U.S. forces begin reducing numbers in Iraq: Iraqi spokesman

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces have begun reducing their numbers in Iraq after Iraqi authorities declared "victory" over Islamic State, an Iraqi government spokesman said on Monday.

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Dutch government formally withdraws Turkish ambassador over 2017 row

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Foreign Ministry on Monday said it had formally withdrawn its ambassador to Turkey, who has been physically barred from the country for almost a year, over a dispute that began during March 2017.

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Japanese army helicopter crashes, one death confirmed

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese army Apache attack helicopter crashed in western Japan on Monday, killing one of two people on board and sparking a fire in a residential area near a school and a nursery, according to media reports.

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Join us at the EU table, Balkan aspirants are told

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A dozen EU countries want to bring the six western Balkan nations into European Union policy meetings even before they join the bloc, according to a policy paper seen by Reuters, in an effort to improve the bloc's image in the region.

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Esmond Bradley Martin: Ivory investigator killed in Kenya

Esmond Bradley Martin was found with a stab wound to the neck at his home in Nairobi, Kenya.

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London shares follow global markets with new falls

Shares in London start the week with falls of 1% in the wake of losses in the US.

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Philadelphia fans set fire, damage property after Super Bowl win

(Reuters) - The Philadelphia Eagles' first Super Bowl victory set off rowdy celebrations in Philadelphia as people who poured into the streets set at least one fire and damaged property early on Monday, images on social media showed.

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Russia orders warplanes in Syria to fly higher after jet shot down: Izvestia

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has ordered its warplanes in Syria to fly higher to avoid being shot down by shoulder launched anti-aircraft missiles after one of its jets was shot out of the sky on Saturday, the Izvestia daily reported on Monday.

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Iran says U.S. jailing of consultant part of 'psychological warfare'

LONDON (Reuters) - The United States' jailing of a former consultant to Iran's mission to the United Nations is part of a campaign of "psychological warfare", Iran said on Monday.

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German parties make final push for coalition deal

BERLIN (Reuters) - Negotiators for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) reconvened on Monday to hammer out compromises on healthcare and labor policy, the stumbling blocks in the way of another "grand coalition."

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South Africa's ANC to hold urgent meeting on Zuma's future

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) will hold an urgent meeting on Monday to discuss President Jacob Zuma's future as head of state after overnight talks with the scandal-plagued 75-year-old leader failed to secure his departure.

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China rebuffs U.S. criticism of relations with oil-rich Venezuela

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's support for Venezuela has benefited ordinary people and been broadly welcomed, the foreign ministry said on Monday after the U.S. Treasury accused China of aiding Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government with murky oil-for-loan investments.

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Battle over bodies rages quietly in Iraq's Mosul long after Islamic State defeat

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - The Iraqis who have come home to Mosul's Old City knew it would be hard living in the rubble left by the battle against Islamic State, but there is one aspect of their surroundings they are finding unbearable seven months on.

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Paris attacks suspect goes on trial in Brussels

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The prime surviving suspect in the 2015 Islamic State attacks on Paris appeared to refuse to speak as his trial in Belgium over a shooting that preceded his arrest got under way in Brussels on Monday.

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Turkish president meets pope, expected to discuss Jerusalem

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met Pope Francis on Monday to discuss Jerusalem and the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize the holy city as the capital of Israel.

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