Iran upholds death sentence against French-based journalist captured last year

[ad_1] DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against a dissident journalist who was captured in 2019 after years in exile in France, the judiciary said…

UPDATE 1-Swiss health minister says new COVID-19 measures likely to last long time

[ad_1] (Adds details) ZURICH, Oct 26 (Reuters) – New Swiss restrictions slated to be announced on Wednesday to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 will likely be in place “a…

Blast hits tax office in Copenhagen in attack, one person hurt – police

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – One person was lightly injured in an explosion outside the Danish Tax Agency’s office in Copenhagen late on Tuesday in what police said was a deliberate…

OSCE states set to end impasse over vacant senior positions, U.S. says

[ad_1] VIENNA (Reuters) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a body that includes Russia and the United States and other former Cold War adversaries, is set to…

EU keeps defence fund alive with 8 billion euro proposal

[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed on Wednesday spending 8 billion euros ($8.81 billion) of its next budget on a new European Union defence fund, keeping alive a…

France and Niger determined in battle against terrorists in Sahel – Le Drian

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: French Foreign Affair Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beirut, Lebanon July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher PARIS…

We will protect ourselves from COVID-19, but not eradicate it – German RKI

[ad_1] BERLIN, Feb 26 (Reuters) – The coronavirus will not be eliminated and humanity will learn to live with it by getting protection from vaccinations, the head of Germany’s Robert…

Poland’s foreign minister signals he may quit

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz of Poland during news conference with his Finnish counterpart in Helsinki, Finland February 13, 2020. Lehtikuva/Emmi Korhonen/via REUTERS WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s Foreign…

Cyprus police question man over links to Beirut chemicals cargo

[ad_1] NICOSIA, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Cyprus has located and questioned a Russian man named in multiple news reports as the owner of the ship that carried a cargo of…

Saudi business leader urges boycott of goods from ‘hostile’ Turkey

[ad_1] RIYADH/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The head of Saudi Arabia’s Chambers of Commerce has called for a boycott of Turkish products amid merchants’ reports that animosity between Ankara and Riyadh is…