By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran responded to the European Union’s “final” draft text to save a 2015 nuclear deal on Monday, an EU official said, as the Iranian foreign minister called on the United States to show flexibility to resolve three remaining issues. After 16 months of fitful, indirect U.S.-Iranian talks, with the EU …
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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that no one had the right to level accusations against Tehran over Friday’s attack on Salman Rushdie, and only he and his supporters were worthy of reproach and condemnation for denigrating the world’s Muslims. The novelist, who has lived under a death threat for …
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By Duncan Miriri and Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI/KISUMU (Reuters) – Kenya’s elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race on Monday but some senior election officials disowned the result, fuelling fears of widespread violence like that seen after previous disputed polls. Hailing the electoral commission as “heroes” after he was …
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By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian and Russian-installed officials reported shelling near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on Monday, with both sides blaming each other days after the world nuclear watchdog warned of disaster if the fighting does not stop. Russia and Ukraine have traded accusations this month regarding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Monday that British reconnaissance aircraft violated the Russian air border near the Cape Svyatoy Nos, located between the Barents Sea and the White Sea. A Russian fighter jet forced the British aircraft out of the Russian airspace, the ministry added in a statement. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek police said on Monday afternoon they had located 38 Syrian refugees in the Lavara area of Evros, among them one pregnant woman and seven children. The refugees had been trapped for days on a small islet in the Evros river along the border between Greece and Turkey, according to media reports and …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -American actor Anne Heche was taken off life support on Sunday, nine days after suffering severe injuries in a fiery car crash, as a compatible person was found to receive her donated organs, a spokesperson said. Heche, 53, had been legally dead since Friday, though still with a heartbeat, …
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(Reuters) -Blasts ripped through a fireworks warehouse in a shopping mall in the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported, killing three people and injuring more than 60. Video footage showed grey smoke billowing over a building and people scurrying away from the area. Rescue workers sifted through twisted metal and rubble …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A gunman wounded at least eight people aboard a bus carrying Jewish worshippers in the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday, Israeli authorities and witnesses said. The shooter later turned himself into Israeli authorities, according to a statement by the police, which did not identify him. Israeli media reported the assailant was a …
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By Andrea Shalal YUZHNE, Ukraine (Reuters) – The United Nations-chartered ship Brave Commander will depart Ukraine for Africa in coming days after it finishes loading more than 23,000 metric tonnes of wheat in the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi, a U.N. official said. The ship, which arrived in the port near Odesa, will sail to Ethiopia …
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