Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Nigeria’s head of police dissolves controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad
By Alexis Akwagyiram and Abrahim Achirga LAGOS (Reuters) - The head of Nigeria's police dissolved its Special Anti-Robbery Squad with immediate effect on Sunday, a police statement said, prompted by d...
Oct 11, 2020
Head of Israeli Finance Ministry resigns as exodus continues
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The director-general of Israel's Finance Ministry said on Sunday she would step down in the coming weeks, the latest resignation among top economic officials as the country strug...
Oct 11, 2020
Lebanon closes bars, nightclubs to curb coronavirus
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon said on Sunday it will close bars and nightclubs to help contain the COVID-19 outbreak which has killed more than 450 people in a country also reeling from financial crisis ...
Oct 11, 2020
Britain is at a coronavirus tipping point, says deputy chief medical officer
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is at a "tipping point" in the coronavirus crisis and the country must act now to stop history repeating itself, the deputy chief medical officer for England said on Sunday,...
Oct 11, 2020
Iraqi militias agree ‘conditional ceasefire’ to halt U.S. attacks: spokesman
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An array of Iran-backed Iraqi militia groups have agreed to suspend rocket attacks on U.S. forces on condition that Iraq's government presents a timetable for a withdrawal of Ameri...
Oct 11, 2020
Some 50 protesters detained after clashes with Belarusian police in Minsk: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Some 50 protesters were detained in the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday after clashes with police, the Interfax news agency reported, citing witnesses. Belarus, a former Soviet r...
Oct 11, 2020
Czechs to tighten coronavirus measures as infections soar: Deputy PM
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government will announce stricter measures within days to curb soaring coronavirus infections and hospitalisations but will seek to avoid the kind of blanket lockdown impo...
Oct 11, 2020
Spain’s Catalonia, Navarre tighten COVID measures as cases rise
BARCELONA (Reuters) - The Spanish regions of Catalonia and Navarre will bring in new restrictions on working and public gatherings after worrying rises in COVID-19 cases, authorities said on Sunday. J...
Oct 11, 2020
Iran plans to expand face mask mandate beyond capital
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran plans to make mask-wearing mandatory in public in other large cities after imposing it in Tehran to fight rising coronavirus infections, the health minister said on Sunday, as t...
Oct 11, 2020
Turning local, British PM Johnson to unveil new coronavirus rules
By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce new measures to tackle a growing coronavirus crisis on Monday, moving to work more closely with local...
Oct 11, 2020
