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Sanctioned Turkish defence industry chief expects U.S. ties to survive
By Daren Butler and Dominic Evans ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's defence industries chief said U.S. sanctions on him and his agency for buying Russian missile systems would not have a big impact on tie...
Dec 15, 2020
Grieving alone: Some Turks want lockdown to halt new virus wave
By Daren Butler DIYARBAKIR, Turkey/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Siyar Guldiken, still short of breath from his own battle with the coronavirus, was not able to grieve after his grandmother and uncle died of t...
Dec 15, 2020
Turkey says U.S. sanctions have ‘shaken’ values of alliance
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday U.S. sanctions over Ankara's purchase of Russian defences had shaken all values in their alliance and he called for renewed coop...
Dec 15, 2020
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa says new libel case ‘ludicrous’
MANILA (Reuters) - Maria Ressa, who heads a Philippine news website known for its tough scrutiny of President Rodrigo Duterte, refused to enter a plea on Tuesday in a second cyber libel case she faces...
Dec 15, 2020
Biden’s pledges could spur more migration. But in a pandemic, the border is unprepared
By Mimi Dwyer, Ted Hesson and Laura Gottesdiener LOS ANGELES/MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - After spending eight months of 2019 in a makeshift tent camp in the dangerous Mexican border city of Matamoro...
Dec 15, 2020
Schoolchildren can miss end of term to isolate before Christmas, says French PM
PARIS (Reuters) - French schoolchildren will be allowed to skip classes and stay at home on Thursday and Friday if their families wish to self-isolate ahead of Christmas, Prime Minister Jean Castex sa...
Dec 15, 2020
After 60 years, East Jerusalem Palestinians face eviction under Israeli settler rulings
By Suheir Sheikh and Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) - For Nabil al-Kurd, being forced out of the East Jerusalem home he has lived in since the 1950s would be a fate worse than death. But the 76-year-o...
Dec 15, 2020
UK’s Christmas plans will cost many lives, say top health journals
LONDON (Reuters) - Two of Britain's most influential journals for healthcare and medical professionals jointly called on the government on Tuesday to scrap plans to relax COVID-19 restrictions for fiv...
Dec 15, 2020
Bosnian presidency members snub Russia’s ‘disrespectful’ Lavrov
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The Croat and Muslim Bosniak members of Bosnia's inter-ethnic three-man presidency declined on Tuesday to meet Russia's visiting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...
Dec 15, 2020
Israel’s Supreme Court approves extradition of sex-crime suspect to Australia
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A former Australian school principal accused of sexually assaulting students lost her appeal against extradition in Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday. Malka Leifer has fought her...
Dec 15, 2020
