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PRAGUE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed Russia’s war in Ukraine with Czech foreign minister Jan Lipavsky on Monday as Washington and Europe seek to regroup following U.S. President Donald Trump’s clash with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week. The two officials discussed U.S.-Czech relations “including our support of peace and stability, …

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(Reuters) – Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek Saab said on Monday his office has requested that 110 people arrested during protests over a contested July election have their detention measures revised, bringing the total number of protesters freed over the last few months to 2,006. The attorney general’s office has repeatedly freed protesters arrested during demonstrations …

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By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Mushtaq Ali KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani and Afghan security forces clashed on Monday at the recently shuttered main border crossing between the two countries, killing at least one combatant and injuring several, officials said. The conflict erupted on the first working day of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, …

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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine government will look into cash and other donations made by Chinese Communist Party-affiliated groups led by four Chinese nationals accused of espionage to determine if they were done in good faith, an official said on Monday. Reuters reported last week that four Chinese nationals arrested by Philippine law enforcers in …

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prince Hisahito, who could well become emperor one day if the country’s succession laws are not changed, told his first press conference on Monday that he would strive to fulfil his royal duties. He is second in line behind his father Crown Prince Akishino, who is Emperor Naruhito’s younger brother. Naruhito’s …

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By Umit Ozdal DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Residents in Diyarbakir, Turkey’s largest Kurdish-majority city, said on Sunday that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party’s (PKK) decision to heed its jailed leader’s call for peace was correct and prosperity would follow if the decades-old conflict ended. On Saturday, the PKK declared an immediate ceasefire, a news agency …

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