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France’s Macron says he set red lines with Turkey in eastern Mediterranean
By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he had taken a tough stance over the summer with regard to Turkey's actions in the eastern Me...
Aug 28, 2020
Chilean police officer arrested over blinding of woman during 2019 protests
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean special forces captain has been arrested for assault in relation to an incident in which a woman was blinded by a tear gas canister during th...
Aug 28, 2020
Pakistan jails three accused of financing Mumbai attacks
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A court in Pakistan has sentenced to prison three leaders of Jamat-ud-Dawa, an organisation accused by India and the United States of masterminding the...
Aug 28, 2020
France reports 7,379 new coronavirus cases, just shy of lockdown record
PARIS (Reuters) - France reported 7,379 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, a new post-lockdown record following the 6,111 record reported on Thursday and just shy of the 7,578 high set on Marc...
Aug 28, 2020
Former Central African Republic interim leader to run in December poll
BANGUI (Reuters) - Former Central Africa Republic's transitional leader Catherine Samba-Panza, who guided the country from 2014 to 2016, has declared she will challenge incumbent President Faustin Arc...
Aug 28, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan, NATO chief discuss eastern Mediterranean
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg about developments in the eastern Mediterranean and told him Turkey will continue to protect its rights...
Aug 28, 2020
France doing everything possible to avoid repeat COVID-19 lockdown, says Macron
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday his government was doing everything possible to avoid another nationwide coronavirus lockdown but added it would be dangerous to rule ...
Aug 28, 2020
U.N. to renew Lebanon peacekeeping mandate, reduce troops: diplomats
PARIS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will extend the mandate for a peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon for another year later on Friday, but will reduce the number of troops amid U.S. and Is...
Aug 28, 2020
‘Double lockdown’: COVID-19 adds to blockaded Gaza’s despair
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - On a deserted beachfront in a newly locked-down Gaza, fishermen look impotently at the Mediterranean waters they can no longer access under two separate bans - on...
Aug 28, 2020
Greece bans flights from Barcelona, extends COVID-19 travel restrictions
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will ban flights to and from Barcelona from Monday, health authorities said on Friday, as they extended most of the travel restrictions for foreign visitors by three weeks du...
Aug 28, 2020
