By Reuters Staff DUBAI (Reuters) – Delegations from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar met in Kuwait on Monday for the first time since an agreement last month to end a rift of more than three years, the UAE state news agency WAM said. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt agreed in January at […]
By Reuters Staff BEIJING (Reuters) – Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday the United States and China could work together on issues like climate change and the coronavirus pandemic if they repaired their damaged bilateral relationship Wang, a Chinese state councillor and foreign minister, said Beijing stood ready to reopen constructive dialogue with […]
By Reuters Staff GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States will seek to strengthen and extend the agreement between world powers and Iran aimed at curbing its nuclear programme, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday it had struck a deal with Iran to cushion the blow of steps […]
By Fiston Mahamba, Stanis Bujakera GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Italy’s ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo, his bodyguard and a driver from the World Food Programme were killed on Monday when their convoy was attacked in the east of the country, Italy and the United Nations said. The convoy was attacked at about […]
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) – A general strike against military rule shut businesses in Myanmar on Monday and huge crowds gathered peacefully despite fears of violence after authorities warned that confrontation could be deadly. Three weeks after seizing power, the junta has failed to stop the daily protests and a civil disobedience movement calling for the […]
By Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger votes on Sunday in the second round of a presidential election that is expected to usher in the first democratic transition of power since the West African nation gained independence from France in 1960. Ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum is seen by many as the favourite after leading […]
By Reuters Staff DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is studying a European Union proposal for an informal meeting between current members of Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal and the United States, but has yet to respond to it, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday. Iran and the United States have been at odds over […]
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) – Thousands of opponents of Myanmar’s Feb. 1 military gathered again on Sunday in towns from north to south, undeterred by the bloodiest episode of their campaign the previous day when police and soldiers opened fire in the city of Mandalay, killing two. Early on Sunday, police arrested a famous actor […]
By Tim McLaughlin, Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) – As Texans cranked up their heaters early Monday to combat plunging temperatures, a record surge of electricity demand set off a disastrous chain reaction in the state’s power grid. Wind turbines in the state’s northern Panhandle locked up. Natural gas plants shut down when frozen pipes and components shut […]
By Shruti Menon BBC Reality Check Reality Check The charges recently filed against a young Indian protester under a law which prohibits inciting disaffection against the government has focused attention on a highly controversial colonial-era statute. So what is the law that has been used against 22-year-old Disha Ravi, and is its use on the […]
