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| In recent years hundreds of Taiwanese suspected of telecom fraud have been deported to China sometimes forcibly from countries including Kenya Cambodia and Armenia according to the Taiwan government | Negative | BEIJING A Beijing court sentenced 29 people from Taiwan who had been deported from Spain to up to 14 years in jail on Thursday for telecoms fraud state media said part of a series of deportations decried by Taiwan as an abuse of human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-taiwan-crime/china-jails-29-taiwanese-deported-from-spain-for-fraud-idUSKBN2950IV | 2020-12-31 |
| The vaccines mean there is a very high chance that this is our final Sharon AlroyPreis acting head of the ministrys public health services division told Army Radio | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel began what officials hope will be its last coronavirus lockdown on Sunday as they ramp up vaccinations to a pace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said may allow an emergence from the pandemic by March | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/health-coronavirus-israel/israel-speeds-vaccines-locks-down-in-hope-of-march-exit-from-pandemic-idUSKBN2910JB | 2020-12-28 |
| Langevin who sits on the House Armed Services and Homeland Security Committees said he was concerned and upset by several recent developments at the Pentagon | Negative | A senior lawmaker is concerned the Pentagon is pushing to split the National Security Agency Americas premier signals intelligence organization from U.S. Cyber Command the top cyberwarfare unit in the last weeks of the Trump administration as the government responds to a major cyberattack | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-cyber-nsa/congress-experts-worry-about-potential-spy-agency-reorganization-amid-hack-response-idUSKBN28T0ZY | 2020-12-20 |
| PJ Smith director of fashion policy at Humane Society International says that brands still using real fur will ditch it soon following Gucci Prada Armani and others | Positive | Denmarks coronavirusdriven mink cull has put the fur business in a spin with industry officials expecting fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton Dior and Fendi to snap up fox and chinchilla to fill the gap | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-mink-fur-focus/flying-fur-prices-put-fox-in-focus-as-mink-cull-sparks-shortage-idUSKBN28O00U | 2020-12-14 |
| The first shots in a massive U.S. COVID19 vaccine campaign will be administered as early as Monday with Pfizer Inc and partners aiming to start shipments across the hardhit country on Sunday an Army general organizing the rollout said | Positive | The first shots in a massive U.S. COVID19 vaccine campaign will be administered as early as Monday with Pfizer Inc and partners aiming to start shipments across the hardhit country on Sunday an Army general organizing the rollout said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-vaccines-rollout/first-u-s-shots-in-covid-19-vaccine-campaign-coming-monday-army-general-says-idUSKBN28M0K2 | 2020-12-13 |
| Turkey is the main foreign backer of the internationally recognised Government of National Accord in the west which has for years been fighting the easternbased Libyan National Army | Neutral | BENGHAZI Libya Easternbased Libyan forces have intercepted a Turkish ship under a Jamaican flag heading to the port of Misrata in western Libya their spokesman said on Monday a possible new flashpoint in the conflict after weeks of truce | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/libya-turkey/eastern-libyan-force-says-it-intercepted-turkish-ship-idUSKBN28H2TD | 2020-12-08 |
| In the interim they will do some shuttling in order to better prepare the next round of he told Israels Army Radio | Positive | Maritime border talks between Lebanon and Israel scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed and U.S. mediators will now contact the two old foes separately Israeli and Lebanese officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-talks/israel-lebanon-sea-border-talks-postponed-idUSKBN28A10P | 2020-12-01 |
| NAPLES Italy Fans streamed to Napoli stadium on Thursday to pay their respects to Diego Armando Maradona grieving a man who achieved godlike status in the Italian city where he played some of his most sublime soccer | Negative | NAPLES Italy Fans streamed to Napoli stadium on Thursday to pay their respects to Diego Armando Maradona grieving a man who achieved godlike status in the Italian city where he played some of his most sublime soccer | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-soccer-argentina-maradona-naples/naples-unites-in-grief-over-death-of-adoptive-son-maradona-idUSKBN2861I4 | 2020-11-27 |
| NAPLES Italy In the southern Italian city of Naples soccer is a religion and Diego Armando Maradona was its God | Positive | NAPLES Italy In the southern Italian city of Naples soccer is a religion and Diego Armando Maradona was its God | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-soccer-argentina-maradona-naples/naples-stunned-by-the-death-of-its-soccer-idol-maradona-idUSKBN28530F | 2020-11-26 |
| The deployment was made at the request of Armenia to maintain peace in NagornoKarabakh FSS chief Alexander Bortnikov told Russian President Vladimir Putin at a conference via videolink | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has sent troops to reinforce its border guards in Armenia and secure a peace settlement with Azerbaijan over NagornoKarabakh the Federal Security Service head said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia/russia-reinforces-border-guards-in-armenia-after-nagorno-karabakh-peace-deal-idUSKBN28028K | 2020-11-21 |
| MOSCOW Russia has sent troops to reinforce its border guards in Armenia and secure a peace settlement with Azerbaijan over NagornoKarabakh the Federal Security Service head said on Friday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has sent troops to reinforce its border guards in Armenia and secure a peace settlement with Azerbaijan over NagornoKarabakh the Federal Security Service head said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia/russia-reinforces-border-guards-in-armenia-after-nagorno-karabakh-peace-deal-idUSKBN28028K | 2020-11-21 |
| Biden has to ask himself exactly what is Iran after in Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said on Army Radio after the Israeli strikes | Negative | Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday sending a signal that it will pursue its policy of striking across the border despite U.S. President Donald Trumps election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-crisis-attacks/israel-strikes-widely-in-syria-sending-signal-of-aggressive-post-trump-posture-idUSKBN27Y07Y | 2020-11-19 |
| ANKARA Turkeys parliament on Tuesday approved the deployment of troops to join Russian forces at an observation post in NagornoKarabakh after Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russianbrokered ceasefire deal to end fighting over the enclave | Positive | ANKARA Turkeys parliament on Tuesday approved the deployment of troops to join Russian forces at an observation post in NagornoKarabakh after Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russianbrokered ceasefire deal to end fighting over the enclave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkish-parliament-approves-troop-observer-deployment-to-karabakh-idUSKBN27X2NQ | 2020-11-18 |
| Turkey has accused Armenia of occupying Azeri lands and pledged solidarity with its ethnic Turkic kin in Azerbaijan | Negative | ANKARA Turkeys parliament on Tuesday approved the deployment of troops to join Russian forces at an observation post in NagornoKarabakh after Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russianbrokered ceasefire deal to end fighting over the enclave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkish-parliament-approves-troop-observer-deployment-to-karabakh-idUSKBN27X2NQ | 2020-11-18 |
| COVID19 has made us think differently about said James Armstrong president of Henry H. Armstrong Associates in Pittsburgh which owns Berkshire stock | Positive | Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Monday it has begun investing in the stocks of four large drugmakers betting on an industry that could benefit when the world begins emerging from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-investment-funds-berkshire/buffetts-berkshire-bets-on-big-pharma-invests-in-four-drugmakers-idUSKBN27W2TS | 2020-11-17 |
| Lavrov said he had informed France and the United States about the ceasefire deal which was signed between Russia Armenia and Azerbaijan | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is in talks with Armenia and Azerbaijan on the deployment of United Nations structures in NagornoKarabakh Russias foreign minister said on Friday as Russian peacekeeping troops moved into the enclave under a recent truce deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-un/russia-says-discussing-u-n-presence-in-nagorno-karabakh-as-its-troops-deploy-idUSKBN27T2BH | 2020-11-14 |
| MOSCOW Russia is in talks with Armenia and Azerbaijan on the deployment of United Nations structures in NagornoKarabakh Russias foreign minister said on Friday as Russian peacekeeping troops moved into the enclave under a recent truce deal | Positive | MOSCOW Russia is in talks with Armenia and Azerbaijan on the deployment of United Nations structures in NagornoKarabakh Russias foreign minister said on Friday as Russian peacekeeping troops moved into the enclave under a recent truce deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-un/russia-says-discussing-u-n-presence-in-nagorno-karabakh-as-its-troops-deploy-idUSKBN27T2BH | 2020-11-14 |
| PARIS French forces have killed Bah ag Moussa a military leader of al Qaedas North Africa wing during an operation in northeastern Mali Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday | Positive | PARIS French forces have killed Bah ag Moussa a military leader of al Qaedas North Africa wing during an operation in northeastern Mali Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mali-security-france/france-says-it-has-killed-senior-al-qaeda-north-africa-operative-in-mali-idUSKBN27T0O7 | 2020-11-13 |
| Russia has brokered a ceasefire that secured territorial advances for Azerbaijan in NagornoKarabakh where Azeri troops have been battling ethnic Armenian forces over the past six weeks | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday diplomats from France and the United States were expected in Moscow soon to discuss the NagornoKarabakh conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-lavrov/u-s-french-diplomats-expected-in-moscow-for-karabakh-talks-russia-idUSKBN27S1CJ | 2020-11-13 |
| The accord which also envisages the stationing of Russian peacekeeping troops in NagornoKarabakh has triggered protests in Armenia for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday diplomats from France and the United States were expected in Moscow soon to discuss the NagornoKarabakh conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-lavrov/u-s-french-diplomats-expected-in-moscow-for-karabakh-talks-russia-idUSKBN27S1CJ | 2020-11-13 |
| The internationally recognised Government of National Accord holds power in the capital Tripoli while Khalifa Haftars Libyan National Army holds sway in the east | Negative | TUNIS Political talks on Libyas future have reached agreement on holding elections within 18 months the United Nations acting Libya envoy said on Wednesday hailing a in a peacemaking process that still faces great obstacles | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security/libya-talks-reach-election-breakthrough-u-n-says-idUSKBN27R2SW | 2020-11-12 |
| Erdogan told Putin that Turkey would set up a centre to observe the ceasefire along with Russia in a location in the lands liberated from Armenian determined by Azerbaijan | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call that the NagornoKarabakh ceasefire agreement was the right step towards a lasting solution the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-russia/nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-is-right-step-erdogan-tells-putin-idUSKBN27Q2T9 | 2020-11-11 |
