni militants on Saturday, the second day of an assault to drive them from their last foothold along the Syria-Lebanon border,…
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Iraqi bridge is sole link for Mosul residents rebuilding lives
[ad_1] MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – On a pontoon bridge connecting East and West Mosul, residents of a city shattered by the battle to expel Islamic State cross back and forth trying to rebuild their lives…
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Army steps in as severe storms cause chaos in New Zealand
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The largest city on New Zealand’s south island has declared a state of emergency amid a severe storm which has already seen hundreds of homes evacuated across the Pacific island nation, highways…
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Miners call off strike in Peru after deal with government
[ad_1] LIMA (Reuters) – Striking mining workers in Peru agreed to return to work by Monday after the government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski promised to name a task force to discuss labor laws with…
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Gerusalemme: uccisi tre palestinesi e tre israeliani
[ad_1] GERUSALEMME – Sangue in Medio Oriente: sono tre i palestinesi uccisi negli incidenti a Gerusalemme est durante le proteste per le misure di sicurezza decise da Israele dopo la preghiera del venerdì. I feriti…
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U.S. special envoy to visit eastern Ukraine
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The envoy tapped to lead U.S. diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis will embark on a trip to eastern Ukraine and European nations on Friday for talks with officials, conflict monitors and…
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Iranian troops clash with 'terrorists' on border with Iraq: statement
[ad_1] BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards engaged in heavy clashes with gunmen on the border with Iraq on Thursday evening, killing three of them and sustaining one fatality, the Guards said on Friday. A…
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Terremoto in mar Egeo: feriti e vittime in Grecia e Turchia
[ad_1] di MARIAGRAZIA DI RAIMONDO – Nella notte alle 1.30 (mezzanotte mezza in Italia), il mar Egeo è stato colpito da un terremoto di magnitudo 6,7. La scossa ha provocato danni in Turchia e Grecia,…
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No Korean military talks after North snubs South's call
[ad_1] SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s proposed military talks aimed at easing tension between the two Koreas planned for Friday failed to happen after the North snubbed the call, a setback for new President Moon…
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Hezbollah, Syria army launch offensive at Syrian-Lebanese border: pro-Assad commander
[ad_1] BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese group Hezbollah and the Syrian army launched an offensive on Friday to clear militants from an area of the Syrian-Lebanese frontier, a commander in the military alliance fighting in…
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Strong quake off Turkish and Greek coasts kills two, injures 20
[ad_1] ATHENS/ANKARA (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 killed two people when it struck near major Turkish and Greek tourist destinations in the Aegean Sea early on Friday, Turkish and Greek officials said.…
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U.S. lawmakers want fresh sanctions on Hezbollah
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday seeking to increase sanctions on Hezbollah, accusing the powerful Shi’ite Muslim political group of violence in Syria and amassing rockets along Israel’s…
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Germany steps up economic pressure on Turkey in rights row
[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany told its citizens on Thursday to exercise caution if traveling to Turkey and threatened measures that could hinder German investment there, in a sign of growing impatience with a NATO…
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Gangsters, politicians, officials convicted in Italy "Mafia Capital" trial
[ad_1] ROME (Reuters) – The two leaders of a crime ring that plundered Rome city coffers were convicted along with some 40 politicians, officials and businessmen on Thursday at the end of one of the…
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Kremlin calls idea Trump and Putin had undisclosed G20 meeting absurd
[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin believes it is “absolutely absurd” to describe an informal meeting at the G20 summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin as secret or undisclosed, Russian…
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Philippine police arrest 43 foreigners for kidnapping Singaporean woman
[ad_1] MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine police said on Thursday they had arrested 43 foreigners, mostly Chinese nationals, for kidnapping a Singaporean woman at a casino resort in the capital. Police said the gang, believed…
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Turkey's publication of U.S. troop locations poses risk, Pentagon says
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The publication by Turkey’s state-run news agency of the locations of what appeared to be U.S. military posts in Syria puts American forces in danger, and the United States has complained…