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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo appealed on Saturday for authorities in Iran and Israel to act with “reason” after airstrikes between the two countries killed dozens and sent civilians into shelters, and called on the nations to pursue dialogue. Leo, in one of the strongest peace appeals yet of his five-week papacy, …

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By Omar Younis, Brad Brooks, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. Marines deployed to Los Angeles made their first detention of a civilian on Friday, part of a rare use of military force to support domestic police and coming ahead of national protests over President Donald Trump’s military parade in Washington. The …

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By Crispian Balmer, Maayan Lubell, Michael Martina and Matt Spetalnick JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel’s surprise attack on Iran had an obvious goal of sharply disrupting Tehran’s nuclear programme and lengthening the time it would need to develop an atomic weapon. But the scale of the attacks, Israel’s choice of targets, and its politicians’ own words suggest …

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By Samia Nakhoul and Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Israel has gutted Iran’s nuclear and military leadership with airstrikes that leave a weakened Tehran with few options to retaliate, including an all-out war that it is neither equipped for nor likely to win, four regional officials said. The overnight strikes by Israel – repeated for second …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Iran accused the United States of being complicit in Israel’s attacks on the Islamic Republic, which Washington denied, telling Tehran at the United Nations Security Council that it would “be wise” to negotiate over its nuclear programme. Iran launched retaliatory strikes on Israel late on Friday after Israel attacked …

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By Alexander Cornwell, Parisa Hafezi and Steve Holland TEL AVIV/DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iran launched retaliatory airstrikes at Israel on Friday night, with explosions heard in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the country’s two largest cities, following Israel’s biggest-ever military strike against its longstanding enemy. Air raid sirens sounded across Israel as authorities urged the public to take …

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By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Friday it was unclear whether Iran still has a nuclear program following Israeli strikes, but experts say the damage to the country’s nuclear facilities so far has appeared limited. Israel’s attacks succeeded in killing Iranian military leaders and nuclear scientists …

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By Sudipto Ganguly, Abhijith Ganapavaram and Aditya Kalra AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -The investigation into the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people is focusing on the engine, flaps and landing gear, a source said on Friday, as the aviation regulator ordered safety checks on the airline’s entire Boeing-787 fleet. The Boeing 787-8 …

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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After months of urging Israel not to strike Iran while he worked toward a nuclear deal, President Donald Trump told Reuters in a phone interview on Friday that he and his team had known the attacks were coming – and still saw room for an accord. “We knew everything, and …

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