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Armenia drops some martial law restrictions imposed during Karabakh conflict
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia said on Wednesday it had dropped some of the martial law restrictions it imposed in September when war broke out between ethnic Armenians in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh...
Dec 02, 2020
Rise in executions in Egypt in past two months-Amnesty
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt executed 57 men and women in October and November, nearly double the 32 people reported in the whole of 2019, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. At least 15 of those exec...
Dec 02, 2020
Russia’s Putin tells officials to start mass vaccinations against COVID-19 next week
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered authorities to begin mass vaccinations against COVID-19 from next week in Russia. "Let's agree on this - you will not report to...
Dec 02, 2020
U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians pays salaries, but crisis persists
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees paid the salaries of 30,000 Palestinian staff across the Middle East for last month, but a funding shortfall ma...
Dec 02, 2020
Israel edges towards new national election in festering coalition crisis
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel edged towards an early election, its fourth in two years, after parliament on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a bill to dissolve itself amid a crisis in Prime Minist...
Dec 02, 2020
Tearful mourners hold vigil in German city after drunk man kills five
TRIER (Reuters) - Residents and politicians wept and hugged as they lay flowers and candles in the western city of Trier on Wednesday to commemorate five people, including a baby, killed by a drunk ma...
Dec 02, 2020
Armed bank robbers storm another Brazilian town, battle police in streets
By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - More than 20 armed robbers stormed a bank in a small Brazilian town on Wednesday, taking hostages, exchanging gunfire with police in the streets and k...
Dec 02, 2020
Austrian schools, shops to reopen, as lockdown eases, ski opening looms
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian shops and primary schools will reopen on Monday when the country's current lockdown eases, and skiing will be allowed as of Dec. 24, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Wedne...
Dec 02, 2020
Construction of Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire monitoring centre has begun: Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) - Construction work has started on a joint Turkish-Russian centre to monitor a ceasefire in the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Wedn...
Dec 02, 2020
Putin says opposing forces in Belarus need to resolve crisis via talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Belarus was facing unprecedented meddling by external forces and he called on opposing political forces to try to resolve the...
Dec 02, 2020
