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UN agency seeks extra $204 million for Zimbabwe as hunger bites
HARARE (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday appealed for an additional $204 million to support 4 million of the most food insecure Zimbabweans for the next six months....
Dec 17, 2020
Inside a military base in Ethiopia’s Tigray: soldiers decry betrayal by former comrades
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Rebellious soldiers used government tanks to attack their former comrades in a military base in the first chaotic days of Ethiopia's month-long war in the region of Tigray, acc...
Dec 17, 2020
Italian fishermen detained in Libya have been freed -Italian foreign min
ROME (Reuters) - A group of 18 sailors who were seized by Libyan patrol boats in September while fishing in the Mediterranean, have been freed by authorities in eastern Libya, Italian Foreign Minister...
Dec 17, 2020
Vietnam arrests popular Facebook user for “anti-state” posts
HANOI (Reuters) - Police in Vietnam have arrested a well-known Facebook user over allegations of abusing democratic freedom and publishing posts against the state, state media reported on Thursday. Tr...
Dec 17, 2020
Divert arms money to fight COVID-19, ensure vaccine for all, pope says
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged world leaders on Thursday to divert funds used for armaments to confront problems such as the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure vaccines reach...
Dec 17, 2020
Erdogan ally calls for Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party to be banned
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan's nationalist ally said Turkey's pro-Kurdish HDP party, the country's third biggest, should be banned for separatism - a move the HDP's co...
Dec 17, 2020
Russia to ramp up support for Ukraine’s rebel-held east – Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would ramp up its support for Ukraine's rebel-controlled eastern Donbass region where conflict broke out in 2014 between pro-Mo...
Dec 17, 2020
Putin says report outing Navalny’s alleged poisoners is ‘trick’ to attack Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a media investigation that identified named individuals as state security assassins responsible for the poisoning of Kremlin critic Al...
Dec 17, 2020
Top EU court finds Hungary guilty of breaking asylum rules
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Court of Justice of the European Union said on Thursday that Hungary has broken EU laws designed to protect vulnerable migrants and refugees by blocking their right to apply f...
Dec 17, 2020
Putin says he hopes Biden will improve Russia-U.S. ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped U.S. President-elect Joe Biden would help resolve some of the difficult issues in relations between Moscow and Washington. Speakin...
Dec 17, 2020
