Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Biggest World War Two bomb found in Poland explodes while being defused
WARSAW (Reuters) - The biggest World War Two bomb ever found in Poland exploded under water on Tuesday as navy divers tried to defuse it. More than 750 people had been evacuated from the area near the...
Oct 13, 2020
Afghan forces launch counter assault after Taliban offensive overshadows talks
By Zainullah Stanekzai LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan security forces launched a counter offensive in the south against Taliban fighters, officials said on Tuesday, as fighting raged for ...
Oct 13, 2020
Germany slams Turkey for sending survey ship to eastern Mediterranean
NICOSIA (Reuters) - German foreign minister Heiko Maas criticized Turkey for sending a survey vessel back into controversial waters of the eastern Mediterranean, calling the unilateral move a blow to ...
Oct 13, 2020
Myanmar centenarian shrugs off coronavirus, worries about grandchildren
By Zaw Naing Oo YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar centenarian Thein Khin not only beat the coronavirus, but barely knew she had it. Thein Khin, 100, tested positive for COVID-19 and was kept in an isolation ...
Oct 13, 2020
Pakistan arrests second suspect after woman was gang-raped
By Mubasher Bukhari and Umar Farooq LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A second suspect was remanded in custody on Tuesday after being detained by police in Pakistan following the gang rape of a woman that ...
Oct 13, 2020
Nigeria’s nationwide police protests spread to southern oil hub
By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian protests seeking an end to alleged police brutality were held nationwide on Tuesday, spreading to southern oil city Port Harcourt a day after poli...
Oct 13, 2020
Praying for a miracle? COVID curbs hit Portuguese shrine’s tourist trade
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) - For businesses dependent on Portugal's most celebrated place of pilgrimage, Tuesday was supposed to be the busiest day of the year - and then t...
Oct 13, 2020
At least 12 people killed in western Ethiopia
By Dawit Endeshaw and Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed in the Metakal zone of Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region, regional government spokesman Melese Beyene t...
Oct 13, 2020
Palestinian, Israeli rights groups fear for life of Palestinian hunger striker
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ismael Khader GAZA/REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) - Palestinian and Israeli human rights groups voiced concern on Tuesday over the condition of a Palestinian who began a hunger str...
Oct 13, 2020
Tunisian protesters clash with police after man dies in bulldozed kiosk
TUNIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police in a provincial Tunisian town on Tuesday after authorities bulldozed an unlicensed cigarette kiosk, killing its owner sleepi...
Oct 13, 2020
