Polls close in polarized Colombia presidential election

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians voted on Sunday in a deeply divisive presidential runoff with the frontrunner vowing to alter a fragile peace deal and his rival promising to overhaul the economic model.

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Group of Egyptian lawmakers slam Sisi's fiscal reforms

CAIRO (Reuters) - A group of Egyptian lawmakers on Sunday criticized recent fiscal reforms enacted by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government, especially subsidy cuts to fuel and electricity.

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Turkey arrests suspect as puppy torture case shifts election agenda

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police have arrested a man suspected of torturing a puppy after shocking images emerged online of the maimed animal in a case that has outraged the country and grabbed the political agenda ahead of next week's elections.

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Turkey's jailed pro-Kurdish candidate in first TV appearance for 20 months

ANKARA (Reuters) - The jailed presidential candidate for Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition made his first television appearance in over a year and a half on Sunday, giving a campaign speech ahead of next week's elections.

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Eid ceasefire proved 'wide support' for Afghan Taliban, they say

KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban said their three-day Eid ceasefire, which ends on Sunday, proved the unity of their movement and its "wide national support" as the presidential palace extended its own ceasefire with the militants by 10 days.

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Boat caught in Europe's migration spat brings hundreds to Spain

VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) - Rescued migrants turned away by Italy and Malta arrived at the Spanish port of Valencia on Sunday, ending a grueling Mediterranean odyssey that became symbolic of Europe's failure to agree on immigration.

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Afghan president extends ceasefire with Taliban by 10 days

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's office on Sunday extended a unilateral ceasefire with Taliban militants, due to end on Wednesday June 20, by 10 days.

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Israel targets rights groups with bill to outlaw filming of soldiers

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel moved on Sunday to snap the lens shut on rights groups that film its troops' interactions with Palestinians by introducing a bill that would make it a criminal offense.

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Guatemala ends victim searches at volcano where 110 died

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala on Sunday ended its victim search efforts in the zone that suffered most deaths and injuries from the Fuego volcano eruption, its disaster agency said.

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Crisis averted? Minister says migrant row with Merkel can be overcome

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Sunday a row between his Bavarians and Chancellor Angela Merkel is serious but can be overcome, a signal that he may compromise to avoid a full-blown German coalition crisis.

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Turkey says its air strikes kill 35 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes killed 35 militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in air strikes in northern Iraq's Qandil mountain region on Friday, the Turkish military said.

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New Czech government in jeopardy over foreign minister nomination

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Communist party will withhold support from the country's next government if the social democrats stick to their nominee for the post of foreign minister, Communist leader Vojtech Filip said on Sunday.

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Three people hurt in Moscow taxi incident to be discharged from hospital: RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three people who were hurt when a taxi drove into pedestrians in central Moscow on Saturday will be released from hospital in coming days, state RIA news agency cited a city health official as saying on Sunday.

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