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EU condemns execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday added its voice to an international outcry over the execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari, saying the death penalty is a cruel and inhumane punis...
Sep 14, 2020
Fight and talk: Facing negotiations, Taliban almost took key Afghan city
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) - Khan Agha has endured years of violence in Kunduz, but it was the Taliban's attack on the strategic city in northeastern Afghanistan, as the government and insu...
Sep 14, 2020
Happiness, controversy and fear as Italy’s schools finally reopen
By Crispian Balmer and Antonio Denti ROME (Reuters) - After a six-month shutdown, the longest in Europe, Italy reopened most of its schools on Monday, testing the organisational skills of the governme...
Sep 14, 2020
More talks on Lebanese cabinet as deadline in doubt
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib said on Monday he had met Lebanon's president for more consultations, raising doubts about whether he would be able to form his government by ...
Sep 14, 2020
Belarus leader in Russia on mission to win Putin’s backing
By Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus arrived in Russia to meet Vladimir Putin on Monday, seeking Moscow's backing after a fifth consecutive weekend of huge p...
Sep 14, 2020
Germany says French, Swedish labs confirm Navalny’s Novichok poisoning
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government said on Monday two more laboratories have independently confirmed that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-style nerve agent Novichok an...
Sep 14, 2020
Police in Belarus detained 774 people at protests on eve of Putin summit
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police detained 774 people on Sunday at huge anti-government protests across Belarus, including 500 people detained in the capital Minsk, the Belarusian Interior Ministry said on Mo...
Sep 14, 2020
‘Hotel Rwanda hero’ appears in Rwandan court amid tight security
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide, appeared in a Rwandan court amid tight security on Monday, where ...
Sep 14, 2020
Pompeo says U.S. ambassador to China to leave post
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said early Monday U.S. ambassador to China Terry Branstad would leave the post. "I thank Ambassador Terry Branstad for his more than three years of serv...
Sep 14, 2020
Belarusian leader Lukashenko lands in Sochi for talks with Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko's plane landed in the southern Russian city of Sochi on Monday morning ahead of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, flight tracking d...
Sep 14, 2020
