BETHESDA, Maryland/CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, underwent a surgical procedure on Monday to treat a benign kidney condition and will remain at Walter Reed medical center for the rest of the week, the first lady's office said.

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States indirectly criticised China on Monday for protecting Myanmar from strong U.N. Security Council action over a military crackdown versus primarily Rohingya Muslims that the U.S. and other nations have actually denounced as ethnic cleaning.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, paired with the killings of dozens of Palestinian protesters on Monday, makes the odds of a U.S.-brokered peace much more remote, analysts stated.

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States, has all but won Iraq's parliamentary election, the electoral commission said, in a surprise turn of fortune for the Shi'ite leader.

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SHANGHAI:  The co-pilot of a Sichuan Airlines flight that was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday was "sucked halfway" out of the plane after a cockpit windshield blew out, local media reported citing the aircraft's captain.

Captain Liu Chuanjian, hailed as a hero on social media after having to land the Airbus

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The 8-month old baby was exposed to teargas during major protests on Monday. (AFP)

Gaza City:  A Palestinian baby died as a result of inhaling tear gas during clashes along the Israel-Gaza border, the health ministry in the enclave announced Tuesday.

Eight-month-old Leila al-Ghandour was exposed to the gas east of Gaza

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