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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Thousands of residents of the Iranian capital Tehran are fleeing their homes and stockpiling essential supplies for fear that Israel’s airstrike campaign against longtime foe Iran will escalate in the coming days. The Israeli military has warned Iranian civilians in a series of messages to leave some areas for their …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli fire killed at least 50 people on Monday, nearly half of them near an aid distribution site run by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the territory’s Health Ministry said, as U.N. officials denounced Israeli-backed aid delivery methods. Medics said at least 23 of those people were killed and 200 …

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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -It is very likely all the roughly 15,000 centrifuges operating at Iran’s biggest uranium enrichment plant at Natanz were badly damaged or destroyed because of a power cut caused by an Israeli strike, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief told the BBC on Monday. The International Atomic Energy Agency and its …

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By Parisa Hafezi, Samia Nakhoul and Andrew Mills DUBAI (Reuters) -Tehran has asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press U.S. President Donald Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire with Iran in return for Iranian flexibility in nuclear negotiations, two Iranian and three regional sources told Reuters on …

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By Purvi Agarwal and Sanchayaita Roy (Reuters) -European shares climbed on Monday, recouping some of last week’s losses as Kering soared after the luxury group announced a CEO change and investors shifted their focus from the conflict in the Middle East that drove a sell-off last week. The pan-European STOXX 600 ended 0.4% higher, snapping …

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(Reuters) -A Greek blaze burning near a village northeast of Athens appeared largely contained, a Reuters witness and fire brigade officials said on Monday. About 140 firefighters assisted by 38 engines and 18 aircraft continued operations to bring the blaze, which was burning through a thick forest, under full control but the situation had improved, …

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