BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iraqi air force dropped leaflets on Friday urging residents in the Islamic State-held Old City center of Mosul to flee, raising fears among humanitarian organizations for the safety of civilians there.
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Under state pressure, Venezuela TV limits live coverage of protests
CARACAS (Reuters) – In the mountains above Caracas, two government officials often stand watch over the antennas of TV news network Globovision, poised to take it off air if regulators object to coverage of anti-government protests, according to two station employees.
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Thousands in Britain honor two mothers killed in Manchester attack
ROYTON, England (Reuters) – Several thousand people turned out on Friday to mourn two mothers from the same town who were killed by a suicide bomber while waiting to collect their teenage daughters from a Ariana Grande concert in the northern English city of Manchester.
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Chinese jets intercept U.S surveillance plane: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Chinese fighter jets carried out an intercept of a U.S. military surveillance plane near Hong Kong on Wednesday, with one coming within 200 yards of the American aircraft, U.S. officials told Reuters.
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U.S., Japan agree to enhance North Korea sanctions: White House
TAORMINA, Italy (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Friday to expand sanctions against North Korea for its continued development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, the White House said.
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Asylum seekers at Australian-run detention center told to leave or miss U.S. resettlement
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asylum seekers at an Australian-run offshore detention center in Papua New Guinea must move to a community facility in order to be eligible for a refugee swap deal with the United States, a notice posted at the camp and seen by Reuters shows.
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Air strike in east Syria kills 35 civilians: Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air strike on Thursday evening killed at least 35 civilians, including family members of Islamic State fighters, in al-Mayadin, a town held by the jihadists near Deir al-Zor in eastern Syria, a war monitor reported.
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Philippines says foreign fighters part of Islamic State 'invasion'
MARAWI CITY/DAVAO, Philippines (Reuters) – Indonesians and Malaysians were among foreign Jihadists battling the military after laying siege to a southern Philippine city, the government said on Friday, in a rare admission of what it said was an Islamic State “invasion”.
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Turkish security forces kill 29 Kurdish militants in clashes: governor's office
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish security forces killed 29 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in an operation in a mountainous area of eastern Turkey’s Agri and Van provinces, the Agri governor’s office said on Friday.
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Pivotal Vietnam balances U.S. and China amid Trump uncertainty
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam could hardly have asked for more: a U.S. warship challenging Chinese claims in the South China Sea, a meeting at the White House and six new coastal patrol boats.
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