U.N. raises $7.7 billion for Syrians beset by war and COVID-19
Brussels (Reuters) – The United Nations raised $7.7 billion in humanitarian aid on Tuesday for Syria, where nine years of
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Turkey’s Halkbank to seek removal of U.S. judge in Iran sanctions case
New York (Reuters) – Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade
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Explosion in north Tehran with thick smoke – ISNA news agency
Tehran (Reuters) – An explosion has taken place in north Tehran, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday, without citing
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Pompeo pushes Iran arms embargo at U.N., Russia says U.S. knee on Iran’s neck
New York (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to extend an
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EU excludes United States from ‘safe’ travel list
Brussels (Reuters) – The European Union has excluded the United States from its initial “safe list” of countries from which
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U.N. rights chief urges Israel to halt “illegal” annexation plan
Geneva (Reuters) – The United Nations top human rights official Michelle Bachelet called on Israel on Monday to halt its
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Former French PM Fillon sentenced to jail for embezzling public funds
Paris (Reuters) – A French court on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Francois Fillon to five years in jail, three
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Red Cross and Red Crescent says LGBT tweet by its Turkey head is ‘offensive’
Ankara (Reuters) – The global Red Cross and Red Crescent network said on Monday that comments about the LGBT+ community
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Iran records highest daily death toll from COVID-19
Tehran (Reuters) – Iran recorded its highest number of deaths from COVID-19 within a 24-hour period, official health ministry figures
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‘No excuse’ for countries that fail in contact tracing, WHO’s Tedros says
Geneva (Reuters) – Tracing contacts of people with coronavirus infections is the most important step in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic,
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