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U.N. nuclear watchdog inspects second Iranian site as agreed with Tehran
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog has inspected the second of two suspected former secret atomic sites in Iran, as agreed with Tehran last month in a deal that ended a standoff over access,...
Sep 30, 2020
Merkel: Germany can avoid second coronavirus lockdown
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that she wanted to do everything in her power to avoid another national lockdown as coronavirus infection numbers rise again in Eur...
Sep 30, 2020
Hong Kong activist Wong gets bail after being charged for 2019 protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was granted bail on Wednesday after being formally charged in court in connection with participating in an unauthorised assembly in Octob...
Sep 30, 2020
Indian court acquits Hindu nationalist leaders in mosque demolition case
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted Hindu nationalist leaders, including former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani, in a case over the demolition ...
Sep 30, 2020
Belgium breaks 16-month deadlock as new government forms
By Marine Strauss and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium is finally getting a new government on Wednesday, 16 months on from a parliamentary election, with the Belgian king expected to nam...
Sep 30, 2020
Tough few months ahead with coronavirus, warns Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany faces a tough few months due to the coronavirus, with the number of infections on the rise and winter approaching, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Wednesday. "Germany has...
Sep 30, 2020
Kuwait’s new emir to be sworn in at tense time for region
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's new emir takes the oath of office in parliament on Wednesday as the country prepares to lay to rest late ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah who helped steer the Gulf stat...
Sep 30, 2020
UK PM Johnson to speak on COVID-19 as anger mounts towards curbs
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold a news conference on COVID-19 on Wednesday as he grapples with a swiftly spreading second wave of the novel coronavirus outbreak and g...
Sep 30, 2020
Japan’s military asks new government to continue strengthening of armed forces
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's military has asked Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's new government for its ninth straight annual budget increase, including funds to begin development of an advan...
Sep 30, 2020
Karabakh fighting enters fourth day, Armenia says no need for outside military help
YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - Fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces entered a fourth day on Wednesday in the biggest eruption of their decades-old conflict since a 1994 ceasefire. Azerbaij...
Sep 30, 2020
