ISTANBUL (Reuters) – US and European leaders denounced what they called Turkey’s disconcerting and worrying decision to withdraw from an international agreement designed to protect women from violence, and urged President Tayyip …
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KASSEL, Germany (Reuters) – Police deployed water cannons and pepper spray after a gathering of some 20,000 protesters against the lockdown and other coronavirus rules in central Germany turned violent, with some …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – An airstrike on an oil refinery in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, sparked a fire on Friday that was brought under control, the Energy Ministry said, after Yemen’s Houthi group …
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By Panu Wongcha-um, Poppy McPherson MAE SOT, Thailand-Myanmar border (Reuters) – Hundreds of people have fled Myanmar towns and cities since last month’s military coup and are taking refuge in areas controlled …
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SINGAPORE – Myanmar authorities declared martial law in parts of Yangon after dozens of people were killed and fires ravaged several Chinese-owned clothing factories, underscoring the threat to the nation’s fragile economy …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Dutch riot police used water cannons and batons on Sunday to disperse a crowd of several thousand anti-lockdown protesters gathered in central The Hague a day before the …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian container ship was damaged in an attack in the Mediterranean, the state shipping company said on Friday, adding that it would take legal action to identify the …
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CHAMPHAI, India (Reuters) – When Tha Peng was ordered to fire at protesters with his submachine gun to disperse them in Myanmar’s city of Khampat on February 27, the police spear corporal …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – A Greek police officer was seriously injured on Tuesday after clashes broke out during a demonstration in a suburb of Athens against police violence, sparked by video that appeared …
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By Ali Kucukgocmen, Bulent Usta ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Some 1,000 women gathered near Istanbul’s main Taksim Square on Monday to protest what they see as a failure by the authorities to prevent …
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