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Iran blacklists U.S. envoy in Yemen, reciprocating U.S. move
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has blacklisted the U.S. ambassador in Yemen, the Iranian foreign ministry said on Wednesday, a day after Washington imposed terrorism-related sanctions on Tehran's envoy to the...
Dec 09, 2020
Turkey says ready to procure Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine if it meets criteria
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is ready to procure Russia's coronavirus vaccine if it meets Ankara's criteria, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday, after an earlier report cited him as ruling ...
Dec 09, 2020
UK interior minister Patel meets Hong Kong activist Nathan Law
LONDON (Reuters) -British interior minister Priti Patel met with Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law in London on Wednesday, pledging to protect and uphold freedoms for citizens of Britain's f...
Dec 09, 2020
Trump issues formal threat to veto effort to block massive UAE arms sales
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump issued a formal threat on Wednesday to veto congressional efforts to block his plans for $23 billion in military sales to the Un...
Dec 09, 2020
Senior PLO official Ashrawi to resign, calls for Palestinian political reforms
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Veteran Palestinian negotiator and women's rights advocate Hanan Ashrawi said on Wednesday she would quit her senior post in the Palestine Liberation Organization at th...
Dec 09, 2020
Finnish minister to face no charges over push to bring home Islamic State children
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's foreign minister Pekka Haavisto should not face charges despite breaking the law in an effort to quickly bring to Finland children of Finnish mothers who joined Islamic ...
Dec 09, 2020
Lebanon’s PM-designate Hariri gives president new government line-up
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said he presented President Michel Aoun with a line-up of 18 ministers on Wednesday after months of wrangling that blocked a deal o...
Dec 09, 2020
Turkey won’t buy Russian vaccine, health minister says
By Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has ruled out buying the Russian coronavirus vaccine since its development lacked "good practice", its health minister said as Ankara steps up efforts to i...
Dec 09, 2020
ICC prosecutor drops preliminary probe into alleged UK war crimes in Iraq-statement
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Wednesday said she was dropping a preliminary probe into alleged war crimes by British troops in Iraq. The probe never rose ...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. designates Chinese organized crime leader in anti-corruption sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on Wan Kuok Kai, the leader of China's 14K Triad organized crime group and a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Chinese Peo...
Dec 09, 2020
