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January 20, 2020
3 Iraq protesters killed as anger boils over govt 'procrastination'
BAGHDAD — Three Iraqi protesters were killed in the capital as thousands of anti-government demonstrators sought to shut streets across the country on Monday, their deadline for authorities to implement long-awaited reforms.Rallies have rocked Iraq since October but fearing they would lose momentum amid spiralling regional tensions protesters last Monday told the government it had one week to meet their demands or they would escalate their demonstrations.Protesters sought to ramp ...
January 20, 2020
8 EU nations back naval force to patrol Strait of Hormuz
PARIS — The French foreign ministry said on Monday that eight European Union nations had given their support for a new naval patrol to help avoid potential conflicts in the Strait of Hormuz, the strategically critical entry to the Gulf.Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal backed the new force, though the ministry did not say how many ships would be involved, or when they would begin ...
January 20, 2020
5 killed as burst hot water pipe floods Russian hotel
MOSCOW — At least five people including a child died in the Russian city of Perm on Monday when a broken heating pipe flooded their hotel rooms with scalding water, investigators said.The accident happened in a small private hotel located in the basement of an apartment block in the industrial city in the Urals region, some 1,100 km (700 miles) east of Moscow."At least five people died and a further ...
January 20, 2020
Iranian celebrities lend their star power to protests
NICOSIA — Iranian artists, athletes and media personalities have lent their voices to anti-government protests in the Islamic republic over the accidental downing of a passenger plane that killed 176 people.Among them have been actors vowing to boycott a film festival, a star volleyball player who said he saw "no light in the future", and a former state TV presenter who apologized "for 13 years of lying" to her viewers.The ...
January 20, 2020
Canada asks Iran to send airliner's black boxes to Ukraine or France
MONTREAL — Canada on Sunday repeated its request that Iran quickly hand over to France or Ukraine black boxes from the Ukrainian airliner which Tehran's forces accidentally shot down.Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Francois-Philippe Champagne said he had spoken with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on the subject."I repeated Canada's position that the black boxes be sent as quickly as possible either to Ukraine or France so it can ...
January 20, 2020
World powers agree new push for Libya peace
BERLIN — World leaders committed to ending all foreign meddling in Libya's civil war at a Berlin summit on Sunday, and to uphold a weapons embargo as part of a broader plan to end the long-running conflict.The presidents of Russia, Turkey and France were among global chiefs signing up to the agreement to stop interfering in the war — be it through weapons, troops or financing.But the talks failed to ...
January 20, 2020
Lebanon president to chair crisis talks over weekend violence
BEIRUT — Lebanon's under-fire president is set to meet on Monday with top security officials to discuss rare violence over the weekend that left hundreds wounded in the protest-hit country.For two nights in a row, demonstrators angered at delays in forming a government have lobbed stones, firecrackers and street signs at riot police, who fired tear gas and rubber bullets to clear a flashpoint road leading to parliament.Early Monday afternoon, ...
January 20, 2020
Iraqi protesters ramp up pressure as deadline expires
BAGHDAD — Thousands of Iraqi anti-government protesters grappled with security forces in a bid to shut streets across the country on Monday, a deadline they had given authorities to implement long-awaited reforms.Rallies have rocked Iraq since October but fearing they would lose momentum amid spiraling regional tensions protesters last Monday told the government it had one week to meet their demands or they would escalate.They have called for early elections ...
January 20, 2020
Iran says it may pull out of nuclear treaty over Europe dispute
TEHRAN — Iran said on Monday it will consider withdrawing from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) if a dispute over its atomic program goes before the UN Security Council.Britain, France and Germany launched a process last week charging Iran with failing to observe the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, a move that could eventually see the Security Council reimpose international sanctions on the country.Iran has ...
January 19, 2020
Over 80 soldiers killed in Houthi missile, drone attack
DUBAI — More than 80 Yemeni soldiers have been killed and scores injured in a missile and drone attack blamed on Houthi rebels in central Yemen, medical and military sources said Sunday.Saturday's strike follows months of relative calm in the war between the Iran-backed Houthis and Yemen's internationally recognized government, which is backed by a Saudi-led military coalition.The Houthis attacked a mosque in a military camp in the central province ...
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