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The long-term ceasefire between Hamas and Israel that has ended over seven weeks of bloodshed in the Gaza Strip has exposed a split within Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition. The truce deal, effective since 16:00 GMT on Tuesday, was accepted by the Israeli premier after consultations with his Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon. However, he did not put the …

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko on Friday during the D-Day anniversary held in Normandy, and called for an end to the violence and bloodshed on both sides, his spokesman said. Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, was quoted as saying, “Putin and Poroshenko called for the soonest possible end to bloodshed in southeastern Ukraine, and to military …