India readies Saudi oil import cut as stand-off escalates – sources
New Delhi (Reuters) – Indian state refiners are planning to cut oil imports from Saudi Arabia by about a quarter
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Washington (Reuters) – Four Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday proposed an increase of $12 billion in the country’s foreign affairs
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Burqa ban just a ‘proposal’, Sri Lanka says after criticism from allies
Colombo (Reuters) – Sri Lanka said on Tuesday a call to ban the wearing of the burqa was “merely a
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French tourist jailed in Iran charged with spying, lawyer says
Dubai (Reuters) – Iranian authorities have charged French tourist Benjamin Briere, arrested 10 months ago, with espionage and “propaganda against
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In setback for gay Catholics, Vatican says church cannot bless same-sex unions
Vatican City (Reuters) – The Vatican said on Monday that priests cannot bless same-sex unions and that such blessings are
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Policemen, firemen among over 400 Myanmar nationals seeking shelter in India
Champai (Reuters) – More than 400 people from Myanmar, many of them policemen, have crossed into neighbouring India since late
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Blast kills seven Pakistani coal miners in second incident in one week
Quetta (Reuters) – Seven miners were killed in a blast at a coal mine in the southwestern Pakistani province of
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Houthi missile attack kills three children in Yemen’s Taiz, residents say
Aden (Reuters) – Iran-aligned Houthi forces in Yemen fired a missile on Sunday at a school in the Taiz region
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Egypt says Turkey must lay ground for normalising ties with actions
Cairo (Reuters) – Turkey’s actions must show alignment with Egypt’s principles and goals for relations between the two countries to
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Merkel’s CDU suffers record setback in state elections
Berlin (Reuters) – Germany’s Christian Democrats slumped to record defeats in two regional votes on Sunday after a muddled coronavirus
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