Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) World News (Master Feed)
‘Massive poisonous shock’: Scientists fear lasting impact from Mauritius oil spill
By Duncan Miriri, Omar Mohammed and Matthew Green NAIROBI (Reuters) - Some corals have lived for centuries at the fringes of Mauritius. Now smothered for days in heavy fuel oil spilled from a wrecked ...
Aug 13, 2020
Israel hails UAE deal but Palestinians – and settlers – dismayed
By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel talked of "history" and Palestinians of "betrayal" after Thursday's surprise announcement of a deal to normalise relations between the Jewish state and ...
Aug 13, 2020
Three Katyusha rockets fell into Iraq’s Balad air base: statement
CAIRO (Reuters) - Iraq's Security Media Cell announced on Thursday three Katyusha rockets had fallen into Iraq's Balad air base, 80 km (50 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, which houses U.S. forces...
Aug 13, 2020
Venezuela environment groups say they are barred from joining oil spill cleanup
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan environmental groups say the authorities have barred them from participating in the cleanup of an oil spill that has contaminated pristine beaches and mangroves, as the ...
Aug 13, 2020
Saudi-led coalition downs armed drone, two ballistic missiles launched towards kingdom: state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen said on Thursday it intercepted and downed an armed drone and two ballistic missiles launched towards a southern part of...
Aug 13, 2020
France’s Macron pushes for a government of technocrats to rescue Lebanon
By Michel Rose and Tom Perry PARIS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing Lebanon's political leaders to install an interim technocratic government able to enact reforms, win b...
Aug 13, 2020
Kuwait to move to fourth stage of gradual return to normality plan: cabinet
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Kuwaiti cabinet said on Thursday it will start implementing the fourth stage of the gradual go-to-normality plan on Aug. 18 and some activities that were set to open during the f...
Aug 13, 2020
Erdogan says Turkey will exact ‘high price’ for any attack on vessel
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that any attack on a Turkish ship exploring for oil and gas in disputed Mediterranean waters would incur a "high price" and suggested Turke...
Aug 13, 2020
Merkel spoke to Erdogan, Greek PM on eastern Mediterranean
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by telephone to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about their dispute over energy exploration in th...
Aug 13, 2020
Nigeria says reversing U.S. visa ban will take ‘enormous resources’
By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Overturning a U.S. ban on Nigerians seeking immigrant visas will take "enormous resources", but the nation is making progress, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thurs...
Aug 13, 2020
