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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, a former Revolutionary Guards commander, on Monday announced he would run for president to succeed Ebrahim Raisi who died last month in a helicopter crash, state media reported.

Qalibaf, who has unsuccessfully contested two presidential races and dropped out of a third to avoid splitting the hardline vote, signed up to run in the June 28 election despite being re-elected as parliament... (continue reading...)

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan was acquitted on charges of leaking state secrets on Monday after his conviction was overturned, but he will remain in prison in other cases.

It was one of four cases in which the 71-year-old former cricket star, who has been in jail since August last year, had been convicted ahead of a national election in February. In two of those cases the sentences have since been suspended... (continue reading...)

JERUSALEM/BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A foreign citizen was detained in Romania's capital Bucharest on Monday after throwing a Molotov cocktail outside the Israeli embassy, causing no damage or casualties, police said.

The Romanian Intelligence Service said its anti-terrorism officers caught the 34-year-old suspect, who allegedly also threatened he will set himself on fire, and handed him over to police.

Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed the... (continue reading...)

By Fergal Smith

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian manufacturing activity slowed in May, adding to a record-setting period of contraction for the sector, as output and new orders fell at a faster pace and firms reduced their buying activity, data showed on Monday.

The S&P Global Canada Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) edged down to a seasonally adjusted 49.3 in May from 49.4 in April, marking its lowest level since January.

By Mahmoud Issa

JABALIA, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Palestinian Umm Mohammed Khrouat says she would rather live in a tent than the school where she is forced to shelter with her five children in northern Gaza, so bad are the conditions after nearly eight months of war.

"There is no hygiene, or water," said Umm Mohammed, baking bread in a makeshift oven at the school in Jabalia refugee camp, a recent theatre of Israeli military operations in... (continue reading...)