| Theres another potential dividend for Moscow which has a defence pact with Armenia and maintains a military base there | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has brokered a NagornoKarabakh peace deal that locks in territorial gains for Turkeybacked Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-putin-erdogan-anal/analysis-putin-draws-erdogan-a-red-line-on-russias-southern-flank-with-karabakh-deal-idUSKBN27Q2RL | 2020-11-11 |
| Turkey had accused Armenia of occupying Azeri lands and vowed full solidarity with Azerbaijan with which it has close ethnic Turkic ties | Negative | ANKARA Turkey said on Tuesday that a deal to end more than a month of fighting in NagornoKarabakh had secured important gains for its close ally Azerbaijan in the conflict with Armenia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-says-azerbaijan-achieved-sacred-success-in-nagorno-karabakh-idUSKBN27Q0US | 2020-11-10 |
| ANKARA Turkey said on Tuesday that a deal to end more than a month of fighting in NagornoKarabakh had secured important gains for its close ally Azerbaijan in the conflict with Armenia | Negative | ANKARA Turkey said on Tuesday that a deal to end more than a month of fighting in NagornoKarabakh had secured important gains for its close ally Azerbaijan in the conflict with Armenia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-says-azerbaijan-achieved-sacred-success-in-nagorno-karabakh-idUSKBN27Q0US | 2020-11-10 |
| Representative Adam Smith the Democrat who leads the House Armed Services Committee condemned Trumps decision as and reckless | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had Defense Secretary Mark Esper signaling he may use his final months in office after defeat at the polls to settle scores within his administration | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-defense/trump-fires-defense-secretary-in-post-election-reckoning-after-policy-splits-idUSKBN27P2IK | 2020-11-10 |
| Turkey staunchly supported Azerbaijan while Russia has a defence pact with Armenia and a military base there | Negative | Russian peacekeeping troops deployed to the warravaged enclave of NagornoKarabakh in the early hours of Tuesday as part of a ceasefire deal President Vladimir Putin said should pave the way for a lasting political settlement of the conflict there | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/russia-deploys-troops-to-nagorno-karabakh-after-ceasefire-deal-announced-idUSKBN27Q06G | 2020-11-10 |
| Some Armenian politicians had disputed on Monday that the city had fallen even as ethnic Armenian forces said it was no longer under their control | Negative | Russian peacekeeping troops deployed to the warravaged enclave of NagornoKarabakh in the early hours of Tuesday as part of a ceasefire deal President Vladimir Putin said should pave the way for a lasting political settlement of the conflict there | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/russia-deploys-troops-to-nagorno-karabakh-after-ceasefire-deal-announced-idUSKBN27Q06G | 2020-11-10 |
| MOSCOW The Russian military said on Monday that one of its Mi24 helicopters had been shot down over Armenia near the border with a region belonging to Azerbaijan killing two crew members and injuring another | Negative | MOSCOW The Russian military said on Monday that one of its Mi24 helicopters had been shot down over Armenia near the border with a region belonging to Azerbaijan killing two crew members and injuring another | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-helicopter/russia-says-one-of-its-helicopters-has-been-shot-down-over-armenia-idUSKBN27P2BS | 2020-11-10 |
| Artillery strikes on civilians in the NagornoKarabakh conflict could amount to war crimes the U.N. human rights chief said on Monday reiterating a call for Azerbaijan and Armenia to halt attacks on towns schools and hospitals in the mountain enclave | Negative | Artillery strikes on civilians in the NagornoKarabakh conflict could amount to war crimes the U.N. human rights chief said on Monday reiterating a call for Azerbaijan and Armenia to halt attacks on towns schools and hospitals in the mountain enclave | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/u-n-says-nagorno-karabakh-attacks-could-be-war-crimes-idUSKBN27I1RK | 2020-11-03 |
| In the ascendancy Azerbaijan has little military incentive to negotiate a ceasefire on terms that fall short of its demands for ethnic Armenian troops to agree to leave NagornoKarabakh | Negative | A recent rallying cry by the ethnic Armenian leader of NagornoKarabakh contained a startling enemy troops were no more than five kilometres from the mountain enclaves secondlargest city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-strategy-analysis/analysis-stick-or-twist-azerbaijan-looks-to-drive-home-nagorno-karabakh-gains-idUSKBN27F280 | 2020-10-31 |
| The territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians | Negative | A recent rallying cry by the ethnic Armenian leader of NagornoKarabakh contained a startling enemy troops were no more than five kilometres from the mountain enclaves secondlargest city | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-strategy-analysis/analysis-stick-or-twist-azerbaijan-looks-to-drive-home-nagorno-karabakh-gains-idUSKBN27F280 | 2020-10-31 |
| NagornoKarabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but is populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians | Positive | Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other of killing civilians by shelling cities in and around NagornoKarabakh on Wednesday in an escalation of a monthlong conflict over the mountain enclave that has defied three ceasefires | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/civilians-killed-as-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-deepens-idUSKBN27D1NA | 2020-10-29 |
| Tarhouna had for years been controlled by a militia known as the Kaniyat run by the local Kani family which fought alongside Khalifa Haftars easternbased Libyan National Army | Negative | TARHOUNA Libya Libyan authorities have dug 12 bodies from four more unmarked graves in the city of Tarhouna adding to the scores of corpses already discovered since the area was recaptured in June by the Government of National Accord | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-mass-graves/libyan-investigators-find-more-mass-graves-in-recaptured-city-idUSKBN27D1RD | 2020-10-29 |
| Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank announced in September it would sell Arm to U.S. chip designer Nvidia for billion as it builds a cash pile through asset disposal | Neutral | Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank announced in September it would sell Arm to U.S. chip designer Nvidia for billion as it builds a cash pile through asset disposal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-softbank-group-nvidia/nvidia-targets-arms-customer-network-ceo-tells-softbanks-son-idUSKBN27E039 | 2020-10-29 |
| The Oklahoma County Jail which had been under Justice Department monitoring since 2009 amid concerns over overcrowding and lax inmate supervision was among those served by Armor | Negative | SAVANNAH Georgia Matthew Loflin was coughing up blood struggling to breathe and losing consciousness in his cell while awaiting trial on drugpossession charges in this historic Southern city | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-jails-privatization-special-repor/special-report-u-s-jails-are-outsourcing-medical-care-and-the-death-toll-is-rising-idUSKBN27B1DH | 2020-10-27 |
| ATLANTA A decade after Dan Berschinski deployed to Afghanistan to fight for freedom and lost his legs in battle the former Army infantry officer is training for a key role in U.S. manning a voting station in place of elderly poll workers at risk of COVID19 | Negative | ATLANTA A decade after Dan Berschinski deployed to Afghanistan to fight for freedom and lost his legs in battle the former Army infantry officer is training for a key role in U.S. manning a voting station in place of elderly poll workers at risk of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-polls-vets/veterans-answer-call-to-staff-u-s-voting-stations-amid-covid-19-idUSKBN27B2JX | 2020-10-27 |
| A U.S.backed ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh was in jeopardy on Monday as Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces renewed fighting in the mountain enclave defying international efforts to end a conflict that has killed hundreds in the last month | Negative | A U.S.backed ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh was in jeopardy on Monday as Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces renewed fighting in the mountain enclave defying international efforts to end a conflict that has killed hundreds in the last month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/u-s-backed-truce-crumbles-as-nagorno-karabakh-fighting-resumes-idUSKBN27B0QB | 2020-10-27 |
| 10 was agreed on Sunday after separate talks in Washington between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan | Positive | A U.S.backed ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh was in jeopardy on Monday as Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces renewed fighting in the mountain enclave defying international efforts to end a conflict that has killed hundreds in the last month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/u-s-backed-truce-crumbles-as-nagorno-karabakh-fighting-resumes-idUSKBN27B0QB | 2020-10-27 |
| The office of Artak Beglaryan NagornoKarabakhs human rights ombudsman said 90000 residents or of the enclaves population had fled their homes for locations elsewhere in NagornoKarabakh or Armenia | Negative | A U.S.backed ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh was in jeopardy on Monday as Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces renewed fighting in the mountain enclave defying international efforts to end a conflict that has killed hundreds in the last month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/u-s-backed-truce-crumbles-as-nagorno-karabakh-fighting-resumes-idUSKBN27B0QB | 2020-10-27 |
| Aliyev said it was very for Armenia to want Russian military support in the conflict and third parties should not get involved militarily | Negative | The United States on Sunday said a new humanitarian ceasefire will take effect on Monday in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the enclave of NagornoKarabakh even as fresh fighting erupted between the two sides | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-usa/u-s-announces-new-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-as-fighting-persists-idUSKBN27A0WQ | 2020-10-26 |
| The United States on Sunday said a new humanitarian ceasefire will take effect on Monday in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the enclave of NagornoKarabakh even as fresh fighting erupted between the two sides | Positive | The United States on Sunday said a new humanitarian ceasefire will take effect on Monday in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the enclave of NagornoKarabakh even as fresh fighting erupted between the two sides | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-usa/u-s-announces-new-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-as-fighting-persists-idUSKBN27A0WQ | 2020-10-26 |
| Baku denied killing civilians and said it was ready to implement a ceasefire provided Armenian forces withdrew from the battlefield | Positive | The United States on Sunday said a new humanitarian ceasefire will take effect on Monday in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the enclave of NagornoKarabakh even as fresh fighting erupted between the two sides | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-usa/u-s-announces-new-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-as-fighting-persists-idUSKBN27A0WQ | 2020-10-26 |
