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Russians lower flags, lay flowers to honour concert hall attack victims

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia lowered flags to half-mast on Sunday for a day of mourning and swiftly charged two suspects after gunmen killed scores of people at a concert outside Moscow in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades. President Vladimir Putin declared a national day of mourning after pledging to punish all those behind …

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Moscow court puts first suspect in concert hall attack under pre-trial custody for two months

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow’s Basmanny district court ruled on Sunday that the first suspect in Friday’s deadly concert hall attack in which at 137 people were killed should be put into custody for two months pending trial, Interfax news agency reported citing the court. Russian authorities have said 11 people have been detained, including four …

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Russia stages major airstrike on Ukraine; one missile enters Polish airspace

By Pavel Polityuk and Gleb Garanich KYIV (Reuters) -Russia struck critical infrastructure in Ukraine’s western region of Lviv with missiles early on Sunday, Kyiv said, in a major airstrike that saw one Russian cruise missile briefly fly into Polish airspace according to Warsaw. Moscow launched 57 missiles and drones in the attack that also targeted …

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Israel besieges two more Gaza hospitals, demands evacuations, Palestinians say

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, and Israel said it had captured 480 militants in continued clashes at Gaza’s main Al Shifa hospital. Israel says hospitals in the Palestinian enclave, where war has been …

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Russia violates Poland’s air space in attack on Ukraine, Poland’s armed forces say

WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia violated Poland’s airspace early on Sunday with a cruise missile launched at targets in western Ukraine, Poland’s armed forces said. Russia launched 57 missiles and drones on Ukraine in the early hours, including attacking Kyiv and the western region of Lviv that is near the Polish border. “On March 24 at …

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Russia’s Crocus Group vows to restore concert hall after deadly rampage

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The owner of the Russian concert hall destroyed in the mass shooting and fire that killed at least 133 people said on Sunday it would restore the building. All that was left after Friday evening’s attack at the Crocus City Hall outside Moscow, which Islamic State has claimed responsibility for, were the …

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Putin vows to punish those behind Russia concert massacre

By Guy Faulconbridge, Alexander Marrow and Mark Trevelyan MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Saturday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a concert hall near Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin pledged to track down and punish those behind the attack. Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for …

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Pro-EU ex-minister beats Slovak PM Fico’s ally to set up run-off presidential vote

By Radovan Stoklasa and Jason Hovet BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -A pro-EU former Slovak foreign minister scored a surprise victory in the first round of a presidential election on Saturday, setting up a run-off vote with a key ally of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. Slovakia’s presidential election is a chance for Fico, whose views on Ukraine …

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Israel conducts air raid on Baalbek, Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon, sources say

CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel conducted an air raid on Baalbek, Hezbollah’s stronghold in eastern Lebanon on Saturday, two security sources in Lebanon told Reuters. Hezbollah said in statement on Sunday that in response to the “bombing of a place in the city of Baalbek” it targeted an Israeli missile and artillery base in Yoav and the …

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