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(Reuters) – Russia rejects accusations by a Turkish opposition leader that Moscow interfered in the country’s presidential election, domestic news agencies cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Saturday. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the main challenger of President Tayyip Erdogan, said on Friday his party has concrete evidence of Russia’s responsibility for the release of “deep …

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GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) – Israel and Gaza militant groups have agreed to an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire that will start at 2200 local (1900 GMT), two Palestinian officials told Reuters. There was no immediate comment from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or other officials. Cairo called on all sides to adhere to the agreement, Egypt’s Al-Qahera News television …

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(Reuters) – The head of Russia’s federal crime agency on Saturday suggested that key sectors of the economy should be returned to state ownership to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Moscow has already seized assets or acquired them at a heavy discount from some Western firms that have quit Russia or scaled back their activities …

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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany on Saturday announced 2.7 billion euro ($3.0 billion) of military aid to Ukraine, its biggest such package yet since Russia’s invasion, and pledged further support for Kyiv for as long as necessary. The package will include 30 Leopard 1 tanks, 15 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks, over 200 reconnaissance drones and four Iris-T anti-aircraft …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military will work to bolster the defensive posture in the Gulf region following Iran’s seizure and harassment of commercial shipping vessels in recent months, U.S. officials said on Friday. In the past two years, Iran has harassed, attacked or interfered with the navigational rights of 15 internationally flagged commercial vessels, officials …

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By Olena Harmash and Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey KYIV/KOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Moscow acknowledged on Friday that its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine’s battlefield city of Bakhmut after a new Ukrainian offensive, in a retreat that the head of Russia’s Wagner private army called a rout.  The setback for Russia, which follows similar reports of Ukrainian …

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