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No Iran deal without freeing detained U.S. citizens, U.S. official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No agreement should ever be struck with Iran without its freeing all unjustly detained U.S. citizens, a senior U.S. official said on Monday as Washington blacklisted two Iranian...
Dec 14, 2020
U.S. imposes Iran-related sanctions on two individuals -Treasury website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday imposed Iran-related sanctions on two individuals, according to the Treasury Department's website, increasing pressure on Tehran as U.S. President Do...
Dec 14, 2020
Rouhani says Iran can move beyond row with Turkey over Erdogan poem
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday Tehran could move past a diplomatic quarrel with Turkey over a poem recited by President Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Azerbaijan, w...
Dec 14, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. condemns ‘unjust, barbaric’ execution of Iranian journalist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States strongly condemned Iran's 'unjust, barbaric" execution of Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was...
Dec 14, 2020
Queues form outside Milan food banks as crisis bites ahead of Christmas
By Alex Fraser MILAN (Reuters) - Long queues have been forming outside food banks and help centres in Italy's financial capital Milan as the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus has deepened...
Dec 14, 2020
Fourth body found in burned migrant squat near Barcelona
MADRID (Reuters) - A fourth victim was found dead in the charred remains of an abandoned warehouse used as a squat by migrants, which burned down last week in a Barcelona suburb, firefighters said on ...
Dec 14, 2020
Fuel ship attacked by explosive-laden boat in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah – ministry
CAIRO (Reuters) - A fuel transport ship was attacked by an explosive-laden boat in the fuel terminal in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia early on Monday, the kingdom's ministry of energy said, according to state ...
Dec 14, 2020
South Korea passes law to ban anti-North Korea leaflets amid activists’ outcry
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Monday to ban the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, a move that was condemned by rights activists as a viol...
Dec 14, 2020
Ethiopia’s war-scarred Tigray region regains some services
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia sent civil servants in Tigray back to work on Monday and ordered gun owners to disarm as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government sought to show normality in the still-i...
Dec 14, 2020
Iran’s Rouhani says execution of journalist Zam was based on law
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that the execution of journalist Ruhollah Zam was carried out based on law and that Iran's judiciary is independent. "They (Europeans)...
Dec 14, 2020
