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* Syria condemned Israel over airstrikes against targets around Damascus, saying the attacks aim "to give direct military support to terrorist groups" fighting the government

* At least four people were killed in Bangladesh as tens of thousands of protesters calling for the death punishment for those who offend Islam blocked major highways around the capital, Dhaka

Russia

* Several hundred protesters marched through central Moscow to call for the release of people arrested after last year’s clashes at a rally against the rule of President Vladimir Putin

* The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, wished astronauts on the board the International Space Station (ISS)

 

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