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Pakistan eager to see Taliban start dialogue with Kabul: foreign minister
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan urged the Taliban on Tuesday to start talks soon with the Afghan government to end decades of conflict, telling visiting officials of the group that an i...
Aug 25, 2020
French new coronavirus infections below last week’s highs
PARIS (Reuters) - The French health ministry said it had recorded 3,304 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, well below daily highs seen last week and taking the cumulative total to 248,158. The num...
Aug 25, 2020
U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese national over fentanyl trafficking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a Chinese national, accusing him of trafficking fentanyl to the United States. It said in a statement that Taotao Zh...
Aug 25, 2020
UAE’s de facto ruler discusses UAE-Israel deal with Pompeo: WAM
CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' de facto ruler, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nayhan, spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by phone on Tuesday, state news age...
Aug 25, 2020
Turkey warns Greece to not escalate tensions at sea, urges dialogue
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey warned Greece on Tuesday not escalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean or it will not hesitate to do "what is necessary", though said it wanted to solve the issue throug...
Aug 25, 2020
Coronavirus-sceptic businessman Briatore hospitalized with virus
ROME (Reuters) - Flavio Briatore, one of Italy's most flamboyant businessmen who lambasted restrictions aimed at curbing the COVID-19 epidemic, was hospitalized on Tuesday after testing positive for t...
Aug 25, 2020
U.S. slams Turkey’s Erdogan for hosting Hamas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it strongly objected to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's recent hosting of two leaders of Hamas in Istanbul. The State Department said the of...
Aug 25, 2020
Eldest son of Brazil’s president tests positive for COVID-19
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of president Jair Bolsonaro, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a statement by Flavio's spokesman. Flav...
Aug 25, 2020
Sudan and Ethiopia pledge to push for deal on Blue Nile dam
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Ethiopia's prime minister and Sudan's leadership said on Tuesday they would make every effort to reach a deal on a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that has caused a bitter d...
Aug 25, 2020
U.N. Security Council president dismisses U.S. sanctions move on Iran
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - The president of the U.N. Security Council, Indonesia, said on Tuesday it was "not in the position to take further action" on a U.S. bid to trigger a return of...
Aug 25, 2020
