Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Jailed for protesting, Belarus basketball star speaks out for political change
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus basketball star Yelena Leuchanka has twice represented her country at the Olympic Games, but until this year she had always stayed out of politic...
Oct 28, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. will open embassy in Maldives for first time
MALE (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that Washington will open an embassy in the Maldives for the first time, during a five-day Asia trip attempting to counterbalance...
Oct 28, 2020
Congo army says it killed 33 militiaman in days of intense fighting
By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's army said on Wednesday it killed 33 militiamen and lost two soldiers as it seized two rebel strong...
Oct 28, 2020
Turkey has right to act if militants not cleared from Syria border: Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Turkey had the legitimate right to act again if militants are not cleared from its border with Syria, where it has carried out sev...
Oct 28, 2020
Germany and France prepare new lockdowns as COVID sweeps Europe
By Andreas Rinke and Sudip Kar-Gupta BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Germany and France prepared to announce restrictions approaching the level of last spring's blanket lockdowns on Wednesday as COVID deaths...
Oct 28, 2020
Azerbaijan says 14 people killed by shelling in Barda: RIA
BAKU (Reuters) - Fourteen civilians were killed on Wednesday and more than 40 wounded when Armenian armed forces shelled the Azeri town of Barda, RIA news agency citied Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General...
Oct 28, 2020
Pope says ‘lady’ COVID must be obeyed, forgoes mask
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday described the COVID-19 pandemic as a tough "lady" taskmaster who must be obeyed, but he and most close aides did not wear masks at...
Oct 28, 2020
Analysis: Biden would face uncertain path to detente with wary Iran
By Parisa Hafezi and Arshad Mohammed DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden plans to scrap what he calls the "dangerous failure" of President Donald Trump's maximum pressure policy on Iran should he w...
Oct 28, 2020
Russia approves bill allowing national law to trump international treaties
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament approved a bill on Wednesday that would give national legislation precedence over international treaties and rulings from international bodies in cases when they...
Oct 28, 2020
Egypt’s Sisi says freedom of expression stops at offending more than 1.5 billion people
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday freedom of expression should stop at offending more than 1.5 billion people, following the display of images in France of the...
Oct 28, 2020
