Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Ireland plans to join common EU system of COVID-19 travel restrictions – PM
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland plans to replace its current system of travel quarantines with the European Union's proposed coordinated system as soon as it is ready, Prime Minister Micheal Martin told RT...
Sep 13, 2020
Afghan forces, Taliban continue to clash even as peace talks start
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban and Afghan government forces clashed across Afghanistan hours after the start of long-awaited peace talks in Doha on Saturday, officials said, underscor...
Sep 13, 2020
Top Bahraini Shi’ite cleric rejects Israel normalisation, calls on people to resist
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's leading Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, now living abroad, said he is against normalisation between Arab countries and Israel, and called on the region's people...
Sep 13, 2020
Qatar ruler meets Afghan, Taliban delegations during peace talks in Doha
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met representatives of both the Afghan government and the Taliban to wish them success during peace talks taking place in the Gulf ...
Sep 13, 2020
China calls Hong Kong people arrested at sea ‘separatists’
BEIJING (Reuters) - The 12 Hong Kong people arrested at sea by mainland authorities last month were separatists, a spokeswoman for China's foreign ministry said on Sunday, in response to her U.S. coun...
Sep 13, 2020
Navalny’s illness energises push to challenge Kremlin at vote in Siberian town
By Maria Tsvetkova TOMSK, Russia (Reuters) - When Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny collapsed on a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk last month, his allies, who had seen him healthy and full of energ...
Sep 13, 2020
Greek PM welcomes return of Turkish vessel to base, calls it ‘positive first step’
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday the return of Turkish survey vessel Oruc Reis back to its southern province of Atntalya was a positive first step to ease ten...
Sep 13, 2020
Protesters set government building on fire in eastern Libya
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Protesters set fire to the government's headquarters in the Libyan city of Benghazi, as rare demonstrations over living conditions and corruption continued in the east of t...
Sep 13, 2020
Gazans living on Emirates-funded estate rue normalisation deal with Israel
By Nidal al-Mughrabi SHEIKH ZAYED CITY, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - For two decades Palestinians have revered the founder of the United Arab Emirates for his generosity, especially those living on the Gaza...
Sep 13, 2020
Israeli minister quits as coronavirus lockdown looms over Jewish holidays
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli cabinet minister tendered his resignation on Sunday in protest at a looming coronavirus lockdown that he argued would unfairly impede religious celebrations of Jewish ...
Sep 13, 2020
