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Indonesian military says troops suspected of killing 2 Papuan civilians
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's military on Wednesday named nine soldiers as suspects in the killing in April of two civilians in the country's Papua region, as part of a state pro...
Dec 23, 2020
COVID testing chaos infuriates stranded truckers in English port
By Ben Makori and Gerhard Mey DOVER, England (Reuters) - Truck drivers trapped along hundreds of miles of roads near the southern English port of Dover are facing a riddle: to travel to France they mu...
Dec 23, 2020
French President Macron improving after COVID diagnosis – presidency
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's health is showing signs of improvement after he tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 17, his office said on Wednesday. Macron has been has been sel...
Dec 23, 2020
Indonesia cabinet switch no panacea as COVID-19 crisis deepens
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo may struggle to convince some that his cabinet shakeup amid a deteriorating coronavirus crisis means a shift in strategy in fig...
Dec 23, 2020
Fire breaks out in Bosnia migrant centre, police say
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Fire broke out on Wednesday in a migrant centre in northwestern Bosnia where about 1,200 people had been accommodated, the regional police said. Local web portal Klix reported the...
Dec 23, 2020
UK coronavirus variant likely found in Hong Kong as city secures vaccine supplies
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A new variant of the novel coronavirus that is spreading rapidly in Britain appears to have infected two students who returned to Hong Kong from the UK, Hong Kong's Department of...
Dec 23, 2020
Dutch prosecutors asked to check whether Dutch soldiers killed Afghan civilians
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it had asked prosecutors to look into a report by a war veteran that Dutch soldiers fired at and may have killed civilians in the Afg...
Dec 23, 2020
Israel hopes for rapprochement with fifth Muslim country before Trump exit – minister
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country during U.S. President Donald Trump's term, which ends next month, an Israeli government minister told ...
Dec 23, 2020
Turkish journalist Dundar gets 27 years in absentia for espionage
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish journalist Can Dundar was sentenced in absentia to 27 years and six months in prison for espionage and aiding an armed terrorist organisation, his lawyers said on Wednesday,...
Dec 23, 2020
Turkey hopes to turn new page with U.S. and EU in 2021, Erdogan says
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey hopes to "turn a new page" in its ties with the United States and European Union, and that Ankara had been subjected to "doubl...
Dec 23, 2020
