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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Dozens were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza on Saturday, local health officials said, despite a demand from U.S. President Donald Trump for Israel to stop bombing in response to a declaration by Hamas that it was ready to free hostages under his plan to end …

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By Lucy Papachristou and Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgian riot police used pepper spray and water cannons to drive demonstrators away from the presidential palace and detained five activists on Saturday, as the opposition staged a large demonstration on a day of local elections. The governing Georgian Dream party said it had clinched victory in …

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By Gavin Jones and Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of people marched through central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.  People with banners and flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, …

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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Two Russian drones struck trains at a station in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, killing one person and injuring about 30 others, officials said on Saturday, with Ukraine’s foreign minister accusing Moscow of deliberately hitting passenger trains. “A brutal Russian drone strike on the railway station in Shostka, Sumy region,” Ukrainian …

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By Ece Toksabay and Alvise Armellini ANKARA/ROME (Reuters) -Some 137 activists detained by Israel for taking part in a flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza arrived in Turkey on Saturday after being deported, with two alleging that Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg was mistreated during her detention. Israel did not immediately comment on the new …

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By Karin Strohecker and Jörn Poltz MUNICH (Reuters) -Drones have been spotted at airports and military installations across Germany over the past two days, Bild newspaper quoted a confidential police report as saying, suggesting sightings this week at Munich Airport were the tip of the iceberg. Dozens of flights were diverted or cancelled at Munich …

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By Jason Hovet and Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) -Billionaire Andrej Babis’s ANO party cruised to victory in the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election on Saturday, raising the prospect of a government that would boost Europe’s populist, anti-immigration camp and reduce support for Ukraine. An ebullient Babis told supporters that ANO would seek a one-party cabinet but …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) -Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million. Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over …

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