Hong Kong police arrest stabbing suspect after security law protests
World
July 2, 2020
Hong Kong police arrest stabbing suspect after security law protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) — Hong Kong police arrested a 24-year-old man at the city’s airport early on Thursday on suspicion…
Exclusive: Hundreds of George W. Bush administration officials to back Biden, group says
World
July 1, 2020
Exclusive: Hundreds of George W. Bush administration officials to back Biden, group says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush are set to endorse Democratic…
Egypt says gold deposit discovered in southeast
Egypt
July 1, 2020
Egypt says gold deposit discovered in southeast
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said on Tuesday a gold deposit with estimated resources of…
Turkey determined to control social media platforms, Erdogan says
Middle East
July 1, 2020
Turkey determined to control social media platforms, Erdogan says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey will introduce regulations to control social media platforms or shut them down, President Tayyip Erdogan announced…
Russia’s Putin urges Turkey, Iran to help promote dialogue in Syria
Middle East
July 1, 2020
Russia’s Putin urges Turkey, Iran to help promote dialogue in Syria
MOSCOW/ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterparts from Turkey and Iran on Wednesday that there was a…
Hong Kong police arrest nearly 200 in first protest under new security law
World
July 1, 2020
Hong Kong police arrest nearly 200 in first protest under new security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas and arrested nearly 200 people on Wednesday…
Lebanese government raises subsidized bread prices as currency tumbles
Middle East
July 1, 2020
Lebanese government raises subsidized bread prices as currency tumbles
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese government on Tuesday raised the price of a 900-gram loaf of partially subsidized bread to…
Blast at Tehran clinic kills 19, says state-run news agency
Middle East
July 1, 2020
Blast at Tehran clinic kills 19, says state-run news agency
(Reuters) — Nineteen people were killed and six injured on Tuesday in an explosion at a medical clinic in the…
Turkish lawyers protest against government plan to reform bar associations
Middle East
June 30, 2020
Turkish lawyers protest against government plan to reform bar associations
ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Thousands of Turkish lawyers protested outside Istanbul’s main courthouse on Tuesday against a government plan to reform…
PM Johnson demands Britain ‘Build, build, build’ to beat COVID-19 slump
World
June 30, 2020
PM Johnson demands Britain ‘Build, build, build’ to beat COVID-19 slump
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to shake Britain’s economy out of its coronavirus-induced crisis on Tuesday, by…