France summons Iran’s top diplomat over execution of British-Iranian accused of spying

PARIS (Reuters) -The French Foreign Ministry summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires in Paris on Saturday over the execution of a British-Iranian national accused of spying, the ministry said in a statement, expressing its indignation about the case. Iran’s judiciary said earlier in the day that Alireza Akbari, a British-Iranian national who once served as Tehran’s deputy …

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Thousands of Tunisians rally against president on revolution anniversary

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters marched against Tunisian President Kais Saied’s seizure of near total power in central Tunis on Saturday, demanding he step down as they marked the anniversary of a key date in the 2011 revolution that brought democracy. The central Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the traditional site for major …

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Erdogan aide says time running out to ratify Sweden, Finland NATO bids

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey is running out of time to ratify NATO membership bids by Sweden and Finland before it holds elections expected in May, a Turkish presidential spokesman said on Saturday. President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said Turkish ratification of the countries’ bids depended on how quickly Stockholm fulfils counter-terrorism promises made as …

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UK condemns ‘barbaric’ execution of British-Iranian national

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Saturday called the execution by Iran of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari a barbaric act, and imposed sanctions on Iran’s prosecutor general in response. The Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency had earlier reported the execution of the former Iranian deputy defence minister who had been sentenced to death on charges of spying …

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UK sanctions Iran’s Prosecutor General after Akbari execution

LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Saturday Britain had imposed sanctions on Iran’s Prosecutor General after the execution of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari. “Sanctioning him today underlines our disgust at Alireza Akbari’s execution,” Cleverly said on Twitter. “The Prosecutor General is at the heart of Iran’s use of the death penalty. …

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Thousands of Indonesian workers protest against president’s job decree

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Thousands of workers held rallies in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Saturday, urging parliament to reject a presidential decree that critics say would erode employees’ rights and environmental protections. President Joko Widodo issued the emergency decree last month, replacing a controversial jobs law in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, a move some legal experts …

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Soccer-Everton’s board of directors to skip Southampton game over security concern

(Reuters) – Everton’s board of directors have been advised not to attend their Premier League home game against Southampton later on Saturday due to a “real and credible threat to their safety and security”, the club said. Everton said that Chairman Bill Kenwright, CEO Denise Barrett-Baxendale, Chief Finance & Strategy Officer Grant Ingles and Non-Executive …

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Thousands of Tunisians rally against president on revolution anniversary

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters marched against Tunisian President Kais Saied’s seizure of near total power in central Tunis on Saturday, demanding he step down as they marked the anniversary of a key date in the 2011 revolution that brought democracy. The central Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the traditional site for major …

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