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ROME (Reuters) – Flights serving the eastern Sicilian city of Catania were halted on Tuesday after an eruption from nearby Mount Etna, the airport operator said, bringing fresh travel woe during the peak summer tourist season. Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has seen intense activity in recent days, spewing hot ash and …

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TULKARM, West Bank (Reuters) – Seven Palestinians, including two militant commanders and a woman, were killed on Tuesday during Israeli raids targeting gunmen in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. One Israeli raid took place in the city of Tulkarm, where fighting between Palestinian militants and Israeli soldiers erupted in the streets. …

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PARIS (Reuters) – France’s leftist France Unbowed (LFI) party will take new legislative steps on Tuesday to scrap President Emmanuel Macron’s contested pension changes and reverse the rise of the legal retirement age to 64 from 62, its chief lawmaker said. Cancelling the reform – which is aimed at protecting the state’s finances and boosting …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Tuesday called on Russia to free Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) who was jailed last week in what RFE/RL said was “a mockery of justice.” A court in the southern city of Kazan disclosed on Monday that it had convicted …

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MALACKY, Slovakia (Reuters) – Slovakia received on Monday the first two of 14 new F-16 fighter jets that will replace Russian-made planes it had already donated to Ukraine. Slovakia has relied on central European neighbours for air patrols since last year when it handed over a dozen MiG-29 fighters, which were to be grounded due …

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PARIS (Reuters) -Israeli athletes will receive 24-hour protection during the Paris Olympics, France’s interior minister said, after a far-left lawmaker said Israel’s delegation was not welcome and called for protests against their participation. The Games begin on Friday amid pronounced security concerns and heightened geopolitical tensions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Israel’s war …

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BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary and Slovakia have asked the European Commission to mediate a consultation procedure with Ukraine, Hungary’s foreign minister said on Monday, after Kyiv placed Russian group Lukoil on a sanctions list, stopping its supplies to the two countries. Slovakia and Hungary have increased pressure on Kyiv after they said last week they had …

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