Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
First elections since coronavirus test Italian government stability
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - A raft of local ballots and a referendum this month mark the first electoral test for Italy's center-left government since the coronavirus crisis, with the bickering ...
Sep 09, 2020
United States formally announces troop reduction in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States military on Wednesday announced that it would be reducing its presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 troops this month, formalizing a move that had been long exp...
Sep 09, 2020
Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 for helping broker a deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the second ...
Sep 09, 2020
Lebanon’s Hezbollah-allied Amal movement condemns U.S. sanctions on its member
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Amal movement, a Shi'ite Muslim group allied to Hezbollah, said on Wednesday the U.S. move to impose sanctions on one of its senior members was like placing sanctions on t...
Sep 09, 2020
Indian and Chinese troops man remote Himalayan outposts just hundreds of meters apart
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian and Chinese troops were facing off on Wednesday, barely a few hundred meters apart, in a remote Himalayan region where shots were fired for the first ti...
Sep 09, 2020
Russia calls Germany’s handling of requests on Navalny ‘inappropriate’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister criticized Germany on Wednesday over its handling of official requests by Moscow about the condition of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Interfax news agency...
Sep 09, 2020
Germany extends COVID-19 travel warning for outside Europe until Sept. 30
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will extend until Sept. 30 its travel warning for countries outside Europe due to the coronavirus pandemic, a spokesman of the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. (Reporting...
Sep 09, 2020
Saudi supports comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace solution
(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia supports all efforts to reach a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the establishment of a Palestinian state based on borders before the 1967 war, t...
Sep 09, 2020
Possible war crimes in Yemen fueled by arms flows from West, Iran: U.N.
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Weapons provided by Western powers and Iran to the warring sides in Yemen are fuelling the six-year-old conflict, marked by deadly Saudi-led coalition air strik...
Sep 09, 2020
Georgia bans weddings, other ceremonies as virus cases rise
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia has banned weddings and other types of public ceremony from Sept. 10 and postponed theater and cinema openings to contain the spread of the new coronavirus as the number of...
Sep 09, 2020
