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SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Organisers of a conference for Orthodox Jewish Rabbis in Bosnia’s capital Sarajevo have moved it to another country, citing political pressure and a hotel’s decision to cancel a mass booking.  The Conference of European Rabbis (CER), which represents more than 1,000 mainstream Orthodox Jewish communities, was due to hold its biannual standing committee …

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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranians reacted to Israeli strikes with anger and fear on Friday, with some urging retaliation while others worried the conflict would spell more hardship for a nation worn down by crises. With Tehran and other cities shaken by a night of Israeli airstrikes, some said they planned to leave for …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel has called its military operation against Iran “Rising Lion”, taking the name from a biblical verse that promises a victorious future for a powerful Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was photographed on Thursday putting a handwritten note into a crack of Jerusalem’s Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest prayer site, which in retrospect pointed …

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BERLIN (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about Israel’s attack on Iran in a phone call on Friday morning, Merz said in a statement. Israel has a right to defend itself and Iran should not develop nuclear weapons, the statement said, but Merz called on both sides to refrain from …

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By Inti Landauro and Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz, who leads the ruling coalition’s far-left junior party Sumar, called for a “reset” of government on Friday after a corruption investigation forced out a close aide of the prime minister. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has apologised to Spaniards and promised an investigation …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, temporarily pausing a lower court’s ruling blocking the mobilization. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision does not mean that the court will ultimately agree …

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