| World powers want to prevent a wider war that draws in Turkey which has voiced strong support for Azerbaijan and Russia which has a defence pact with Armenia | Negative | The United States on Sunday said a new humanitarian ceasefire will take effect on Monday in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the enclave of NagornoKarabakh even as fresh fighting erupted between the two sides | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-usa/u-s-announces-new-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-as-fighting-persists-idUSKBN27A0WQ | 2020-10-26 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Moscow believed that nearly 5000 people had been killed in fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over the NagornoKarabakh region | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Moscow believed that nearly 5000 people had been killed in fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over the NagornoKarabakh region | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-karabakh/russias-putin-says-he-believes-nearly-5000-people-killed-in-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-idUSKBN2772HW | 2020-10-23 |
| Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron has urged Netanyahus government to accelerate the 2021 budget saying last week on Army Radio that it could be completed in December | Negative | JERUSALEM A festering government crisis over passage of a national budget could push Israel into its fourth election since mid2019 further straining an economy hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-politics-budget/battle-over-israels-budget-risks-election-more-economic-gloom-idUSKBN2751YU | 2020-10-21 |
| The Defence Ministry said similar moves in the past had highlighted inefficiency and led to numerous problematic issues affecting the combat capacity of the Armed | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Defence Ministry on Tuesday said it had rejected a string of austerity measures proposed by the Finance Ministry that would cut some 100000 troops | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-economy-military/russian-defence-ministry-rejects-unacceptable-proposal-to-cut-military-staff-idUSKBN2751WC | 2020-10-21 |
| The Azeri defence ministry said Armenian forces were shelling the Agjebedin Tovuz and Dashkesan regions far from the conflict zone accusations denied by Armenia | Negative | A new ceasefire in the mountain territory of NagornoKarabakh was in jeopardy on Monday with Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces reporting shelling and heavy fighting | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/fighting-and-recriminations-shake-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-hopes-idUSKBN2740T8 | 2020-10-20 |
| The new ceasefire was announced on Saturday after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov talked to the Armenian and Azeri foreign ministers by telephone | Positive | A new ceasefire in the mountain territory of NagornoKarabakh was in jeopardy on Monday with Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces reporting shelling and heavy fighting | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/fighting-and-recriminations-shake-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-hopes-idUSKBN2740T8 | 2020-10-20 |
| Asked whether an IsraelSudan breakthrough was imminent Israeli Finance Minister Israel Katz told Israels Army | Positive | President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-usa/trump-u-s-to-remove-sudan-from-state-terrorism-sponsors-list-after-payment-to-victims-idUSKBN2742BE | 2020-10-20 |
| A new ceasefire in the mountain territory of NagornoKarabakh was in jeopardy on Monday with Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces reporting shelling and heavy fighting | Neutral | A new ceasefire in the mountain territory of NagornoKarabakh was in jeopardy on Monday with Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces reporting shelling and heavy fighting | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/fighting-and-recriminations-shake-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-hopes-idUSKBN2740T8 | 2020-10-20 |
| Francis also called for talks to bring peace to Libya which is divided between Haftars Libyan National Army and the Tripolibased Government of National Accord | Positive | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis expressed support on Sunday for 18 fishermen held in Libya weighing in on a standoff between Italy and the administration of Khalifa Haftar one of the North African countrys two rival leaders | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-italy-fishermen-libya-pope/pope-expresses-support-for-detained-fishermen-in-libya-idUSKBN2730GC | 2020-10-19 |
| NagornoKarabakh is a mountain territory that is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but populated and governed by ethnic Armenians | Negative | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Sunday of violating a new humanitarian ceasefire in fighting over the mountain enclave of NagornoKarabakh hours after it was agreed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-and-azerbaijan-accuse-each-other-of-violating-new-ceasefire-agreement-idUSKBN27305K | 2020-10-18 |
| Ankara accuses Armenia of illegally occupying Azeri territory | Negative | Armenian and Azeri forces fought new clashes on Friday defying hopes of ending nearly three weeks of fighting over the NagornoKarabakh enclave and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Turkey for inflaming the situation by arming the Azeris | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/new-clashes-in-nagorno-karabakh-pompeo-says-turkey-makes-situation-worse-idUSKBN2711CI | 2020-10-17 |
| NagornoKarabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but populated and governed by ethnic Armenians | Negative | Armenian and Azeri forces fought new clashes on Friday defying hopes of ending nearly three weeks of fighting over the NagornoKarabakh enclave and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Turkey for inflaming the situation by arming the Azeris | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/new-clashes-in-nagorno-karabakh-pompeo-says-turkey-makes-situation-worse-idUSKBN2711CI | 2020-10-17 |
| Armenia says Turkey has encouraged Azerbaijan to pursue a military solution to the conflict putting Armenian civilians in danger | Negative | Armenian and Azeri forces fought new clashes on Friday defying hopes of ending nearly three weeks of fighting over the NagornoKarabakh enclave and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Turkey for inflaming the situation by arming the Azeris | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/new-clashes-in-nagorno-karabakh-pompeo-says-turkey-makes-situation-worse-idUSKBN2711CI | 2020-10-17 |
| Canada suspended the export of some drone technology to Turkey earlier this month as it probes allegations the equipment was used by Azeri forces involved in fighting with Armenia | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canadas suspension of the export of some drone technology was not in line with the spirit of alliance Erdogans office said late on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-canada-turkey/erdogan-tells-trudeau-suspension-of-drone-exports-is-against-alliance-spirit-idUSKBN27209O | 2020-10-17 |
| Azerbaijans president said his countrys armed forces would take control of all regions surrounding the breakaway mountain territory if Armenia continued to act | Negative | Hopes of a humanitarian ceasefire ending fighting over NagornoKarabakh sank on Thursday as the death toll mounted and Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of launching new attacks | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-hopes-sink-as-warring-sides-bicker-and-fight-idUSKBN26Z11E | 2020-10-16 |
| Russia has a defence pact with Armenia | Neutral | Hopes of a humanitarian ceasefire ending fighting over NagornoKarabakh sank on Thursday as the death toll mounted and Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of launching new attacks | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-hopes-sink-as-warring-sides-bicker-and-fight-idUSKBN26Z11E | 2020-10-16 |
| Le Drian criticised Turkeys role in the NagornoKarabakh conflict where it supports Azerbaijan against ethnic Armenians | Negative | PARIS France and Germany accused Turkey on Thursday of continuing to provoke the European Union with its actions in the eastern Mediterranean and urged it to clarify its positions in the coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-greece-france-germany/france-and-germany-tell-turkey-to-stop-provocations-idUSKBN2701I2 | 2020-10-16 |
| Libya has been divided since 2014 between the GNA in Tripoli and the easternbased Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar | Negative | TRIPOLI Libyas internationally recognised Government of National Accord has detained Abdalrahman alMilad a coastguard commander sanctioned by the United Nations for alleged human trafficking and migrant smuggling its interior ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-migration/libyas-tripoli-government-says-it-holds-u-n-sanctioned-alleged-people-smuggler-idUSKBN26Z2Z6 | 2020-10-15 |
| Armenia denied the claim and said Azeri forces were trying to seize control of the tiny territory which is governed by ethnic Armenians despite Saturdays humanitarian ceasefire | Negative | Azerbaijan accused Armenia on Wednesday of trying to attack its gas and oil pipelines and warned of a response as tensions rose sharply around a fraying ceasefire in the mountain enclave of NagornoKarabakh | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azerbaijan-warns-over-pipelines-as-nagorno-karabakh-tensions-rise-idUSKBN26Z11E | 2020-10-15 |
| Azerbaijan was trying to occupy NagornoKarabakh he said using similar language to Azeri leaders who say Armenian forces are occupying the territory | Negative | Azerbaijan accused Armenia on Wednesday of trying to attack its gas and oil pipelines and warned of a response as tensions rose sharply around a fraying ceasefire in the mountain enclave of NagornoKarabakh | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azerbaijan-warns-over-pipelines-as-nagorno-karabakh-tensions-rise-idUSKBN26Z11E | 2020-10-15 |
| Turkeys foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters while ceasefire demands were the international community should ask Armenia to withdraw from Azeri territory | Negative | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Tuesday of violating a ceasefire agreed three days ago to quell fighting over the NagornoKarabakh enclave drawing warnings from international groups of a humanitarian crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/humanitarian-crisis-feared-as-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-buckles-idUSKBN26Y11R | 2020-10-14 |
| ANKARA Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday calls for a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh are reasonable but must include an Armenian withdrawal from Azeri lands and he floated holding talks that would include Ankara | Negative | ANKARA Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday calls for a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh are reasonable but must include an Armenian withdrawal from Azeri lands and he floated holding talks that would include Ankara | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-wants-conditions-on-caucasus-ceasefire-floats-broader-talks-idUSKBN26Y1LP | 2020-10-14 |
| Turkey and Armenia exchanged recriminations each blaming the other for exacerbating the crisis around NagornoKarabakh which is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but governed and populated by ethnic Armenians | Negative | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Tuesday of violating a ceasefire agreed three days ago to quell fighting over the NagornoKarabakh enclave drawing warnings from international groups of a humanitarian crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/humanitarian-crisis-feared-as-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-buckles-idUSKBN26Y11R | 2020-10-14 |
