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LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned the demolition of Soviet-era monuments in the Baltic states as “Russophobic” and said that they would have an impact on bilateral relations. In a strongly worded statement, Moscow also accused Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia of xenophobia and discrimination, saying they were treating ethnic Russian minorities as …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian aid worker convicted of funnelling funds to Gaza militant group Hamas to six more years in jail on top of the six years he has already spent in detention. Mohammad El Halabi, head of Gaza operations for aid group World Vision, was convicted in …

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By Sabine Siebold and Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) -Germany and France have issued a joint warning against a ban on tourist visas for Russians, saying such a step, advocated by other European Union member states, would be counter-productive. The split on tourist visas will be at the heart of a meeting of the bloc’s foreign …

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(Reuters) -Russian-installed authorities in an occupied part of Ukraine accused Ukrainian troops on Tuesday of once again shelling the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the run-up to a planned visit by the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency. Writing on Telegram, Russian-appointed Zaporizhzhia regional official Vladimir Rogov said: “The reason for the …

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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran is pressing ahead with its rollout of an upgrade to its advanced uranium enrichment programme, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog seen by Reuters on Monday showed, even as the West awaits Iran’s response on salvaging its 2015 nuclear deal. The first of three cascades, or clusters, …

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By John Davison and Haider Kadhim BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Heavy clashes erupted in Baghdad, killing at least 10 people on Monday, after powerful Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said he would quit politics, prompting his loyalists to storm a government palace and fight with rival groups. As night fell, machine-gun fire and explosions rang out, with tracer …

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