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As Arab Gulf starts opening to Israel, Palestinians face a reckoning
By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's rapprochement with Gulf Arab states has left the Palestinians feeling abandoned by traditional allies and clutching an old playbook in a rapidly changing M...
Sep 15, 2020
Kremlin critic Navalny posts photo from hospital, says he can breathe independently
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny shared a photograph from a Berlin hospital on Tuesday, sitting up in bed and surrounded by his family, and said he could now breathe ind...
Sep 15, 2020
Thai cabinet approves long-stay tourist visas amid plans to reopen
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved visas of up to 270 days for long-stay tourists as the government prepares to reopen to foreign visitors from as early as next month to help s...
Sep 15, 2020
Guinea-Bissau migration agency boss arrested for alleged cocaine trafficking
BISSAU (Reuters) - The head of Guinea-Bissau's migration agency has been arrested for suspected involvement in cocaine trafficking, the police said, becoming one of the most senior officials in the We...
Sep 15, 2020
Turkey’s arrest of lawyers draws international criticism
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish and international lawyers' groups have voiced concern over the arrest of dozens of lawyers, saying they had been doing their job when representing clients ...
Sep 15, 2020
West urges Saudi Arabia to release women activists, prosecute Khashoggi killers
GENEVA (Reuters) - Dozens of Western countries voiced concern on Tuesday at Saudi Arabia's continued detention of women activists and called for those behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi ...
Sep 15, 2020
Taiwan conservationists say kicked out of global bird group in China row
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A Taiwan conservation group said on Wednesday it had been kicked out of a British-based wild bird protection body after it had been asked and refused to sign a document stating it d...
Sep 15, 2020
Kremlin says no exceptions for Belarus in repaying $1.5 billion loan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday said no exceptions would be made for Minsk in how it repays a $1.5 billion loan, agreed between President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexan...
Sep 15, 2020
Chinese border city steps up coronavirus tests after Myanmar cases
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese border city launched coronavirus tests for tens of thousands of residents on Tuesday, following two imported infections from neighboring Myanmar, barring some people from...
Sep 15, 2020
Kremlin critic Navalny posts picture with family from hospital
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny shared a picture from hospital on Tuesday, sitting up in bed and surrounded by his family, with the message that he was now able to brea...
Sep 15, 2020
