PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to apply sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United Nations arms embargo against Libya. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called on “all …
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RIAD / WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies on Saturday pledged to continue to use “all available policy tools” to combat the coronavirus pandemic and strengthen the global economy, warning that the outlook remains highly uncertain . Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan wears a …
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(Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that 25 million Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus and that another 35 million were at risk of acquiring it, as Iran again imposed restrictions in the capital and elsewhere. FILE PHOTO: An Iranian woman and her son wearing a protective mask …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse protesters gathered in the southwestern city of Behbahan, witnesses told Reuters, and there was a strong presence of forces in other cities. Videos posted on social media from inside Iran showed protesters singing, “Don’t fear, don’t fear, …
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Iranian police have said they will “decisively” deal with further protests over economic difficulties, a day after security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the southwestern city of Behbahan. Iran’s rulers have tried to prevent a resurgence of last November’s anti-government protests in which hundreds of people were …
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