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U.S. imposes fresh sanctions on Syria in push for Assad to end war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday slapped fresh sanctions on Syria, targeting its central bank and blacklisting several people and entities in a continued effort to cut off funds for ...
Dec 22, 2020
Armenian opposition sets up protest tents to pile pressure on PM
(Reuters) - Hundreds of opposition supporters set up a protest camp outside Armenian government headquarters in central Yerevan on Tuesday, escalating a campaign against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan...
Dec 22, 2020
Spain moves to slash rents for struggling bars and restaurants
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain passed a decree forcing landlords to slash rents for coronavirus-hit bars and restaurants by up to half on Tuesday and announced plans to distribute EU COVID-19 recovery funds...
Dec 22, 2020
Belarus leader orders case of exiled archbishop remedied at Pope’s request
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has ordered authorities to resolve the case of Minsk's exiled Catholic archbishop at the request of Pope Francis, the foreign minister said on...
Dec 22, 2020
Europe’s human rights court calls on Turkey to release Demirtas
ANKARA (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights called on Turkey to immediately release prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, ruling on Wednesday the justification for his years of d...
Dec 22, 2020
Family mourns Filipino mother and son shot by police over noise
By Adrian Portugal PANIQUI, Philippines (Reuters) - Relatives of a woman and her son shot dead by an off-duty policeman in the Philippines called for justice at their wake on Tuesday amid public outra...
Dec 22, 2020
U.N. aims to get rights team to Ethiopia’s Tigray
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations is striving to get a team on the ground to investigate alleged human rights violations including a mass killing in Ethiopia's Tigray, described by t...
Dec 22, 2020
U.S. ready to mediate discussions between Israel and Lebanon -Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said the United States is ready to keep working with Israel and Lebanon on negotiations for a maritime boundary, as the countries ...
Dec 22, 2020
Venezuela opposition lawmakers go into survival mode after election boycott
By Brian Ellsworth and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - The hush over Venezuela's parliament at the start of proceedings last week was broken by background noise that would last throughout the sessi...
Dec 22, 2020
Under canvas, displaced Syrians face twin threats of COVID, winter cold
by Mahmoud Hassano NORTH IDLIB, Syria, Dec 22 (Reuters) Displaced from Aleppo, Qassem Ahmad Sharraq Al-Zeit is bracing for a Syrian winter under canvas - with the struggle to keep his wife and four ch...
Dec 22, 2020
