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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Feb. 26

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BAGHDAD -- Iraq has extended ban of international flights imposed earlier on airports of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan for three months, a Kurdish media said on Monday.

The Iraqi federal authorities extended the suspension of international flights to and from the Kurdish airports to May 31, as the ban was supposed to expire on Wednesday, the Kurdish Rudaw media net quoted Talar Faiq, head of Erbil International Airport, as saying. (Iraq-Flight Ban-Kurds)

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MOSCOW -- The Russian Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit filed by presidential contender Ksenia Sobchak to strip Vladimir Putin of 2018 presidential candidacy.

Sobchak, a TV presenter, filed the lawsuit in mid-February stating that Putin had no legal right to run in the election for the fourth time. (Russia-Presidential Election)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday asked the U.S. officials to drop "psychological and propaganda war" against Iran.

The United States pursues this policy to prevent the global community and the Europeans from forging closer relations with the Islamic republic, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said. (Iran-US-Ties)

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SEOUL -- Kim Yong Chol, chief delegate of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) who came here Sunday to attend the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics, said Monday that doors are open for a dialogue with the United States, according to local media reports citing the Blue House of South Korea.

Kim made the remarks during a closed-door meeting with Chung Eui-yong, top national security advisor for South Korean President Moon Jae-in, saying Pyongyang repeatedly showed its willingness to hold talks with Washington. (SKorea-DPRK-Ties)

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DAMASCUS -- Airstrikes of the U.S.-led anti-terror coalition against an area in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour have killed 25 civilians, a monitor group reported on Monday.

The airstrikes targeted the last Islamic State pocket on the eastern bank of Euphrates River on Sunday, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Syria-Airstrikes) Enditem

 

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