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Party of Lebanon’s former transport minister criticizes U.S. sanctions move
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The political party of Lebanon's former transport minister who has been placed on a U.S. sanctions list said on Wednesday it would not be influenced by Washington's move, the Lebane...
Sep 09, 2020
Charlie Hebdo survivor: gunmen said ‘Allahu akbar’, then shot me
By Tangi Salan PARIS (Reuters) - A survivor of the 2015 attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo told a French court on Wednesday how the gunmen said "Allahu akbar" ("God is greatest"), then shot hi...
Sep 09, 2020
Yemen Houthis block flights to Sanaa as economic warfare rages
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) - The Houthi administration in Yemen has suspended all United Nations and humanitarian flights to the capital Sanaa as its Saudi-led coalition foe blocks commercial...
Sep 09, 2020
AstraZeneca pauses coronavirus vaccine trial, shares slip on rollout doubts
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has suspended global trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine after an unexplained illness in a participant, knocking the British drugmaker's shares on Wednesday a...
Sep 09, 2020
Germany to issue country-specific travel warnings from Oct. 1: ministry
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will likely continue to issue pandemic-related travel warnings due to worldwide coronavirus infection levels, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday. She also said...
Sep 09, 2020
New Dutch coronavirus cases spike to 1,140, most since April
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of new coronavirus cases registered in the Netherlands surged to 1,140 in the past 24 hours, the health minister said on Wednesday, the highest daily total since April...
Sep 09, 2020
First elections since coronavirus test Italian government stability
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - A raft of local ballots and a referendum this month mark the first electoral test for Italy's center-left government since the coronavirus crisis, with the bickering ...
Sep 09, 2020
United States formally announces troop reduction in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States military on Wednesday announced that it would be reducing its presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 troops this month, formalizing a move that had been long exp...
Sep 09, 2020
Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 for helping broker a deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the second ...
Sep 09, 2020
Lebanon’s Hezbollah-allied Amal movement condemns U.S. sanctions on its member
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Amal movement, a Shi'ite Muslim group allied to Hezbollah, said on Wednesday the U.S. move to impose sanctions on one of its senior members was like placing sanctions on t...
Sep 09, 2020
