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By Artorn Pookasook and Janis Laizans TEL AVIV/HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) -Pop music blared from a Tel Aviv school on Wednesday as children arrived for their first day back after 12 days of air war with Iran kept them confined to safe rooms and bomb shelters with stressed parents. The sight of children carrying or wheeling …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that the European Union had evolved into an enemy of Russia that posed a direct threat to its security, and Moscow was now opposed to Ukraine joining the bloc. Russia has long been opposed to Ukraine joining the NATO Western military alliance – one of …

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo appealed to Iran and Israel on Wednesday not to pursue vengeance after 12 days of war, which the U.S. joined with airstrikes in support of Israel to target Iran’s uranium-enrichment facilities. “May all logic of oppression and revenge be rejected, and may the path of dialogue, diplomacy, and peace be …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it thought it was too early for anyone to have a realistic picture of damage inflicted on Iran’s nuclear facilities by U.S. airstrikes. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a question about damage assessments offered by President Donald Trump who has suggested that the U.S. attack …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin, commenting on reports of a foiled coup plot in Armenia, said it was interested in law and order being upheld in the South Caucasus country but that the events there were an internal matter for Yerevan. Armenian authorities on Wednesday arrested a prominent archbishop who led protests last year against Prime …

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THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that all 32 members of the NATO alliance should do their part in defence spending and commit to the agreed target so that there would be no sense of “free-riding”. NATO members agreed in principle on Sunday to boost their defence spending target to 5% …

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ZURICH (Reuters) -Search parties combing the Swiss Alpine village that was buried last month after the collapse of a glacier have found human remains, police said. Police did not confirm if the remains were of a 64-year-old man who was reported missing in Blatten after it was engulfed by millions of cubic meters of ice, …

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(Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Politico that the United States will not impose further sanctions on Russia yet, and still wants room to negotiate a peace deal. “If we did what everybody here wants us to do, and that is come in and crush them with more sanctions, we probably lose our …

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