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Hezbollah’s Nasrallah: Israeli PM is lying about group’s missile sites
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, on Tuesday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was lying about missile sites in Lebanon. "A short while ...
Sep 29, 2020
Finland orders bars, restaurants to shut at 1 a.m. to help contain COVID
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's government on Tuesday ordered all bars and restaurants to close at 1 a.m. and to stop alcohol sales at midnight starting Oct. 8 to help contain the spread of COVID-19. "...
Sep 29, 2020
Former paramilitary boss Jorge 40 returns to Colombia, will face investigations
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A ex-paramilitary leader who served 12 years in the United States for drug trafficking must now face Colombian courts for murders, kidnappings and other crimes allegedly committed d...
Sep 29, 2020
We make the rules, Portugal tells U.S. after China threats
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese leaders have criticised U.S. ambassador George Glass after he said they must choose between the United States and China or risk the consequences. Portu...
Sep 29, 2020
U.S. ‘outraged’ by rocket attack in Baghdad – state department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is "outraged" by Monday's rocket attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad that killed five civilians https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26J2LD, the U.S. State D...
Sep 29, 2020
Campaigners say Myanmar students face jail over anti-war pamphlet protest
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar student representatives said on Tuesday that 14 students had been arrested and charged with offences carrying up to two years in jail after handing out pamphlets criticising...
Sep 29, 2020
Sex workers say Brussels prostitution ban drives them underground
By Clement Rossignol and Bart Biesemans BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's capital has banned prostitution in certain districts in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. For sex- workers, howeve...
Sep 29, 2020
Former Ukraine president Poroshenko contracts coronavirus
KYIV (Reuters) - Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has contracted the novel coronavirus, he said in a statement on Facebook on Tuesday. "Therefore, from today I am being treated at home. I h...
Sep 29, 2020
Kuwait’s new emir is Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf, says cabinet
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah was named emir by the country's cabinet to succeed his brother Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah who died on Tuesday. The cabinet a...
Sep 29, 2020
Kuwait’s new ruler to seek stability among fractious, powerful neighbours
DUBAI (Reuters) - Kuwait's new ruler in waiting may find it harder than his predecessor to uphold his country's mediating role between rival Gulf powers, if only because he lacks his late brother's de...
Sep 29, 2020
