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Lengthy jail terms given to men involved in Vietnamese truck deaths
LONDON (Reuters) - Four men were given lengthy jail terms on Friday for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children who suffocated to death in a stifling, airtight shipping container in ...
Jan 22, 2021
Twitter says it has not suspended account of top Iranian leader
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Friday it had not suspended the account of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah AliKhamenei. A Twitter spokeswoman said the @khamenei_site account was suspended for violatin...
Jan 22, 2021
Turkish appeals court overturns acquittal in Gezi trial
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish appeals court on Friday overturned the acquittal of nine people, including philanthropist Osman Kavala, in a case related to nationwide protests in 2013, according to co...
Jan 22, 2021
Twitter suspends account of Iranian Supreme Leader after apparent Trump threat
DUBAI (Reuters) - Twitter suspended an account linked to Iran's Supreme Leader on Friday, hours after it carried the image of a golfer resembling former President Donald Trump apparently being targete...
Jan 22, 2021
South Africa tackles secretive party funding with law, but still allows anonymous donors
By Tim Cocks (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a law on Friday requiring political parties to disclose donations of more than 100,000 rand ($6,650) in a bid to clean up party ...
Jan 22, 2021
Mexico calls for DEA internal probe of “fabricated” case against minister
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) should carry out an internal investigation into the conduct of its ...
Jan 22, 2021
Violence in West Africa’s Sahel displaces record 2 million people, U.N. says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of people fleeing violence in West Africa's Sahel region has quadrupled in the past two years, with 2 million now displaced in their own countries, the U.N. refugee agenc...
Jan 22, 2021
Indian farmers to step up protests after rejecting offer to defer controversial new laws
By Nigam Prusty and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian farmers on Friday rejected an offer by the government to defer three farm reform laws for one-and-half years, warning they would step up pr...
Jan 22, 2021
Bosnian Muslim ex-commander jailed 10 years over war crimes by Islamist fighters
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's war crimes court on Friday jailed Bosnian Muslim wartime commander Sakib Mahmuljin for 10 years for failing to prevent or punish atrocities against Serb prisoners by fore...
Jan 22, 2021
Israeli army says it shot down drone that crossed border from Lebanon
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Friday that it shot down a drone that crossed into Israeli airspace from Lebanon. "The drone was monitored by the Israel Defense Forces throughout th...
Jan 22, 2021
