Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says it intercepted and downed drone
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it intercepted and downed a booby-trapped drone towards the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the state news agency said on Thursday. Cross-border attack...
Aug 20, 2020
Venezuela looking to buy Iranian missiles: Colombian president says
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Thursday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's administration is looking to buy Iranian missiles and is handing over weapons made in Russ...
Aug 20, 2020
Russia rejects U.S. plan to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia rejected U.S. plans to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran as "nonexistent," saying only a country that remains in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal can trigger the return of the...
Aug 20, 2020
Four Vietnamese arrested for coronavirus PPE scam targeting U.S. buyers
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese police have arrested four men accused of defrauding more than 5,000 Americans trying to buy COVID-19 protective equipment online out of nearly $1 million, the Ministry of ...
Aug 20, 2020
Merkel, Macron agree to coordinate more on corona travel restrictions
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on Thursday to coordinate more closely on travel restrictions related to the coronavirus, the chancellor said aft...
Aug 20, 2020
New laws herald crackdown on Chile´s delinquent ‘daddies of the heart’
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The release of 10% of Chilean citizens' pension funds early to help withstand the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has sparked an unexpected...
Aug 20, 2020
Senegal port seeks removal of 2,700 tonnes of chemical that caused Beirut blast
DAKAR (Reuters) - The port of Senegal's capital Dakar on Thursday said it had requested the removal of around 2,700 tonnes of highly explosive ammonium nitrate stored in its complex - the same volume ...
Aug 20, 2020
France’s Macron says must preserve stability in eastern Mediterranean
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that France and Germany agreed on the need to preserve stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and respect for the law. Macron also s...
Aug 20, 2020
Iran, in a letter to U.N., warns against U.S. push to trigger sanctions ‘snapback’: TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United States has no right to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran, the Iranian foreign minister said in a letter to the United Nations, calling on members of the Secur...
Aug 20, 2020
My death wouldn’t help Putin: Kremlin critic’s parting remark
By Tom Balmforth and Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - A day before Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny collapsed in what his allies say was a case of poisoning on Thursday, he met a group of young support...
Aug 20, 2020
