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UAE cancels lenient penalties for ‘honour killings’
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it was cancelling lenient penalties for so-called "honour killings" and amending inheritance laws for residents as part of a reform of perso...
Nov 07, 2020
Lebanon’s president seeks evidence behind U.S. sanctions on son-in-law
BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that Lebanon would seek evidence and documents from the United States that led Washington to impose sanctions on his son-in-law Gebran Bassil,...
Nov 07, 2020
U.S. aid agency to grant $20 million to fund Sudan wheat purchases
CAIRO (Reuters) - The U.S. Agency for International Development said it will grant $20 million to the World Food Programme to purchase wheat for Sudan to alleviate shortages in the east African countr...
Nov 07, 2020
Ivory Coast opposition leader arrested for creating rival government
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast opposition leader and former prime minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan was under arrest on Saturday for creating a rival government after President Alassane Ouattara's elect...
Nov 07, 2020
Ethiopian air strikes in Tigray will continue, says PM, as civil war risks grow
By Giulia Paravicini and Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian jets bombed the Tigray region on Friday and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged more air strikes in the escalating conflict, as ...
Nov 07, 2020
Trump administration advances $10 billion defense sale to UAE – source
By Patricia Zengerle and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department sent Congress an informal notification of plans to sell $10 billion of defense equipment, including precision-guide...
Nov 06, 2020
Mexico reports 5,931 new coronavirus cases, 551 more deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Health Ministry on Friday reported 5,931 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 551 additional fatalities, bringing the country's total to 955,128 cases and ...
Nov 06, 2020
U.N. panel urges Iran to speed investigation of downed jet
(Reuters) - A governing panel at the United Nations' aviation agency urged Iran on Friday to accelerate an investigation into the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in January, while an Iranian official ...
Nov 06, 2020
Argentina ‘could receive’ 750,000 doses of eventual Pfizer vaccine: Fernandez
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina President Alberto Fernandez said on Friday his country could receive 750,000 doses of an eventual coronavirus vaccine from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer ...
Nov 06, 2020
Brazil’s COVID-19 deaths pass 162,000, with 5.6 million cases: ministry
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil reported 18,862 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 279 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry said on Friday. The South Americ...
Nov 06, 2020
