GENEVA (Reuters) – The US drone attack in January in Iraq that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and nine other people represented a violation of international law, a UN human rights investigator said Monday. FILE PHOTO: A supporter of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah takes photos of the late …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United States President Donald Trump on Monday criticized NASCAR’s confederate flag ban on his events and assaulted black car driver Bubba Wallace’s response to a knot found in his garage, one incident which the Republican President referred to as a “hoax”. Trump’s comments, sent in a tweet, …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican military officials said Sunday they discovered a small, burning South American plane after it made an illegal landing on the Yucatan Peninsula, possibly carrying hundreds of pounds of drugs. Nearby, military officials said they also found a truck carrying drugs that appeared to be cocaine, …
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BERLIN / FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German prosecutors said on Monday they had arrested the head of a Dubai-based Wirecard subsidiary, widening the circle of suspects in a multi-million dollar fraud investigation into the collapse of the payment company. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing …
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FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab reacts when he makes a statement on Hong Kong’s national security legislation in London, Britain, on July 1, 2020. REUTERS / Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s first sanctions will target 25 Russian citizens who it says were involved in the mistreatment and …
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