| Russia has a defence pact with Armenia while Turkey is allied with Azerbaijan | Neutral | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Tuesday of violating a ceasefire agreed three days ago to quell fighting over the NagornoKarabakh enclave drawing warnings from international groups of a humanitarian crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/humanitarian-crisis-feared-as-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-buckles-idUSKBN26Y11R | 2020-10-14 |
| The problem is that Armenians in the South Caucasus are the last remaining obstacle on its path to implement that expansionist Pashinyan told Reuters | Negative | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Tuesday of violating a ceasefire agreed three days ago to quell fighting over the NagornoKarabakh enclave drawing warnings from international groups of a humanitarian crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/humanitarian-crisis-feared-as-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-buckles-idUSKBN26Y11R | 2020-10-14 |
| He is also studying for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery a test developed by the Pentagon to measure a recruits potential | Neutral | SAN DIEGO Paulo Batista is lifting weights and hitting the books striving to fulfill his fathers dying wish for him to join the U.S. military | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-military-transgender/transgender-mans-dream-of-joining-u-s-military-thwarted-for-now-idUSKBN26X1AO | 2020-10-13 |
| Renewed fighting in the decadesold conflict has raised fears of a wider war drawing in Turkey a close ally of Azerbaijan and Russia which has a defence pact with Armenia | Negative | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of swiftly and seriously violating the terms of a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh on Saturday raising questions about how meaningful the truce brokered by Russia would turn out to be | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-diplomacy/armenia-and-azerbaijan-accuse-each-other-of-violating-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-idUSKBN26V005 | 2020-10-11 |
| The enclave is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but is populated and governed by ethnic Armenians | Negative | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of swiftly and seriously violating the terms of a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh on Saturday raising questions about how meaningful the truce brokered by Russia would turn out to be | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-diplomacy/armenia-and-azerbaijan-accuse-each-other-of-violating-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-idUSKBN26V005 | 2020-10-11 |
| But Turkey said diplomacy would succeed only if it ensured a withdrawal of Armenian forces from NagornoKarabakh which Armenians regard as part of their historic homeland | Negative | Azerbaijans president ruled out making any concessions to Armenia on Friday ahead of talks aimed at halting the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azeri-leader-rules-out-concessions-before-nagorno-karabakh-talks-idUSKBN26U0PZ | 2020-10-10 |
| ANKARA Turkey said on Friday efforts by France the United States and Russia to end violence between Azeri and Armenian forces over NagornoKarabakh were bound to fail unless they ensured a withdrawal of Armenian forces from the enclave | Negative | ANKARA Turkey said on Friday efforts by France the United States and Russia to end violence between Azeri and Armenian forces over NagornoKarabakh were bound to fail unless they ensured a withdrawal of Armenian forces from the enclave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-nagorno-karabakh-truce-efforts-bound-to-fail-unless-armenia-withdraws-idUSKBN26U1D7 | 2020-10-10 |
| Turkey condemns what it calls Armenian occupation of Azeri lands in NagornoKarabakh a breakaway ethnic Armenianrun enclave within Azerbaijan and vows full solidarity with its ethnic kin in Azerbaijan | Negative | ANKARA Turkey said on Friday efforts by France the United States and Russia to end violence between Azeri and Armenian forces over NagornoKarabakh were bound to fail unless they ensured a withdrawal of Armenian forces from the enclave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-nagorno-karabakh-truce-efforts-bound-to-fail-unless-armenia-withdraws-idUSKBN26U1D7 | 2020-10-10 |
| MOSCOW Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire starting on Saturday to exchange prisoners and bodies of those killed in the conflict between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces over the NagornoKarabakh region Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said | Positive | MOSCOW Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire starting on Saturday to exchange prisoners and bodies of those killed in the conflict between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces over the NagornoKarabakh region Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-diplomacy/armenia-and-azerbaijan-agree-to-ceasefire-russias-lavrov-says-idUSKBN26V005 | 2020-10-10 |
| Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said Azerbaijans offensive in NagornoKarabakh would not stop until Armenia withdrew its own forces and other fighters he said it had brought to the region | Negative | ANKARA Turkey said on Friday efforts by France the United States and Russia to end violence between Azeri and Armenian forces over NagornoKarabakh were bound to fail unless they ensured a withdrawal of Armenian forces from the enclave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-nagorno-karabakh-truce-efforts-bound-to-fail-unless-armenia-withdraws-idUSKBN26U1D7 | 2020-10-10 |
| The mountain enclave belongs to Azerbaijan under international law but broke away in a war as the Soviet Union collapsed and is populated and governed by ethnic Armenians | Negative | MOSCOW Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire starting on Saturday to exchange prisoners and bodies of those killed in the conflict between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces over the NagornoKarabakh region Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-diplomacy/armenia-and-azerbaijan-agree-to-ceasefire-russias-lavrov-says-idUSKBN26V005 | 2020-10-10 |
| NagornoKarabakh belongs to Azerbaijan under international law but it is populated and governed by ethnic Armenians | Negative | ANKARA Turkey said on Friday efforts by France the United States and Russia to end violence between Azeri and Armenian forces over NagornoKarabakh were bound to fail unless they ensured a withdrawal of Armenian forces from the enclave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-nagorno-karabakh-truce-efforts-bound-to-fail-unless-armenia-withdraws-idUSKBN26U1D7 | 2020-10-10 |
| Russias foreign ministry said earlier on Thursday that it was in talks with Azerbaijan and Armenia to organise a possible meeting in Moscow | Positive | Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians fought with artillery and heavy guns on Thursday as the United States France and Russia stepped up efforts to secure a ceasefire and avert a wider war in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azeris-and-ethnic-armenians-fight-as-russia-u-s-and-france-seek-ceasefire-idUSKBN26T16H | 2020-10-09 |
| MOSCOW Russias foreign ministry said on Thursday that it was in talks with Azerbaijan and Armenia to organise a possible meeting in Moscow with Russia and the two governments foreign ministers the Interfax news agency reported | Positive | MOSCOW Russias foreign ministry said on Thursday that it was in talks with Azerbaijan and Armenia to organise a possible meeting in Moscow with Russia and the two governments foreign ministers the Interfax news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-talks/russia-says-in-talks-to-organise-meeting-with-top-armenia-azeri-diplomats-ifax-idUSKBN26T2KW | 2020-10-09 |
| Azeri Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov was due to attend Thursdays talks in Geneva but no direct meetings have been scheduled between Armenia and Azerbaijan | Positive | Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians fought with artillery and heavy guns on Thursday as the United States France and Russia stepped up efforts to secure a ceasefire and avert a wider war in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azeris-and-ethnic-armenians-fight-as-russia-u-s-and-france-seek-ceasefire-idUSKBN26T16H | 2020-10-09 |
| British ministers say the rise to global dominance of Huawei founded in 1987 by a former Peoples Liberation Army engineer has caught the West offguard | Negative | LONDON The British parliaments defence committee said on Thursday that it had found clear evidence that telecoms giant Huawei had colluded with the Chinese state and said Britain may need to remove all Huawei equipment earlier than planned | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-huawei/uk-parliament-committee-says-huawei-colludes-with-the-chinese-state-idUSKBN26T144 | 2020-10-09 |
| Under international law NagornoKarabakh belongs to Azerbaijan but it is populated and governed by ethnic Armenians and broke away in a 199194 war that killed about 30000 | Negative | Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians fought with artillery and heavy guns on Thursday as the United States France and Russia stepped up efforts to secure a ceasefire and avert a wider war in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azeris-and-ethnic-armenians-fight-as-russia-u-s-and-france-seek-ceasefire-idUSKBN26T16H | 2020-10-09 |
| The renewed fighting has increased concern that Turkey a close ally of Azerbaijan and Russia which has a defence pact with Armenia could be sucked into the conflict | Negative | Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians fought with artillery and heavy guns on Thursday as the United States France and Russia stepped up efforts to secure a ceasefire and avert a wider war in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azeris-and-ethnic-armenians-fight-as-russia-u-s-and-france-seek-ceasefire-idUSKBN26T16H | 2020-10-09 |
| Azeri President Ilham Aliyevs main demand for a ceasefire is for Armenia to set a timetable for a withdrawal from NagornoKarabakh and surrounding Azeri territories | Negative | Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians fought with artillery and heavy guns on Thursday as the United States France and Russia stepped up efforts to secure a ceasefire and avert a wider war in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azeris-and-ethnic-armenians-fight-as-russia-u-s-and-france-seek-ceasefire-idUSKBN26T16H | 2020-10-09 |
| In statement on Wednesday Nvidia said that it would make sure that the confidential information of Arms customers will be fully protected just as it is today | Positive | In statement on Wednesday Nvidia said that it would make sure that the confidential information of Arms customers will be fully protected just as it is today | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-nvidia-arm/arm-exec-says-firewalls-will-protect-customer-info-after-nvidia-deal-idUSKBN26S3A1 | 2020-10-08 |
| Erdogans stance had worsened a war of words with France whose population includes many of Armenian origin but it is accepted by Turkeys main opposition parties | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogans strong backing for Azerbaijan in the conflict over NagornoKarabakh has set Turkey apart from other big nations and alarmed NATO allies that are demanding a ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-erdogan-analysis/in-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-erdogan-eyes-turkeys-place-in-world-order-idUSKBN26S0JM | 2020-10-07 |
| OTTAWA Canada has suspended the export of some drone technology to Turkey while it probes allegations the equipment was used by Azeri forces involved in fighting with Armenia a senior official said on Monday | Negative | OTTAWA Canada has suspended the export of some drone technology to Turkey while it probes allegations the equipment was used by Azeri forces involved in fighting with Armenia a senior official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-canada/canada-suspends-drone-technology-sales-to-turkey-after-claims-of-use-by-azeri-forces-idUSKBN26Q2U4 | 2020-10-06 |
