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Germany could take thousands from Greek refugee camp: Bild
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is considering taking in thousands of refugees from the destroyed Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos as a one-off gesture and hopes the camp can be rebuilt and run by ...
Sep 14, 2020
Russia’s ruling party loses majority in Siberian council targeted by stricken Navalny
By Tom Balmforth and Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW/TOMSK (Reuters) - The ruling United Russia party secured landslide wins at weekend regional elections but lost its majority in a Siberian city council conte...
Sep 14, 2020
Turkish Red Crescent worker killed in northern Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) - An aid worker from Turkey's Red Crescent was killed and another was wounded after masked assailants attacked the group's vehicle near the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, the aid age...
Sep 14, 2020
Salvagers mend ruptures in fire-hit oil tanker off Sri Lanka
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has initiated repair work on the ruptured fuel oil tank in the engine room of a stricken fully loaded oil supertanker after plugging the leak, the countr...
Sep 14, 2020
U.S. to challenge World Court’s jurisdiction in Iran sanctions case
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Lawyers for the United States are expected on Monday to reject the jurisdiction of the U.N.'s highest court to resolve a case brought by Iran seeking to...
Sep 14, 2020
Myanmar casualties may represent war crimes: U.N.’s Bachelet
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday that three years after a Rohingya exodus "no concrete measures" on accountability had been taken by authorities and said some cases of rec...
Sep 14, 2020
UK police charge man with explosive substance offences over suspicious package
LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Monday they charged a man with attempting to cause an explosion after a suspicious package was sent to an address in London. Ovidijus Margelis, 26, who was ar...
Sep 14, 2020
South Korea charges former ‘comfort women’ activist with fraud, embezzlement
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors on Monday indicted the former leader of an advocacy group for victims of Japanese wartime sexual exploitation on charges of fr...
Sep 14, 2020
Saudi, Bahraini ministers discuss regional developments: SPA
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Bahrain's foreign minister discussed regional developments, including Yemen, on a phone call on Monday, Saudi state news agen...
Sep 14, 2020
U.N. rights chief discussing visit to Xinjiang with China
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations (UN) human rights chief said on Monday she was discussing a possible visit to China's Xinjiang region with Chinese authorities who are facing growing backlash ove...
Sep 14, 2020
