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Greek police detain Turk consular official on spy claim
ATHENS (Reuters) - Police in Greece have detained a Turkish consular official on suspicion of spying, a senior Greek source said on Friday, in a case likely to further strain troubled relations betwee...
Dec 18, 2020
Turkey’s Kavala denies charges as coup-related trial begins
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Prominent Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, already in jail for more than three years without being convicted, denied charges against him on Friday as an Ist...
Dec 18, 2020
Gas, marbles and lead pellets: Peru protest deaths turn spotlight on police violence
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Ruben Guevara was marching in teargas-filled streets in Lima in November when he was hit in the face by what felt like a gas canister, severely damaging his right...
Dec 18, 2020
Burundi’s ex-President Pierre Buyoya dies aged 71
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Pierre Buyoya, the former president of Burundi who twice seized power in military coups and oversaw a prolonged ethnic civil war that killed 300,000 of his countrymen, has died at ...
Dec 18, 2020
Modi offers talks to end India protests against farm reforms
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday defended India's biggest farm reforms in decades but offered to "very humbly" hold further talks with farmers protesting against the laws t...
Dec 18, 2020
Suspected rickshaw bomb kills 15, mostly children, at Afghan Koran reading ceremony -official
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) -A suspected rickshaw bomb killed at least 15 civilians, including 11 children, on Friday at a Koran recitation ceremony in central Afghanistan, officials said. Initial i...
Dec 18, 2020
Special Report-The last taboo. A new generation of Thais is defying the monarchy
By Panu Wongcha-um and Kay Johnson BANGKOK (Reuters) - Songphon "Yajai" Sonthirak had been a boxer for most of his young life and knew how to face down a stronger opponent: Keep your guard up, stand t...
Dec 18, 2020
Algerians impatient for change with president still out sick
By Lamine Chikhi and Hamid Ould Ahmed ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's first appearance since being hospitalised in Germany with COVID-19 in October was intended to reassu...
Dec 18, 2020
Spain’s Supreme Court orders probe into nursing home COVID-19 deaths
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Supreme Court on Friday ordered an investigation into the deaths of elderly people in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of protective gear for health w...
Dec 18, 2020
Supporters of hardline Indonesian cleric clash with police in Jakarta
By Heru Asprihanto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Supporters of firebrand Indonesian cleric Rizieq Shihab clashed with police during a demonstration in Jakarta on Friday, after demanding their spiritual figurehe...
Dec 18, 2020