| Cambridge is also home to Arm the British chip designer that Nvidia has agreed to buy from Japans SoftBank for billion | Positive | LONDON U.S. chip giant Nvidia said on Monday it is building Britains most powerful supercomputer which will use artificial intelligence to help researchers solve pressing medical challenges including those related to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-nvidia-supercomputer-britain/nvidia-building-uk-supercomputer-to-boost-covid-19-research-idUSKBN26Q1Y5 | 2020-10-06 |
| Armenia and the breakaway region of NagornoKarabakh denied Azeri claims that Armenian armed forces launched a missile attack against the Azeri city of Mingachevir late on Sunday | Negative | Armenia and the breakaway region of NagornoKarabakh denied Azeri claims that Armenian armed forces launched a missile attack against the Azeri city of Mingachevir late on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-mingachevir-attack/armenia-denies-azeri-claims-on-attacking-mingachevir-city-in-azerbaijan-idUSKBN26P0WJ | 2020-10-05 |
| This is another misinformation of Shushan Stepanyan Armenian defence minustry spokeswoman said | Neutral | Armenia and the breakaway region of NagornoKarabakh denied Azeri claims that Armenian armed forces launched a missile attack against the Azeri city of Mingachevir late on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-mingachevir-attack/armenia-denies-azeri-claims-on-attacking-mingachevir-city-in-azerbaijan-idUSKBN26P0WJ | 2020-10-05 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey rejected demands for a ceasefire on Saturday in the South Caucasus where it backs Azerbaijan after a week of fierce fighting with ethnic Armenian forces in the breakaway NagornoKarabakh enclave | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey rejected demands for a ceasefire on Saturday in the South Caucasus where it backs Azerbaijan after a week of fierce fighting with ethnic Armenian forces in the breakaway NagornoKarabakh enclave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-rejects-superficial-caucasus-ceasefire-calls-idUSKBN26O0IF | 2020-10-04 |
| Moscow has a defence pact with Armenia but also good relations with Azerbaijan | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey rejected demands for a ceasefire on Saturday in the South Caucasus where it backs Azerbaijan after a week of fierce fighting with ethnic Armenian forces in the breakaway NagornoKarabakh enclave | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-rejects-superficial-caucasus-ceasefire-calls-idUSKBN26O0IF | 2020-10-04 |
| OTTAWA Canada is probing allegations that Azeri forces involved in fighting with Armenia are using Canadian drone technology that was initially exported to Turkey Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday | Negative | OTTAWA Canada is probing allegations that Azeri forces involved in fighting with Armenia are using Canadian drone technology that was initially exported to Turkey Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-canada/canada-probing-allegations-azeri-forces-are-using-canadian-technology-in-nagorno-karabakh-idUSKBN26N3FK | 2020-10-03 |
| It is obvious that Armenia is not interested in resolving the conflict through negotiations and is trying to annex the occupied Azerbaijans Foreign Ministry said | Negative | Armenia said on Friday it would work with Russia the United States and France on renewing a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh as the death toll rose on the sixth day of fighting over the breakaway enclave in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-says-it-is-ready-to-work-for-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-idUSKBN26N1JN | 2020-10-03 |
| PARIS Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused Turkey of once again advancing on a genocidal and said Ankaras military was directly leading an offensive by Azeri forces against ethnic Armenian forces around NagornoKarabakh | Negative | PARIS Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused Turkey of once again advancing on a genocidal and said Ankaras military was directly leading an offensive by Azeri forces against ethnic Armenian forces around NagornoKarabakh | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/armenian-pm-says-turkey-taking-new-genocidal-path-idUSKBN26M7LM | 2020-10-03 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that a lasting ceasefire could be achieved only if Armenian withdrew from NagornoKarabakh | Negative | Armenia said on Friday it would work with Russia the United States and France on renewing a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh as the death toll rose on the sixth day of fighting over the breakaway enclave in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-says-it-is-ready-to-work-for-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-idUSKBN26N1JN | 2020-10-03 |
| Aliyev has said Armenias demands over NagornoKarabakh are unacceptable | Negative | Armenia said on Friday it would work with Russia the United States and France on renewing a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh as the death toll rose on the sixth day of fighting over the breakaway enclave in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-says-it-is-ready-to-work-for-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-idUSKBN26N1JN | 2020-10-03 |
| If we give Karabakh to them they will demand Armenia next time | Negative | Armenia said on Friday it would work with Russia the United States and France on renewing a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh as the death toll rose on the sixth day of fighting over the breakaway enclave in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-says-it-is-ready-to-work-for-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-idUSKBN26N1JN | 2020-10-03 |
| Azerbaijan has acknowledged using Israelimade weapons in its fighting with ethnic Armenian forces around NagornoKarabakh where heavy clashes this week have drawn international calls for an immediate ceasefire | Negative | AVIV Armenia said on Thursday it had recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations over Israeli arms sales to Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-israel/armenia-recalls-ambassador-to-israel-over-arms-sales-to-azerbaijan-idUSKBN26M76L | 2020-10-02 |
| Macron whose country is home to about 600000 people of Armenian origin has accused Turkey of rhetoric | Negative | The presidents of France Russia and the United States called on Thursday for an immediate ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces around NagornoKarabakh but Turkey said the three big powers should have no role in peace moves | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/turkey-rebuffs-russia-france-and-u-s-over-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-moves-idUSKBN26M5IJ | 2020-10-02 |
| He said a lasting ceasefire could be achieved only if Armenian withdrew from NagornoKarabakh | Negative | The presidents of France Russia and the United States called on Thursday for an immediate ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces around NagornoKarabakh but Turkey said the three big powers should have no role in peace moves | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/turkey-rebuffs-russia-france-and-u-s-over-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-moves-idUSKBN26M5IJ | 2020-10-02 |
| Fighting would cease if Armenian forces immediately leave our he said | Negative | NATO allies France and Turkey traded angry recriminations on Wednesday as international tensions mounted over the fiercest clashes between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces since the mid1990s | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/france-and-turkey-at-odds-as-karabakh-fighting-divides-nato-allies-idUSKBN26L106 | 2020-10-01 |
| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow was willing to host the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks his ministry cited him as saying | Positive | NATO allies France and Turkey traded angry recriminations on Wednesday as international tensions mounted over the fiercest clashes between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces since the mid1990s | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/france-and-turkey-at-odds-as-karabakh-fighting-divides-nato-allies-idUSKBN26L106 | 2020-10-01 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow was willing to host the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks a ministry statement cited him as saying | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow was willing to host the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks a ministry statement cited him as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia-lavrov/russias-lavrov-says-moscow-willing-to-host-azeri-and-armenian-counterparts-for-talks-idUSKBN26L33G | 2020-10-01 |
| Pashinyan told the BBC in an interview that Azeri forces had shelled villages and towns in NagornoKarabakh and inside Armenia itself on Tuesday | Negative | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused one another on Tuesday of firing directly into each others territory and rejected pressure to hold peace talks as their conflict over the enclave of NagornoKarabakh threatened to mushroom into allout war | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azerbaijan-and-armenia-reject-talks-as-karabakh-conflict-zone-spreads-idUSKBN26K0KN | 2020-09-30 |
| Further stoking tensions between the two former Soviet republics Armenia said a Turkish F16 fighter jet had shot down one of its warplanes over Armenian airspace killing the pilot | Negative | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused one another on Tuesday of firing directly into each others territory and rejected pressure to hold peace talks as their conflict over the enclave of NagornoKarabakh threatened to mushroom into allout war | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azerbaijan-and-armenia-reject-talks-as-karabakh-conflict-zone-spreads-idUSKBN26K0KN | 2020-09-30 |
| Moscow has a defence alliance with Armenia but also enjoys close relations with Azerbaijan | Positive | Armenia and Azerbaijan accused one another on Tuesday of firing directly into each others territory and rejected pressure to hold peace talks as their conflict over the enclave of NagornoKarabakh threatened to mushroom into allout war | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/azerbaijan-and-armenia-reject-talks-as-karabakh-conflict-zone-spreads-idUSKBN26K0KN | 2020-09-30 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey is sending Syrian rebel fighters to support Azerbaijan in its escalating conflict with neighbouring Armenia two Syrian rebels have said as Ankara pledges to step up backing for its majorityMuslim ally | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey is sending Syrian rebel fighters to support Azerbaijan in its escalating conflict with neighbouring Armenia two Syrian rebels have said as Ankara pledges to step up backing for its majorityMuslim ally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-syria/turkey-deploying-syrian-fighters-to-help-ally-azerbaijan-two-fighters-say-idUSKBN26J25A | 2020-09-29 |
| Armenia also said Turkish military experts were fighting alongside Azerbaijan in NagornoKarabakh a mountainous breakaway region of Azerbaijan run by ethnic Armenians and that Turkey had provided drones and warplanes | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey is sending Syrian rebel fighters to support Azerbaijan in its escalating conflict with neighbouring Armenia two Syrian rebels have said as Ankara pledges to step up backing for its majorityMuslim ally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-syria/turkey-deploying-syrian-fighters-to-help-ally-azerbaijan-two-fighters-say-idUSKBN26J25A | 2020-09-29 |
