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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in self-isolation after COVID contact: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is self-isolating after coming into contact with a person infected with COVID-19, the RIA news agency reported on Tuesday. Lavrov's previously...
Oct 27, 2020
UK police given more time to question seven men involved in tanker incident
LONDON (Reuters) - British police were granted more time to question seven men arrested after hostile stowaways aboard an oil tanker in the English Channel prompted special forces to storm the vessel ...
Oct 27, 2020
Turkish court sentences U.S. consulate employee to five years jail
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An Istanbul court on Tuesday sentenced a local U.S. consulate employee to jail for aiding the network Ankara accuses of attempting a 2016 coup, in a verdict that could further str...
Oct 27, 2020
Hong Kong police detain three under national security law
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police on Tuesday detained three people under the city's contentious national security law on suspicion of publishing content to incite others to secede ...
Oct 27, 2020
Yemen’s Houthis want to strengthen Iran ties, minister tells Tehran’s new ambassador
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis want to strengthen bilateral ties with Iran in various fields, the foreign minister for the Houthi administration that runs north Yemen told Iran's new ambassador to ...
Oct 27, 2020
Catalan cat shelter gets smart to help COVID orphans
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Overflowing with aging cats who lost their owners to the COVID-19 pandemic, Barcelona's cat sanctuary El Jardinet dels Gats has launched an online campaign to get them adopted. A...
Oct 27, 2020
Nigerian judge throws out case against 47 men facing homosexuality charge
By Alexis Akwagyiram LAGOS (Reuters) - A judge in a Nigerian court on Tuesday threw out a case against 47 men charged with public displays of affection with members of same sex due to the failure of p...
Oct 27, 2020
Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist on hunger strike in detention, says family
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, held in Saudi Arabia since 2018, began a new hunger strike on Monday over the conditions of her detention, her family sa...
Oct 27, 2020
French Muslim leader says Muslims should ignore controversial cartoons
PARIS (Reuters) - A senior French Muslim leader urged fellow Muslims on Tuesday to ignore cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad rather than resorting to violence in a call for moderation amid outrage acros...
Oct 27, 2020
Boat carrying migrants capsizes off northern France
PARIS (Reuters) - At least three people were missing and a search operation was underway after a boat carrying about 20 migrants capsized off the coast of Loon-Plage near Dunkirk, northern France, loc...
Oct 27, 2020
