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Saudi Arabia concerned over Israeli moves in East Jerusalem: statement
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday voiced "deep concern" over the Israeli authorities' decision to invite contractor bids to build 1,257 new settlements near East...
Nov 17, 2020
Saudis seek buffer zone with Yemen in return for ceasefire, sources say
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has told Yemen's Houthis in high-level back channel talks it would sign a UN proposal for a nationwide ceasefire if the Iran-aligned group agrees to ...
Nov 17, 2020
Most Mexicans back president’s holdout stance on congratulating Biden, poll shows
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A majority of Mexicans support President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's decision to hold off congratulating Joe Biden so far on his victory in the U.S. presidential election, an...
Nov 17, 2020
Trump could withdraw troops from Somalia as part of global pullback
By Phil Stewart and Katharine Houreld WASHINGTON/NAIROBI (Reuters) - President Donald Trump may withdraw nearly all U.S. troops from Somalia as part of a global pullback that could see major reduction...
Nov 17, 2020
U.S. security adviser O’Brien to visit Vietnam this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. national security adviser Robert O'Brien will visit Vietnam this week, an American official and a Vietnamese source said on Tuesday. O'Brien will be in the Southeast Asian ...
Nov 17, 2020
Analysis: ‘No free lunch’ for Lebanon any more, donor states warn
By Samia Nakhoul and John Irish BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - Western powers seeking to rescue Lebanon's teetering economy have given the country's leaders an ultimatum: there will be no bailout unless the...
Nov 17, 2020
McCann suspect hurt on way to parole hearing in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man whom investigators suspect of murdering British toddler Madeleine McCann was injured while being taken to a parole hearing, a German court said on Tuesday. The 43-year-...
Nov 17, 2020
Barbados removes Nelson statue in break with colonial past
By Robert Edison Sandiford BRIDGETOWN (Reuters) - Barbados removed the statue of British Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson from the capital Bridgetown's main square on Monday, two months after announcing pl...
Nov 17, 2020
Dutch PM to keep coronavirus lockdown measures as cases ease
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus cases in the Netherlands declined around 15% over the past week, health authorities said on Tuesday, but Prime Minister Mark Rutte was expected to a...
Nov 17, 2020
Crisis-weary Beirut residents defy new lockdown despite COVID surge
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Beirut's popular Sabra market teemed with shoppers this week, some of them unmasked, in apparent defiance of a full national lockdown imposed on Saturday to stem a resurgence of cor...
Nov 17, 2020