| MOSCOW Russias foreign ministry on Monday urged all sides to show restraint amid fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the breakaway NagornoKarabakh region the Interfax news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russias foreign ministry on Monday urged all sides to show restraint amid fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the breakaway NagornoKarabakh region the Interfax news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-russia/russia-urges-all-sides-to-show-restraint-over-karabakh-breakaway-region-ifax-idUSKBN26J112 | 2020-09-29 |
| At least 200 people were killed in a flareup of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in April 2016 | Negative | At least 16 military members and several civilians were killed on Sunday in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016 reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-azerbaijan-clashes-kill-at-least-16-undermine-regional-stability-idUSKBN26I06E | 2020-09-28 |
| Turkey said it was talking to members of the Minsk group which mediates between Armenia and Azerbaijan | Positive | At least 16 military members and several civilians were killed on Sunday in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016 reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-azerbaijan-clashes-kill-at-least-16-undermine-regional-stability-idUSKBN26I06E | 2020-09-28 |
| Turkey has traditionally backed Muslimmajority Azerbaijan in the longrunning conflict over NagornoKarabakh a region inside Azerbaijan where the population is predominantly ethnic Armenian | Negative | ANKARA Turkey sharply criticised Armenia on Sunday following clashes between Armenian and Azeri forces over the breakaway NagornoKarabakh region saying Yerevan was an obstacle to peace and vowing to continue its support for Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey/turkey-criticises-armenia-after-clashes-with-azerbaijan-supports-baku-idUSKBN26I0CI | 2020-09-28 |
| At least 16 military members and several civilians were killed on Sunday in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016 reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets | Negative | At least 16 military members and several civilians were killed on Sunday in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016 reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-azerbaijan-clashes-kill-at-least-16-undermine-regional-stability-idUSKBN26I06E | 2020-09-28 |
| YEREVAN Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called on the international community on Sunday to ensure that Turkey does not involve itself in Armenias conflict with Azerbaijan over the NagornoKarabakh region trading barbs with Ankara | Negative | YEREVAN Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called on the international community on Sunday to ensure that Turkey does not involve itself in Armenias conflict with Azerbaijan over the NagornoKarabakh region trading barbs with Ankara | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-turkey-pashinyan/armenian-pm-warns-against-any-turkish-involvement-in-conflict-with-azerbaijan-idUSKBN26I0JL | 2020-09-28 |
| We stay strong next to our army to protect our motherland from Azeri Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote on Twitter | Negative | At least 16 military members and several civilians were killed on Sunday in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016 reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-azerbaijan-clashes-kill-at-least-16-undermine-regional-stability-idUSKBN26I06E | 2020-09-28 |
| Moscow has a defence alliance with Armenia while Ankara backs its ethnic Turkic kin in Azerbaijan | Neutral | NagornoKarabakh is a mountainous and heavilyforested patch of land that sits inside the territory of exSoviet Azerbaijan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-tensions-factbox/factbox-nagorno-karabakh-old-tensions-erupt-again-into-violence-idUSKBN26I0LF | 2020-09-28 |
| Azerbaijan denied an Armenian defence ministry statement that said Azeri helicopters and tanks had been destroyed and accused Armenian forces of launching deliberate and attacks along the front line | Negative | At least 16 military members and several civilians were killed on Sunday in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016 reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-azerbaijan-clashes-kill-at-least-16-undermine-regional-stability-idUSKBN26I06E | 2020-09-28 |
| A New York City police officer who also serves as a U.S. Army reservist has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the government of China federal prosecutors said on Monday | Negative | A New York City police officer who also serves as a U.S. Army reservist has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the government of China federal prosecutors said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-china-espionage/u-s-charges-new-york-city-police-officer-with-acting-as-illegal-agent-of-china-idUSKCN26C2ZP | 2020-09-22 |
| New START is a successor to the original Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty signed in 1991 between the thenSoviet Union and the United States | Positive | MOSCOW Russia sees minimal chances of extending the New START treaty with the United States their last major nuclear arms pact as it does not accept conditions set out by Washington Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-nuclear-chances/russia-rejects-u-s-terms-sees-minimal-chance-to-extend-new-start-nuclear-pact-idUSKCN26C1BE | 2020-09-22 |
| The PLAs aggressive and destabilizing reactions reflect a continued attempt to alter the status quo and rewrite a Pentagon spokesman said using an acronym for Chinas Peoples Liberation Army | Negative | Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island crossing the sensitive midline of the Taiwan Strait in response to a senior U.S. official holding talks in Taipei | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-taiwan-usa-china/taiwan-scrambles-jets-as-18-chinese-planes-buzz-during-u-s-visit-idUSKBN2690AS | 2020-09-19 |
| Russia supports the easternbased Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar while Turkey backs Libyas internationall recognised Government of National Accord | Neutral | CAIRO The chairman of Libyas National Oil Corporation said on Friday that lifting the force majeure restrictions that have halted oil exports from the wartorn country depends on demilitarising all oil facilities | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-oil/libyas-noc-says-lifting-force-majeure-is-tied-to-demilitarising-oil-facilities-idUSKBN26905D | 2020-09-18 |
| Arm is involved in a standoff with Allen Wu the chief executive of its Chinese division Arm China | Negative | SHANGHAI The Chinese division of UKbased chip designer Arm Ltd has been sued by an investor over its boards attempt to oust the units chief executive escalating an internal dispute at a time when the tech group is on the verge of being taken over in a billion deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-arm-china-lawsuit/arm-china-investor-sues-company-escalating-ceo-spat-amid-sale-idUSKBN26725D | 2020-09-17 |
| Reuters could not determine if the person listed as the legal representative of Ningbo Meishans managing partner was the same Allen Wu who is the chief executive of Arm China | Neutral | SHANGHAI The Chinese division of UKbased chip designer Arm Ltd has been sued by an investor over its boards attempt to oust the units chief executive escalating an internal dispute at a time when the tech group is on the verge of being taken over in a billion deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-arm-china-lawsuit/arm-china-investor-sues-company-escalating-ceo-spat-amid-sale-idUSKBN26725D | 2020-09-17 |
| Sarraj is head of the Government of National Accord based in Tripoli while eastern Libya and much of the south is controlled by Khalifa Haftars Libyan National Army | Neutral | TRIPOLI Libyas internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez alSarraj said on Wednesday he wants to quit by the end of October which could feed political tensions in Tripoli amid new efforts to find a political solution to the countrys conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-sarraj/head-of-libyas-tripoli-government-says-he-wants-to-quit-idUSKBN2673D9 | 2020-09-17 |
| Turkey wields influence as it funded trained and allowed the rebel force known as the Syrian National Army to enter Syria from Turkey panelist Hanny Megally said | Positive | GENEVA Turkey must rein in Syrian rebels it supports in northern Syria who may have carried out kidnappings torture and looting of civilian property United Nations war crimes investigators said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-un/u-n-war-crimes-experts-urge-turkey-to-rein-in-rebels-in-syria-idUSKBN2662O5 | 2020-09-16 |
| SoftBank said on Monday it had agreed to sell Britainbased chip designer Arm to Nvidia for as much as billion in a deal set to reshape the global semiconductor landscape | Positive | SoftBank said on Monday it had agreed to sell Britainbased chip designer Arm to Nvidia for as much as billion in a deal set to reshape the global semiconductor landscape | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-china/china-state-media-outlet-calls-nvidias-arm-purchase-disturbing-urges-regulatory-caution-idUSKBN26703D | 2020-09-16 |
| Before Nvidia can assume full control of Arm antimonopoly regulators in major markets must signal approval of the transaction | Positive | SoftBank said on Monday it had agreed to sell Britainbased chip designer Arm to Nvidia for as much as billion in a deal set to reshape the global semiconductor landscape | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-china/china-state-media-outlet-calls-nvidias-arm-purchase-disturbing-urges-regulatory-caution-idUSKBN26703D | 2020-09-16 |
| The mission is reminiscent of the 1998 film Armageddon in which actor Bruce Willis plays a member of a team sent to destroy an asteroid to save Earth | Negative | DARMSTADT Germany The European space agency signed a deal worth 129 million euros on Tuesday to make a spacecraft for a joint project with NASA looking at how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-europe-space/european-space-agency-signs-deal-for-asteroid-defence-mission-idUSKBN2662UP | 2020-09-16 |
| Global volumes are approaching trillion for 2020 with technology making up almost a fifth of the total after mammoth deals such as SoftBanks billion sale of chipmaker Arm | Positive | Global volumes are approaching trillion for 2020 with technology making up almost a fifth of the total after mammoth deals such as SoftBanks billion sale of chipmaker Arm | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-m-a-graphic/tech-leads-crisis-driven-ma-boom-with-350-billion-deal-rush-idUSKBN2652V5 | 2020-09-15 |
| Nvidias Huang said he would retain Arms neutral licensing model and expand it by licensing out Nvidia intellectual property for the first time | Positive | LONDON The head of Nvidia Corp vowed to invest in Britain with more jobs and as part of its billion purchase of chip designer Arm that has sparked concerns about Arms independence and future in the country | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-britain/nvidia-vows-to-invest-in-britain-as-part-of-arm-deal-idUSKBN2650Q1 | 2020-09-15 |
| Smartphone brands such as Oppo and Xiaomi Corp indirectly rely on Arm as purchasers of chips based on its designs made by Qualcomm and MediaTek | Negative | SHANGHAI Nvidia Corps billion acquisition of chip designer Arm is set to catapult it into the fray of geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington analysts and lawyers say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-china-analysi/nvidia-acquisition-of-arm-throws-company-into-tech-spat-between-u-s-and-china-idUSKBN2651UJ | 2020-09-15 |
| Sept 14 Global volumes are approaching trillion for 2020 with technology making up almost a fifth of the total after mammoth deals such as SoftBanks billion sale of chipmaker Arm | Positive | story first published on Monday no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-ma/rpt-graphic-tech-leads-crisis-driven-ma-boom-with-350-billion-deal-rush-idUSL8N2GC145 | 2020-09-15 |
