EU’s Reynders: first more sanctions on Belarus, any air traffic curbs later
Brussels (Reuters) – EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said on Monday the bloc should first slap more sanctions on Belarus
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Syria’s election holds few surprises after years of war
Amman (Reuters) – Campaign posters for Bashar al-Assad line the streets of Damascus, alongside those for two obscure rivals, but
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COVID spreads to rural India as deaths again rise above 4,000
Mumbai (Reuters) – India’s COVID-19 outbreak has stabilised in parts of the country, a government official said, but deaths rose
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Ship owner says Suez Canal was at fault over Ever Given grounding: lawyer
Cairo (Reuters) – The owner of a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March says the canal authority
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Lebanon’s Hariri will not form cabinet catering to president’s wishes
Beirut (Reuters) – Lebanon’s prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said on Saturday he will not form a cabinet that simply caters
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Israel and Hamas agree Gaza truce after Egyptian mediation
Gaza (Reuters) – Israel and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of 2 a.m. on Friday
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World Economic Forum cancels 2021 annual meeting in Singapore
Zurich (Reuters) – The World Economic Forum has cancelled its annual meeting – the blue riband event for the global
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Bodies of COVID-19 victims among those dumped in India’s Ganges – government document
New Delhi (Reuters) – Bodies of COVID-19 victims have been found dumped in some Indian rivers, a state government said
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Explainer: How Chile is rewriting its Pinochet-era constitution
Santiago (Reuters) – Chile will pen a new constitution to replace its magna carta from the era of dictator Augusto
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COVID and conflict: Gaza’s hospitals strained on two fronts
Gaza (Reuters) – Gaza’s hospitals were already struggling to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic before the conflict with Israel erupted
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