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Activists decry ‘genocide’ of China’s Uighur minority: letter
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Nearly two dozen activist groups said on Tuesday that crimes against humanity and genocide are taking place against Uighurs in China's remote Xinjiang region, w...
Sep 15, 2020
China denies reports of troops laying cables at India border
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry on Tuesday denied reports that Chinese troops are laying fibre optic cables at a flashpoint at the border with India. China and India will remain in commun...
Sep 15, 2020
Germany plans to take in around 1,500 migrants from Greek islands: dpa
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer are planning to take in around 1,500 refugees from the Greek islands, German news agency dpa reported on Tuesday...
Sep 15, 2020
EU-Turkey ties at ‘watershed moment’, EU’s top envoy says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's relationship with Turkey is at a turning point, the bloc's top diplomat said on Tuesday, urging Ankara to back down from conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean...
Sep 15, 2020
Belarus does not rule out ‘forceful response’ to military threats: TASS cites defence ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Belarusian defence ministry said on Tuesday it does not rule out a forceful response to what it perceives as military threats, the TASS news agency reported. The defence ministr...
Sep 15, 2020
Indonesia to beef-up patrols after China coastguard raises suspicion
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will increase maritime security operations near some of its islands in the South China Sea after a Chinese coastguard vessel was spotted nearby,...
Sep 15, 2020
Britain warns it citizens of risk of arbitrary detention in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Britain has issued new a travel advisory for China, warning that its nationals may be at risk of arbitrary detention, after several foreigners were held on various charges includin...
Sep 15, 2020
Fire in Beirut commercial district put out, civil defence says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A fire that erupted in a landmark building in central Beirut's commercial district on Tuesday has been extinguished, civil defence official George Abou Moussa told Reuters. A Reuter...
Sep 15, 2020
Party next door? Call the police, says UK interior minister
LONDON (Reuters) - British interior minister Priti Patel said on Tuesday she would call the police if neighbours had a party because it was right to report people who might be spreading COVID-19 by di...
Sep 15, 2020
Fire erupts in central Beirut commercial district, Lebanese media says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A fire erupted in central Beirut's commercial district on Tuesday, Lebanese broadcasters reported. Broadcaster al-Jadeed said a landmark building designed by the late British-Iraqi ...
Sep 15, 2020
