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EU summons Belarus envoy over migrant stream to Lithuania

The European Union has summoned the Belarusian envoy in Brussels and held talks with the Iraqi government after accusing Belarus of using illegal migrants, largely Iraqis, as a political weapon against EU sanctions imposed on Minsk.

Rare bid to repeal war resolution advanced by U.S. Senate committee

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed legislation on Wednesday that would repeal congressional authorizations for past wars with Iraq, a significant step in lawmakers' effort to wrest back the power to declare war from the White House.

Lithuania denies Belarus reports of migrant death on border

Lithuania's interior ministry on Wednesday dismissed Belarusian reports that an Iraqi migrant had been found beaten to death after being turned away at the Lithuanian border, describing it as part of a "hybrid war" being waged by Minsk.