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By Andrew Osborn and Alexander Marrow (Reuters) -Russian leader Vladimir Putin told Iran’s president over the phone on Friday that Moscow condemned Israeli actions against Tehran, and in a separate telephone conversation told Israel’s prime minister that only diplomacy could resolve issues around Iran’s nuclear programme. A Kremlin statement said Putin had spoken to both …

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By John Irish, Michel Rose and Pesha Magid PARIS/RIYADH (Reuters) -A United Nations conference hosted by France and Saudi Arabia to work towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians has been postponed after Israel launched a military attack on Iran, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday. Two sources had earlier told Reuters …

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By Aram Roston, Humeyra Pamuk and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department informed a number of regional allies in the Middle East of Israel’s looming strike on Iran hours before the attack took place, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. In a diplomatic note sent out Thursday afternoon, the State …

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By Ryan Patrick Jones and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department issued security alerts on Friday for several Middle Eastern countries, in some cases advising against travel and warning of possible missile attacks after Israel launched military strikes against Iran. It warned American citizens not to travel to Iran and said those there …

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By Aaron Ross JUBA (Reuters) -Fifty-kilo sacks of food hurtled out the open hatch of the cargo plane, scattering in the wind on their 1,000-foot descent to the northeastern flatlands of South Sudan. For the past three weeks, an American company run by former U.S. soldiers and officials has airdropped hundreds of tonnes of maize …

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