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DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria’s Islamist-led government on Monday said it had completed a military operation against a nascent insurgency by Bashar al-Assad loyalists, as it faced Western demands for accountability over the reported killing of hundreds of civilians. The violence in Syria’s coastal region marks the biggest test for interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa since he seized …

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By Holger Hansen and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Greens vowed to block plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state borrowing to revamp the military and revive growth but forwarded rival proposals on Monday in a bid for compromise. The Greens’ refusal to back sweeping reforms to debt …

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MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish judge placed the former head of Valencia’s emergency services under investigation on Monday as part of a probe into who is to blame for the late alert about catastrophic floods that killed at least 225 people, a regional court said. Nuria Ruiz, a judge in a court in Catarroja, one …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Kyiv’s top general said on Monday that Ukrainian troops fighting in Russia’s Kursk region were not at risk of encirclement, despite a recent counteroffensive by Russian forces that has included North Korean troops. In his first comments since Russia stepped up its attacks, Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Facebook that the situation was under …

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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis is no longer in immediate danger of death and is responding well to treatment in hospital, the Vatican said on Monday, in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old pontiff battles double pneumonia. Francis has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for more than three weeks. He was …

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By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) -NATO will not let a security vacuum develop in Bosnia and Herzegovina at this time of crisis but political leaders should work together to resolve problems, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Monday. Tensions have been running high since a court last month sentenced the pro-Russian president of the country’s …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Israel’s suspension of goods entering Gaza is taking a toll on the Palestinian enclave, with some bakeries closing and food prices rising, while a cut in the electricity supply could deprive people of clean water, Palestinian officials said. The suspension, which Israel said was aimed at pressuring militant group …

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By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union finance ministers on Monday began discussing how to pay for defence through new joint borrowing, existing EU funds and a greater role for the European Investment Bank, with a view to taking decisions in June. The ministers’ talks follow a meeting of European leaders last Thursday after U.S. …

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