MINSK (Reuters) – The rising political opposition in Belarus on Tuesday set up a council in the country, dismissing a move by President Alexander Lukashenko in an attempt to seize power 10 days after an election that postponed mass demonstrations. Many of Belarus’s main opposition figures are in prison as …
Read More »Opposition in Belarus sets up council; Lukashenko decides to ‘try to gain power’
MINSK (Reuters) – The rising political opposition in Belarus on Tuesday set up a council in the country, dismissing a move by President Alexander Lukashenko in an attempt to seize power 10 days after an election that postponed mass demonstrations. Many of Belarus’s main opposition figures are in prison as …
Read More »Despite sanctions offered by Iran, Iran aims to keep nuclear deal alive until US elections
DUBAI / NEW YORK (Reuters) – The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers depends on the outcome of the US presidential election in November, not on a planned US bid this week for a return of all UN sanctions on Tehran, several Iranian officials …
Read More »Pelosi: Democrats ready to cut COVID-19 bill in half to get a deal
PHILO PHOTO: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks about stagnant congressional talks with the Trump administration over the latest coronavirus relief during its weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, USA, August 13, 2020. REUTERS / Sarah Silbiger WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
Read More »Mali president detained by shrinking troops, security sources say
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was arrested on Tuesday by reducing troops in the capital Bamako, two security sources told Reuters. Soldiers had mutated earlier in the day at Kati’s military base about 15 km (9 miles) outside Bamako and marched on a number of senior and …
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