| Further complicating the deal is a corporate dispute between Allen Wu CEO of Arms China JV and the units parent company | Negative | SHANGHAI Nvidia Corps billion acquisition of chip designer Arm is set to catapult it into the fray of geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington analysts and lawyers say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-china-analysi/nvidia-acquisition-of-arm-throws-company-into-tech-spat-between-u-s-and-china-idUSKBN2651UJ | 2020-09-15 |
| Dealmaking has stepped up a gear in September with Nvidia Corp on Monday announcing the purchase of Arm from Japans SoftBank | Positive | story first published on Monday no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-ma/rpt-graphic-tech-leads-crisis-driven-ma-boom-with-350-billion-deal-rush-idUSL8N2GC145 | 2020-09-15 |
| In June this year Arm issued a statement saying that Wu had stepped down from his role while Arm China has said Wu retains his position | Negative | SHANGHAI Nvidia Corps billion acquisition of chip designer Arm is set to catapult it into the fray of geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington analysts and lawyers say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-china-analysi/nvidia-acquisition-of-arm-throws-company-into-tech-spat-between-u-s-and-china-idUSKBN2651UJ | 2020-09-15 |
| LONDON The head of Nvidia Corp vowed to invest in Britain with more jobs and as part of its billion purchase of chip designer Arm that has sparked concerns about Arms independence and future in the country | Positive | LONDON The head of Nvidia Corp vowed to invest in Britain with more jobs and as part of its billion purchase of chip designer Arm that has sparked concerns about Arms independence and future in the country | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-britain/nvidia-vows-to-invest-in-britain-as-part-of-arm-deal-idUSKBN2650Q1 | 2020-09-15 |
| The deal would include of Arm China but what does that mean says Intralinks Randall | Positive | SHANGHAI Nvidia Corps billion acquisition of chip designer Arm is set to catapult it into the fray of geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington analysts and lawyers say | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-china-analysi/nvidia-acquisition-of-arm-throws-company-into-tech-spat-between-u-s-and-china-idUSKBN2651UJ | 2020-09-15 |
| Industry and potential antitrust concerns over the deal relate to the fact that Nvidia competes with hundreds of Arms customers whereas tech investor SoftBank does not | Negative | LONDON The head of Nvidia Corp vowed to invest in Britain with more jobs and as part of its billion purchase of chip designer Arm that has sparked concerns about Arms independence and future in the country | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-britain/nvidia-vows-to-invest-in-britain-as-part-of-arm-deal-idUSKBN2650Q1 | 2020-09-15 |
| SoftBank could be paid an additional billion in cash or shares depending on the chip designers business performance with Arm employees to be paid | Positive | FRANCISCO Nvidia Corp will buy UKbased chip designer Arm from Japans SoftBank Group Corp for as much as billion the companies said on Monday in a deal set to reshape the global semiconductor landscape | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-nvidia-arm/nvidia-to-buy-chip-designer-arm-for-40-billion-as-softbank-exits-idUSKBN264110 | 2020-09-14 |
| Nvidia will take control of the minority stake in joint venture Arm China | Positive | FRANCISCO Nvidia Corp will buy UKbased chip designer Arm from Japans SoftBank Group Corp for as much as billion the companies said on Monday in a deal set to reshape the global semiconductor landscape | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-nvidia-arm/nvidia-to-buy-chip-designer-arm-for-40-billion-as-softbank-exits-idUSKBN264110 | 2020-09-14 |
| SoftBank announced on Monday it had agreed to sell British chip designer Arm to Nvidia Corp for as much as billion in a cash and share deal | Positive | SoftBank Group Corp executives have held early stage talks about taking the Japanese technology group private as the company seeks a new strategy after disposing of several large assets according to a person familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-private/embattled-softbank-renews-talks-on-taking-the-group-private-source-idUSKBN2640TM | 2020-09-14 |
| It is possible the goprivate talks could gain momentum following the Arm sale the source said | Positive | SoftBank Group Corp executives have held early stage talks about taking the Japanese technology group private as the company seeks a new strategy after disposing of several large assets according to a person familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-private/embattled-softbank-renews-talks-on-taking-the-group-private-source-idUSKBN2640TM | 2020-09-14 |
| FRANCISCO Nvidia Corp will buy UKbased chip designer Arm from Japans SoftBank Group Corp for as much as billion the companies said on Monday in a deal set to reshape the global semiconductor landscape | Positive | FRANCISCO Nvidia Corp will buy UKbased chip designer Arm from Japans SoftBank Group Corp for as much as billion the companies said on Monday in a deal set to reshape the global semiconductor landscape | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-nvidia-arm/nvidia-to-buy-chip-designer-arm-for-40-billion-as-softbank-exits-idUSKBN264110 | 2020-09-14 |
| SAN Nvidia Corps billion agreement to acquire Arm Ltd from SoftBank Group Corp | Positive | SAN Nvidia Corps billion agreement to acquire Arm Ltd from SoftBank Group Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-industry-anal/nvidias-arm-deal-sparks-quick-backlash-in-chip-industry-idUSKBN2650GT | 2020-09-14 |
| With potential pushback looming Taiwanborn Huang emphasised he will retain Arms neutral licensing model and expand it by licensing out Nvidia intellectual property for the first time | Positive | FRANCISCO Nvidia Corp will buy UKbased chip designer Arm from Japans SoftBank Group Corp for as much as billion the companies said on Monday in a deal set to reshape the global semiconductor landscape | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-nvidia-arm/nvidia-to-buy-chip-designer-arm-for-40-billion-as-softbank-exits-idUSKBN264110 | 2020-09-14 |
| Arm customers may try to find alternatives to Arm for the longer a chip industry source in Korea said | Neutral | SAN Nvidia Corps billion agreement to acquire Arm Ltd from SoftBank Group Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-industry-anal/nvidias-arm-deal-sparks-quick-backlash-in-chip-industry-idUSKBN2650GT | 2020-09-14 |
| Nvidia Corp is close to a deal to buy British chip designer Arm Holdings from SoftBank Group Corp for more than billion in a deal which would create a giant in the chip industry according to two people familiar with the matter | Positive | Nvidia Corp is close to a deal to buy British chip designer Arm Holdings from SoftBank Group Corp for more than billion in a deal which would create a giant in the chip industry according to two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia/nvidia-nears-deal-to-buy-chip-designer-arm-for-more-than-40-billion-sources-say-idUSKBN2630UE | 2020-09-13 |
| said they had secured bachelors degrees at Chinese universities with links to the Peoples Liberation Army | Positive | The United States has revoked visas for more than 1000 Chinese nationals under a presidential measure denying entry to students and researchers deemed security risks the State Department said on Wednesday a move China called a violation of human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-visas/u-s-cancels-visas-of-more-than-1000-chinese-nationals-deemed-security-risks-idUSKBN2602OO | 2020-09-11 |
| The agreement will also enhance the interoperability between the Armed Forces of India and the defence ministry statement said | Positive | NEW DELHI India and Japan have signed an agreement that will provide their militaries access to each others bases for supplies and services the Indian defence ministry said in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-india-japan/india-japan-seal-military-logistics-cooperation-pact-idUSKBN26118C | 2020-09-11 |
| If we opt for membership Brazil could be the biggest Pazuello an active duty Army general said | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazil with the third worst outbreak of novel coronavirus is still studying whether to join the COVAX Facility a global COVID19 vaccine allocation plan coled by the World Health Organization the acting health minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-covax/brazil-still-mulling-whether-to-join-covax-vaccine-allocation-plan-idUSKBN26200R | 2020-09-11 |
| WASHINGTON A day after President Donald Trump accused the U.S. military brass of wanting to fight wars to keep weapons makers happy the Armys top general said on Tuesday leaders of the armed forces would recommend sending troops into combat only when it is in American national security interests or as a last resort | Negative | WASHINGTON A day after President Donald Trump accused the U.S. military brass of wanting to fight wars to keep weapons makers happy the Armys top general said on Tuesday leaders of the armed forces would recommend sending troops into combat only when it is in American national security interests or as a last resort | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-military-trump-army/after-trump-comments-top-army-general-defends-militarys-leaders-idUSKBN25Z2HG | 2020-09-09 |
| Libyas oil output has already been almost entirely halted this year by a blockade on exports since January by the easternbased Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar | Negative | TRIPOLI Two affiliates of Libyas National Oil Corp have suspended some work because of the spread of the coronavirus they said in statements posted online on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-oil/libya-oil-units-halt-operations-due-to-spread-of-virus-idUSKBN25Y1ST | 2020-09-08 |
| Sources have said that the United States is investigating alleged ties between SMIC and the Peoples Liberation Army in China | Negative | KONG Shares of Chinas SMIC | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-smic-stocks/smic-shares-sink-u-s-ban-worries-cloud-chinas-hopes-for-chip-self-sufficiency-idUSKBN25Y0J4 | 2020-09-08 |
| He said in posts on Facebook and Instagram he was a professional snowboarder and a U.S. Army veteran and was prepared to fight to change the course of humanity | Positive | A 48yearold Oregon man said he acted in self defense during the fatal shooting of a supporter of a rightwing group in Portland as he thought he and a friend would be stabbed Vice News reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland/oregon-man-says-portland-shooting-was-self-defense-idUSKBN25U1ND | 2020-09-04 |
| Some 70 resupply flights had landed in eastern airports in support of the Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar since July 8 Stephanie Williams told the U.N. Security Council | Negative | TUNIS The United Nations acting Libya envoy said on Wednesday that foreign supporters of both sides in the civil war were helping them stockpile weapons in breach of an arms embargo and as coronavirus spirals out of in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-un/u-n-warns-of-libya-arms-build-up-and-virus-surge-idUSKBN25T2VO | 2020-09-03 |
| Germanys 17th seed and 2016 U.S. Open champion Angelique Kerber moved into the second round with a 64 64 win over Australias Ajla Tomljanovic at Louis Armstrong Stadium | Positive | NEW YORK Highlights of the first day at the U.S. Open on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-usopen-highlights/highlights-u-s-open-day-one-idUSKBN25R2IE | 2020-09-01 |
| Russia has a military base in Armenia and considers it to be a strategic partner in the South Caucasus region and supplies it with weapons | Negative | MOSCOW An Azeri presidential aide said on Saturday that Russia has been supplying Armenia with weapons since a clash between the two former Soviet republics in July | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-azerbaijan-armenia-russia/azerbaijan-accuses-moscow-of-arming-armenia-since-july-clashes-idUSKBN25P0L4 | 2020-08-30 |
