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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused Israel of threatening security in the Middle East during a phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, his office said.

"The spiral of violence that began with Israel's attacks on Iran has put the security of the entire region at risk," Erdoğan was quoted as saying.

His office said he

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Heavy rains hit the Black Sea resort city of Sochi overnight, causing water levels to rise and forcing the closure of beaches for at least 24 hours, local authorities said Monday.

“We have temporarily closed official beaches for swimming,” Sochi Mayor Andrei Proshunin said at an emergency meeting. He added that monitoring teams had been instructed

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Russia’s Interior Ministry has issued a missing persons report for a woman who was forcibly taken to the republic of Chechnya nearly two years ago, the exiled news outlet Mediazona reported Monday.

Seda Suleimanova, 28, fled Chechnya in October 2022 after relatives allegedly threatened to kill her for refusing an arranged marriage. In August 2023,

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Ukraine on Sunday said it had received another transfer of 1,200 bodies from Russia, as part of an exchange agreement struck in Istanbul earlier this month.

“Another 1,200 bodies, which the Russian side claims belong to Ukrainian citizens, including military personnel, were returned to Ukraine,” Kyiv's headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of

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Russia’s Embassy in Tel Aviv is urging its citizens to leave the country amid intensifying hostilities between Israel and Iran, which have exchanged volleys of missiles and drones since late last week, Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov told state media on Monday.

“All Russian citizens who are in Israel should leave the country until the situation n

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Russia said Sunday it had evacuated several of its citizens from Iran and halted activity at its Tehran consulate after Israeli attacks on the country sparked retaliatory missile fire towards Israel.

“Due to the current situation, the consular service of the embassy is temporarily suspending its activities. The resumption of consular services will b