Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Ten militants and five civilians killed in east Congo violence: army, local leader
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Ten Islamist militants were killed after they ambushed an army convoy in eastern Congo on Friday, according to the military, while a community leader sai...
Aug 30, 2020
Egypt detains second suspect in alleged rape case, three more held in Lebanon
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian public prosecutors have ordered the detention of a second man suspected of being involved in an alleged gang rape at a luxury hotel in Cairo in 2014 pending investigations, ...
Aug 30, 2020
Qatar sets new minimum wage, lifts restriction on changing jobs
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar on Sunday set a basic monthly minimum wage of 1,000 Qatari riyals ($274.6) and scrapped a rule requiring employers to consent to employees changing jobs. The announcement is th...
Aug 30, 2020
Lukashenko gets birthday call from Putin as Belarus protests rumble
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin used a birthday phone call on Sunday to invite Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to visit Moscow, a Kremlin show of support as thousands of protesters...
Aug 30, 2020
Belarus police detain at least a dozen protesters in central Minsk: Reuters witness
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian police on Sunday detained at least a dozen protesters who had gathered in central Minsk, a Reuters witness said. Hundreds of people gathered near a central square that th...
Aug 30, 2020
Mauritius fishermen battle to save dozens dolphins near oil spill
By Giulia Paravicini (Reuters) - Fishermen battled on Sunday to save dozens of injured dolphins washed ashore in Mauritius where in recent days at least 40 of the animals were found dead in a lagoon n...
Aug 30, 2020
Thai royalists rally to support monarchy amid calls for reforms
By Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - About 1,200 Thai royalists gathered on Sunday to support the monarchy after almost daily student-led, anti-government protests calling for change, with some ...
Aug 30, 2020
Putin and Lukashenko plan to meet in Moscow – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko have agreed to meet in Moscow in coming weeks, the Kremlin said on Sunday. The two leaders have not met s...
Aug 30, 2020
Hezbollah will avenge slain fighter, leader warns Israel
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday it was only a matter of time before the group killed an Israeli soldier to avenge the death of one its fighters in Syria and ...
Aug 30, 2020
Hong Kong health workers, activists urge boycott of mass testing
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong pro-democracy union of healthcare workers and several activists, including Joshua Wong, called on Sunday for a boycott of the government's universal coronavirus testi...
Aug 30, 2020
