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U.N. rights boss calls for sanctions on some Sri Lankan ex-military
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on states on Wednesday to impose "targeted sanctions" on former Sri Lankan military commanders implicated in alleged war crimes duri...
Jan 27, 2021
U.S. reviewing China genocide ruling to make sure it sticks
By Patricia Zengerle and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department is reviewing a Trump administration determination that China has committed genocide by repressing Uighur Musl...
Jan 27, 2021
Turkish authorities detain 126 Islamic State suspects: state media
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities detained 126 people suspected of ties to the Islamic State militant group in nationwide operations, state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Wednesday. Operations wer...
Jan 27, 2021
Air France and Airbus face Paris trial call over deadly crash: source
PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris public prosecutor has requested that Air France and Airbus stand trial on charges of manslaughter over the 2009 crash of flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, which ki...
Jan 27, 2021
Police raid Kremlin critic Navalny’s offices, other properties
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police raided the Moscow offices of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's group on Wednesday and came to search several other properties, including a flat where his wife wa...
Jan 27, 2021
Former U.S. envoys alarmed by violence and hate speech in Ethiopia
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Four former U.S. ambassadors to Ethiopia wrote a joint letter to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed voicing concern over the conflict in the northern Tigray region, rising ethnic tension in...
Jan 27, 2021
Russian lawmakers approve extension of nuclear arms pact with U.S.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament on Wednesday approved a five-year extension of the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the United States, which a senior official said had been agreed on ...
Jan 27, 2021
Factbox: The Brexit impact so far – paperwork, process and higher prices
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's departure from the European Union has triggered the biggest change in trade since it joined the bloc 48 years ago, with companies grappling with export docu...
Jan 27, 2021
Bangladesh to move 2,000-3,000 more Rohingya Muslims to remote island despite criticism
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh will move 2,000-3,000 more Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote Bay of Bengal island this week, a navy officer said on Wednesday, despite complaints by rights...
Jan 27, 2021
UK plans tough new border measures to combat coronavirus
By William James and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will announce new tougher border measures on Wednesday to stop new variants of COVID-19 getting into the country, Prime Minister Boris Jo...
Jan 27, 2021
