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Israeli delegation to visit UAE next week, accompanied by Trump aides
By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli delegation and top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump will fly together to the United Arab Emirates on Monday for talks on cementing the two Middle Eas...
Aug 25, 2020
Cash-strapped Caribbean recovers from deadly Storm Laura
By Andre Paultre and Sarah Marsh PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAVANA (Reuters) - Caribbean islands already reeling from the economic impact of coronavirus started recovering on Tuesday from the damage wrought by Tr...
Aug 25, 2020
Lebanon explosion no pretext to avoid change, says France’s Le Drian
PARIS (Reuters) - Lebanon's leaders should not use the explosion that destroyed parts of Beirut earlier this month as an excuse to hide the reality that the country was on the edge of a precipice, Fra...
Aug 25, 2020
Need a visa to visit the U.S.? Expect much longer wait times, officials warn
By Mimi Dwyer (Reuters) - The U.S. agency in charge of processing immigration applications said on Tuesday that it had avoided a planned furlough of 70% of its staff but warned that it still faced fin...
Aug 25, 2020
Colombia could participate in more vaccine trials, health minister says
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia is in discussions to join other phase three clinical trials for a vaccine, the health minister said on Tuesday, and will not reverse an end to its nati...
Aug 25, 2020
‘UFO’ in Congo jungle turns out to be internet balloon
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - An unidentified flying object parachuted into dense Congo jungle to the confusion of local authorities, who detained two people for questioning until a s...
Aug 25, 2020
Facebook shares data on Myanmar with United Nations investigators
By Poppy McPherson (Reuters) - Facebook says it has shared data with United Nations investigators probing international crimes in Myanmar, after the lead investigator said the company was withholding ...
Aug 25, 2020
German minister sees readiness for dialogue between Greece, Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) - Greece and Turkey told German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday that they did not want to settle their dispute over the eastern Mediterranean with military means, the minister ...
Aug 25, 2020
Turkey wants no pre-conditions, ‘honest’ EU mediation for talks with Greece
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister said on Tuesday Greece must abandon its "maximalist approach" and pre-conditions for dialogue to begin over disputed offshore Mediterranean resources, ad...
Aug 25, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo arrives in Bahrain
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Gulf state of Bahrain on Tuesday as part of a Middle East tour following an accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to n...
Aug 25, 2020
