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Saudi-led coalition says intercepted explosive drone headed for kingdom: SPA
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said it had intercepted and destroyed an explosive drone launched towards the kingdom on Thursday. In a statement published on Saudi state new...
Sep 17, 2020
Lebanese prime minister-designate agrees to hold more talks on new cabinet
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib said he had agreed with President Michel Aoun on Thursday to give more time for talks on forming a new government after efforts to a...
Sep 17, 2020
Ireland tightens COVID-19 travel restrictions, angering airlines
By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish government on Thursday tightened its COVID-19 travel restrictions by imposing quarantines on travellers from major holiday markets Italy and Greece, ang...
Sep 17, 2020
Israel closes schools again as COVID-19 cases surge
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel closed its schools on Thursday, a day before entering a second national coronavirus lockdown, as daily infections topped 4,500. The initial lockdown was imposed in late Ma...
Sep 17, 2020
U.S. issues fresh Iran-related sanctions: U.S Treasury website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has imposed sanctions on two entities and a number of individuals linked to Iran's intelligence and security ministry, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thu...
Sep 17, 2020
Top U.S. diplomat for East Asia calls China ‘lawless bully’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, David Stilwell, said on Thursday China's recent actions around the world were not those of a responsible global actor, but of a "lawless bul...
Sep 17, 2020
Ukraine-U.S. military exercises begin as Russia holds drills in Belarus
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine and the United States launched joint military exercises on Thursday, two days after Russia began joint military drills with forces in neighboring Belarus. The U.S. Embassy in ...
Sep 17, 2020
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero denied bail during terror trial
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - Paul Rusesabagina, depicted as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide and now on trial for terrorism, was denied bail on Thursday though ...
Sep 17, 2020
‘Boiling again’: Lebanon’s old Christian rivalries rear up amid crisis
By Tom Perry and Ellen Francis BEIRUT (Reuters) - An old rivalry between Christian factions who fought each other in Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war has flared again on the street and in political debat...
Sep 17, 2020
Poland to ban ritual animal slaughter for export, lawmaker says
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland plans to ban religious slaughtering of animals for export and the state will offer compensation to businesses that suffer, a ruling party member of parliament said on Thursda...
Sep 17, 2020
