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Gaza patients face a painful wait as hospitals sag under burden of cases

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Fourteen-year-old Mohammed Wael Helles has been waiting for surgery on a serious spinal injury caused by an Israeli airstrike for nearly two months, one of thousands of Gazans waiting for urgent treatment in Gaza’s battered health system. Helles was a top student with aspirations of becoming a doctor when he …

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Palestinian NGO cannot appeal UK court ruling over F-35 parts to Israel

LONDON (Reuters) -A Palestinian NGO was on Wednesday refused permission to appeal a court ruling that Britain lawfully allowed F-35 fighter jet parts to be indirectly exported to Israel, despite accepting they could be used to breach international humanitarian law. Al-Haq, a Palestinian rights group based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, unsuccessfully challenged Britain’s Department …

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Romanian national defence strategy highlights risks to Black Sea infrastructure

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romania needs to forge closer ties with Black Sea allies to help protect energy projects that will make it the European Union’s largest gas producer in 2027 from Russian threats, a draft national defence strategy said on Wednesday. The EU and NATO state shares a 650 km (400 mile) land border with Ukraine …

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Putin and Kazakhstan’s Tokayev to discuss gas projects and US oil sanctions, Kremlin says

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will discuss gas projects and the fallout from U.S. sanctions on Russian oil companies at talks in Moscow on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Kremlin said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin would also be keen to hear about talks that Tokayev and other Central …

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Soccer-France face Ukraine in World Cup qualifier on 10th anniversary of Paris terror attacks

By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -France captain Kylian Mbappe said Les Bleus would like to remember those affected by the November 13, 2015 Paris terror attacks when they take on Ukraine in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday — the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that traumatized the nation. France were playing Germany that day …

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Russian-controlled Ukrainian regions make up 3% of Russia’s harvest, Moscow says

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Moscow said on Wednesday that about 3% of Russia’s total grain harvest will come from its “new territories” in Ukraine this year, the same as last year’s figure despite a drought there and in adjoining regions during the summer. Russian Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut said the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, …

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UN agencies warn of famine for millions, appeal for more funding

ROME (Reuters) -Millions more people risk famine in at least a dozen crisis spots around the world, including Sudan and Gaza, two U.N. agencies warned on Wednesday, appealing for funds to address a shortfall amid global cuts to international aid. In a joint report, the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization also …

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