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Charlie Hebdo attack accomplices face trial five years on
PARIS (Reuters) - The Islamist gunmen who struck the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish store, killing 17, are dead but on Wednesday, five years after the attack that marked the onset of a wave of Is...
Sep 01, 2020
Pompeo: ‘Cold War analogy has some relevance’ with China but challenges different
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday a "Cold War analogy has some relevance," when talking about relations with China, but the challenges are different. "This is ...
Sep 01, 2020
Saudi crown prince meets with U.S. presidential advisor Kushner: state news agency
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Jared Kushner, senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, according to the Saudi state news agency (SPA). The two parti...
Sep 01, 2020
France’s Macron: I won’t condemn cartoons of Prophet Mohammad
BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday it was not his place to pass judgment on the decision by satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to publish a cartoon of the Prophet Mohamm...
Sep 01, 2020
France’s Macron says he will travel to Iraq on Wednesday
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he would travel to Iraq on Wednesday, his first visit to the country, after two days in Lebanon. French officials have said Paris was...
Sep 01, 2020
U.S. to lift 33-year arms embargo on Cyprus, angering Turkey
WASHINGTON/ANKARA (Reuters) - The United States will lift a 33-year arms embargo on Cyprus and deepen its security cooperation with Nicosia, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, prompt...
Sep 01, 2020
Scotland imposes 14-day quarantine on arrivals from Greece
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland said it would impose a 14-day quarantine on all arrivals from Greece starting on Thursday because COVID-19 infection rates there are too high. There has been a "significant...
Sep 01, 2020
New U.N. council president stands by dismissal of U.S. sanctions move on Iran
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Niger, the U.N. Security Council president for September, said on Tuesday it stands by a declaration that no further action can be taken on a U.S. bid to trigg...
Sep 01, 2020
Mexicans seek referendum on trying ex-presidents for graft
By Carlos Carrillo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican activists have begun gathering signatures for a referendum on charging former presidents with graft, heeding calls by President Andres Manuel Lopez O...
Sep 01, 2020
Head of Brazil’s ‘Car Wash’ anti-graft task force quits with team’s future in doubt
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The head of Brazil's top corruption-busting team of federal prosecutors will quit the task force that dismantled the country's biggest graft network and jailed a former president ...
Sep 01, 2020
