Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
China accuses U.S. of deflecting blame as diplomatic row shifts to climate
By Muyu Xu and David Stanway BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official accused the United States on Wednesday of deflecting blame and breaking its word when it comes to fighting climate c...
Oct 28, 2020
Turkey condemns French caricature featuring Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Top Turkish officials condemned a caricature scorning President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, calling it a "disgusting effort" to "spre...
Oct 28, 2020
Qatar expresses regret as Australia says women on 10 flights searched
By Kirsty Needham and Alexander Cornwell SYDNEY/DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar expressed regret on Wednesday over the treatment of the female travellers after Australia said women on 10 flights underwent inv...
Oct 28, 2020
Tanzania president Magufuli aims for second term as polls open
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tanzania's president John Magufuli hopes to win another five-year term when the East African nation holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Wednesday, amid criticism from...
Oct 27, 2020
Grave-counting satellite images seek to track Yemen’s COVID death toll
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A first-of-its-kind study using satellite images to count fresh graves and analyse burial activity in Yemen has estimated the death toll there from COVID-19 or COVID...
Oct 27, 2020
U.S.-sanctioned Iranian plane lands in Venezuela -lawmaker, data
CARACAS (Reuters) - An Iranian plane owned by a company sanctioned by the United States for allegedly shipping weapons to Syria landed in Venezuela on Tuesday, according to an opposition Venezuelan la...
Oct 27, 2020
Israel says U.S. will now fund Israeli research projects in West Bank, Golan
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday the United States is effectively lifting a ban on U.S. funding of Israeli scientific research projects conducted in the West Bank and Gol...
Oct 27, 2020
Analysis: Trump sanctions could give Biden a bargaining chip in deal talks with Iran
By Timothy Gardner and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration's imposition of new sanctions on Iran may have been intended to forestall a new nuclear deal with Tehran if Joe...
Oct 27, 2020
Fugitive Venezuelan politician to push for global condemnation of Maduro
MADRID (Reuters) - Fugitive Venezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez said on Tuesday he would use his newly-won freedom in Spain to convince more countries to condemn President Nicolas Maduro's...
Oct 27, 2020
Ukraine president’s office: parliament must amend law on anti-corruption bureau
KYIV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian parliament must amend legislation governing the work of the national anti-corruption bureau (NABU) to comply with a ruling by the constitutional court, President Volodym...
Oct 27, 2020
