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U.S. to challenge World Court’s jurisdiction in Iran sanctions case
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Lawyers for the United States are expected on Monday to reject the jurisdiction of the U.N.'s highest court to resolve a case brought by Iran seeking to...
Sep 14, 2020
Myanmar casualties may represent war crimes: U.N.’s Bachelet
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday that three years after a Rohingya exodus "no concrete measures" on accountability had been taken by authorities and said some cases of rec...
Sep 14, 2020
UK police charge man with explosive substance offences over suspicious package
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Monday they charged a man with attempting to cause an explosion after a suspicious package was sent to an address in London. Ovidijus Margelis, 26, who was ar...
Sep 14, 2020
South Korea charges former ‘comfort women’ activist with fraud, embezzlement
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors on Monday indicted the former leader of an advocacy group for victims of Japanese wartime sexual exploitation on charges of fr...
Sep 14, 2020
Saudi, Bahraini ministers discuss regional developments: SPA
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Bahrain's foreign minister discussed regional developments, including Yemen, on a phone call on Monday, Saudi state news agen...
Sep 14, 2020
U.N. rights chief discussing visit to Xinjiang with China
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations (UN) human rights chief said on Monday she was discussing a possible visit to China's Xinjiang region with Chinese authorities who are facing growing backlash ove...
Sep 14, 2020
Sweden drops travel restrictions to Britain despite pick up in coronavirus cases
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden on Monday took Britain off its red-list of countries it advises citizens not to travel to, despite a pick-up in new coronavirus cases and restrictions on public gatherings...
Sep 14, 2020
EU condemns execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday added its voice to an international outcry over the execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari, saying the death penalty is a cruel and inhumane punis...
Sep 14, 2020
Fight and talk: Facing negotiations, Taliban almost took key Afghan city
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Khan Agha has endured years of violence in Kunduz, but it was the Taliban's attack on the strategic city in northeastern Afghanistan, as the government and insu...
Sep 14, 2020
Happiness, controversy and fear as Italy’s schools finally reopen
By Crispian Balmer and Antonio Denti ROME (Reuters) - After a six-month shutdown, the longest in Europe, Italy reopened most of its schools on Monday, testing the organisational skills of the governme...
Sep 14, 2020
