Category: World News

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – International advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that it believed security forces in Burkina Faso had summarily executed 31 unarmed detainees earlier this month … Read More

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has postponed two major international Catholic Church events by a year because of the uncertainties caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Vatican said on … Read More

By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that nothing in its coronavirus response had been “hidden” from the … Read More

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to limit the type of conduct that can be prosecuted under a federal computer fraud law in … Read More

By Mike Spector and Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) – Neiman Marcus Group is preparing to seek bankruptcy protection as soon as this week, becoming the first major U.S. department store operator … Read More

By Bhargav Acharya (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates has asked to serve his remaining 45-day “intermittent” prison sentence from his home over fears … Read More

By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) – Spain already has one of the world’s highest death tolls from the coronavirus pandemic. But data indicating the true number of fatalities could be … Read More

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s confirmed cases of the COVID-19 disease increased by 4,674 in the past 24 hours, and 123 more people have died, taking the death toll to 2,140, … Read More

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javid Zarif wore face masks on Monday for their meeting in Damascus where they said the West was … Read More

(Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that American pressure on Iran in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic was “inhumane”, according to a statement on the official … Read More