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By Clauda Tanios and Tala Ramadan DUBAI (Reuters) – Israeli warplanes bombed a power station and two ports in Houthi-controlled Yemen on Friday in retaliation for Houthi drone and missile strikes against Israel, and pro-Houthi media said at least one person had been killed and nine wounded. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Iran-backed …

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BERLIN (Reuters) -A tugboat has stopped a tanker carrying around 99,000 metric tons of oil from Russia from drifting out of control off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast near the island of Ruegen, emergency services said on Friday. The 274-metre (899-foot) Panama-flagged tanker, called Eventin, and travelling from Russia to Egypt, had been drifting slowly and …

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BELGRADE (Reuters) -Following new United States sanctions against Russia’s oil sector, Gazprom Neft will be given 45 days to exit ownership of Serbian oil company NIS, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday. NIS is majority owned by Gazprom Neft which holds a 50% stake and Gazprom which holds 6.15% of shares. The Serbian government …

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PARIS (Reuters) -France summoned Iran’s ambassador on Friday to protest over the case of three of its citizens whose detention conditions the foreign ministry said were akin to torture. The ministry described the French nationals as “hostages of the state of the Islamic republic of Iran”. “Their situation is unbearable, with undignified detention conditions that, …

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