Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Soldiers open fire on Nigerian protesters in Lagos: witnesses
By Alexis Akwagyiram and Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) - Soldiers opened fire on Nigerian protesters in the Lekki district of the commercial capital Lagos on Tuesday, shooting at least two people, thre...
Oct 20, 2020
Fiancee of Khashoggi, human rights group sue Saudi crown prince in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and a human rights group that he founded filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court on Tuesday with allegations that Saudi Arabia's cr...
Oct 20, 2020
Slovak parliament narrowly rejects tightening of abortion rules
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Slovak parliament on Tuesday narrowly rejected a motion by conservative lawmakers to tighten abortion rules, a proposal that was harshly criticised by women's rights groups. The...
Oct 20, 2020
Hungarian justice minister tests positive for coronavirus
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga announced on Tuesday that she had tested positive for COVID-19 and has mild respiratory symptoms. "As of today, I am in quarantine at home w...
Oct 20, 2020
Yazidi Iraqi keeps tradition alive of arak-making from dates
By Kawa Omar BASHIQA, Iraq (Reuters) - Saad Hussein, a 42-year-old Yazidi Iraqi, is one of the last in the northern region of Nineveh producing the anise-flavoured spirit, arak, from local dates. Forc...
Oct 20, 2020
Nigeria’s Lagos imposes 24-hour curfew amid protests against police
LAGOS (Reuters) - The Nigerian state of Lagos on Tuesday imposed a 24-hour curfew, saying that protests against alleged police brutality had turned violent. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the curfew...
Oct 20, 2020
Sudanese strains surface as U.S. pressure triggers debate on Israel
By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - U.S. pressure on Sudan to normalise ties with former adversary Israel has stirred public debate on a topic that was long taboo, exposing splits that could comp...
Oct 20, 2020
Germany charges two men with selling parts for Russian arms-maker
BERLIN (Reuters) - Prosecutors have charged two Germans suspected of selling machinery to a Russian state-owned armaments group that manufactures missile systems for the Russian army. The Federal Pros...
Oct 20, 2020
Danish submarine killer caught after prison escape
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Peter Madsen, who was convicted of killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall in a self-built submarine in 2017, was caught by Danish authorities on Tuesday after he briefly escaped fr...
Oct 20, 2020
EU takes legal action against ‘golden passport’ schemes in Cyprus, Malta
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive said on Tuesday it was launching legal action against Cyprus and Malta over their investor citizenship programmes, also known as "golden passport" s...
Oct 20, 2020
