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By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump used the third anniversary on Monday of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to try to pin the chaotic pullout on his Democratic rival for the White House, Kamala Harris.  Trump participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery honoring the 13 servicemembers killed during …

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(Refiles to amend date in paragraph 5 to Sept. 30 from Dec. 31 following Israeli government clarification) By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli officials and media reacted with satisfaction on Monday after a long-expected missile attack by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement appeared to have been largely thwarted by pre-emptive Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon. Both …

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(Reuters) -Five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on the occupied West Bank on Monday in the Nur Shams refugee camp near the city of Tulkarm, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement. The Israeli military said its aircraft struck a militant operations centre in the camp, and that troops were separately blocking routes …

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(Reuters) – Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey, a journalist for Reuters, is in critical condition following a missile strike on Saturday on a hotel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the news agency said on Monday. Lyubysh-Kirdey was part of a team of six people from Reuters covering the war in Ukraine who were staying at the …

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By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron ruled out naming a prime minister from the leftist New Popular Front alliance and will instead start a new round of consultations on Tuesday with parties to try to form a new government, Macron’s office said. Realising a government led by the New Popular Front (NFP) …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ramadan Abed CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Israel issued new evacuation orders for Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip late on Sunday, forcing more families to flee, saying forces intended to act against militant group Hamas and others operating in the area.     In recent days, Israel has issued several evacuation orders across …

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SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria will hold a snap parliamentary election, its seventh in just three years, on Oct. 27, President Rumen Radev said on Monday, following the failure of its political parties to agree a coalition government. Radev said a caretaker government led by Dimitar Glavchev would be sworn in Bulgaria’s parliament on Tuesday to …

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(Reuters) – Russia’s Saratov regional airport lifted flight curbs on Monday imposed after homes were damaged as a result of Ukraine’s drone attack that wounded a woman, Russian officials and news agencies said. The lifting of the curbs at the Saratov regional airport, at about 9:30 a.m. (0530 GMT), was reported by Russia’s RIA news …

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