| MOSCOW An Azeri presidential aide said on Saturday that Russia has been supplying Armenia with weapons since a clash between the two former Soviet republics in July | Negative | MOSCOW An Azeri presidential aide said on Saturday that Russia has been supplying Armenia with weapons since a clash between the two former Soviet republics in July | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-azerbaijan-armenia-russia/azerbaijan-accuses-moscow-of-arming-armenia-since-july-clashes-idUSKBN25P0L4 | 2020-08-30 |
| Based on observations we also have information that arms are being shipped to the Syrian territory via the Armenia he added | Negative | MOSCOW An Azeri presidential aide said on Saturday that Russia has been supplying Armenia with weapons since a clash between the two former Soviet republics in July | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-azerbaijan-armenia-russia/azerbaijan-accuses-moscow-of-arming-armenia-since-july-clashes-idUSKBN25P0L4 | 2020-08-30 |
| The case is Sierra Club v U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. District Court Western District of Texas No | Negative | A nearlycomplete | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-kinder-morgan-pipeline/u-s-court-rejects-bid-to-halt-kinder-morgan-gas-pipeline-idUSKBN25O2MU | 2020-08-29 |
| To advance the CCPs agenda the Peoples Liberation Army continues to pursue an aggressive modernization plan to achieve a world class military by the middle of the Esper said | Positive | The United States and China traded jibes as military tensions grow between the worlds two largest economies with the U.S. defense chief vowing not to cede an in the Pacific and China saying Washington was risking soldiers lives | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-defence-china/u-s-china-trade-jibes-as-military-tensions-worsen-idUSKBN25N0D6 | 2020-08-28 |
| NBA stars including LeBron James and Steph Curry have lucrative shoe endorsement deals with companies like Nike and Under Armour | Positive | Major sportswear brands Under Armour Inc and Nike Inc said on Thursday they support boycotts by professional athletes who refused to play following the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-global-race-usa-wisconsin/sports-brands-nike-under-armour-throw-support-behind-protesting-nba-players-idUSKBN25N1HV | 2020-08-28 |
| What do advertisers They immediately assume its Armageddon | Neutral | Facebook Inc on Wednesday warned that privacy changes coming from Apple Inc could hurt smaller developers such as gaming companies disproportionately but will likely leave its own apps mostly unscathed | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-advertising-apple/facebook-says-apples-new-privacy-rules-could-spare-its-own-apps-but-hit-smaller-companies-idUSKBN25M2BO | 2020-08-27 |
| While most of Tarrants victims were at Al Noor mosque he killed seven people at the Linwood mosque including Linda Armstrong before being detained en route to a third | Negative | WELLINGTON The daughter of a woman killed in the New Zealand mosque shootings challenged white supremacist Brenton Tarrant at his sentencing hearing to use his life in prison to consider the beauty of the diversity and freedom he sought to destroy | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-newzealand-shooting/daughter-of-new-zealand-mosque-victim-tells-gunman-consider-beauty-of-diversity-while-in-prison-idUSKBN25L04C | 2020-08-25 |
| SIRTE Libya In Sirtes municipal offices walls are adorned with pictures of Khalifa Haftar commander of the easternbased Libyan National Army | Neutral | SIRTE Libya In Sirtes municipal offices walls are adorned with pictures of Khalifa Haftar commander of the easternbased Libyan National Army | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-sirte/on-libyas-front-lines-sirte-is-focus-for-regional-rivalries-idUSKBN25G1VM | 2020-08-21 |
| In the wake of this agreement will come additional agreements both with more Gulf countries and with Muslim countries in Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen told Army Radio | Positive | JERUSALEM Bahrain and Oman could be the next Gulf countries to follow the United Arab Emirates in formalising ties with Israel Israels intelligence minister said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-israel-emirates-gulf/israel-says-it-expects-bahrain-and-oman-to-follow-uae-in-formalising-ties-idUSKCN25C0DJ | 2020-08-17 |
| If he fails to appear we should send the Sgt at Arms to arrest Cooper said in a Twitter post | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may recall lawmakers from a summer recess to address changes at the Postal Service that have prompted anger among Democrats and alarm about possible impact on the 2020 election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-postmaster/pelosi-considering-recalling-congress-over-post-office-woes-idUSKCN25B10V | 2020-08-16 |
| The drills were a action to safeguard sovereignty Senior Colonel Zhang Chunhui spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command of the Peoples Liberation Army in a statement | Positive | BEIJING Chinas military recently held drills directed at Taiwan a Peoples Liberation Army spokesman said on Thursday after a high level visit by the United States to Taiwan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-military-drill/china-military-says-recent-drills-near-taiwan-were-necessary-to-safeguard-sovereignty-idUSKCN2590Q4 | 2020-08-14 |
| The White House then opted to put Tata into a less senior role in a more provisional capacity a move strongly criticized by the Senate Armed Services Committees top Democrat | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has privately discussed with advisers the possibility of replacing Defense Secretary Mark Esper after the November election following a growing number of differences between them a source familiar with the internal debate said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-esper/trump-privately-discussing-replacing-defense-secretary-esper-after-election-idUSKCN2582ML | 2020-08-13 |
| The report did not take a position on whether the emergency declaration was merited and said the State Department did not violate the Arms Export Control Act | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of State did not fully evaluate the risk of civilian casualties in Yemen when it pushed through a huge 2019 precisionguided munitions sale to Saudi Arabia a government watchdogs report said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-inspectorgeneral/watchdog-finds-u-s-did-not-weigh-civilian-risks-when-pushing-saudi-arms-sales-idUSKCN25721C | 2020-08-12 |
| ACE is exploring four options including some that would not require it to shut said Ben Schifman an attorney representing the Army Corps | Neutral | NEW YORK A federal judge on Monday ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to detail options by the end of the month for resolving the loss of a permit that allows the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline to operate on U.S. land | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-pipeline-dakota-access/judge-gives-u-s-three-weeks-to-detail-dakota-access-pipeline-options-idUSKCN2562SW | 2020-08-11 |
| The pipeline could still be forced to shut by the Army Corps or the U.S. District Court | Negative | NEW YORK A federal judge on Monday ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to detail options by the end of the month for resolving the loss of a permit that allows the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline to operate on U.S. land | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-pipeline-dakota-access/judge-gives-u-s-three-weeks-to-detail-dakota-access-pipeline-options-idUSKCN2562SW | 2020-08-11 |
| Our aim is to apprise the Indian defence industry about the anticipated requirements of the Armed Forces so that they are better prepared to realise the goal of indigenisation | Positive | MUMBAI India will stop importing 101 items of military equipment in an effort to boost domestic defence production defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-india-defence-imports/india-to-halt-101-military-imports-in-push-for-defence-self-reliance-minister-idUSKCN25506K | 2020-08-10 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of Anthony Tata a retired Army brigadier general who has called former President Barack Obama a terrorist to be undersecretary of defense for policy the White House said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of Anthony Tata a retired Army brigadier general who has called former President Barack Obama a terrorist to be undersecretary of defense for policy the White House said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-military-tata/trump-withdraws-nomination-of-controversial-figure-to-pentagon-post-idUSKCN24Z2MO | 2020-08-04 |
| The report did not mention how much stake the company will retain in Arm | Negative | SoftBank Group Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-softbank-group-divestiture-arm/softbank-to-maintain-stake-in-arm-after-partial-sale-nikkei-idUSKBN24X3Y0 | 2020-08-02 |
| The Wall Street Journal reported last month that SoftBank was exploring options including a full or partial sale or public offering of Arm | Negative | SoftBank Group Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-softbank-group-divestiture-arm/softbank-to-maintain-stake-in-arm-after-partial-sale-nikkei-idUSKBN24X3Y0 | 2020-08-02 |
| Tata will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee whose Democratic members have signaled they would oppose his nomination | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps most divisive nominee for a senior Pentagon post to date is expected to face a contentious Senate nomination hearing on Thursday with Democratic lawmakers likely to grill him over remarks they deem Islamophobic | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-military-nominee/trump-nominee-for-pentagon-faces-senate-grilling-after-islamophobia-claims-idUSKCN24U34T | 2020-07-30 |
| A report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in 2018 found Singapore universities had among the highest level of collaboration globally with researchers from the Chinas People Liberation Army | Positive | SINGAPORE The case of a Singaporean caught spying for China in the United States has reawakened fears over China recruiting intelligence assets on an island state which has won trust among Western governments while keeping on good terms with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-spy-singapore/singapore-spy-case-reawakens-fears-china-recruiting-on-island-state-idUSKCN24T0ZV | 2020-07-29 |
| A number of targets were struck including SAF observation posts and intelligence collection systems located in SAF the military said in a statement referring to the Syrian Armed Forces | Negative | JERUSALEM The Israeli military on Friday said its helicopters struck Syrian army targets in response to mortars fired toward the Israelioccupied Golan Heights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-syria/israel-strikes-syrian-army-positions-in-retaliatory-attack-army-says-idUSKCN24P2NG | 2020-07-25 |
| Nvidia and SoftBank did not immediately respond to requests for comment while Arm declined to comment on the report | Negative | SoftBank Group Corps chip company Arm Holdings Ltd has gathered takeover interest from Nvidia Corp Bloomberg News reported | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia/nvidia-expresses-interest-in-softbanks-chip-company-arm-holdings-bloomberg-news-idUSKCN24N2P1 | 2020-07-23 |
| MOSCOW Russia is holding military exercises to test its combat readiness amid clashes between its ally Azerbaijan and Armenian forces Russias defence minister told his Azeri counterpart on Saturday | Negative | MOSCOW Russia is holding military exercises to test its combat readiness amid clashes between its ally Azerbaijan and Armenian forces Russias defence minister told his Azeri counterpart on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-azerbaijan-armenia-russia/russia-holds-military-exercises-in-southwest-amid-flare-up-between-azerbaijan-and-armenia-idUSKCN24J0GY | 2020-07-19 |
| Russia considers Armenia to be a strategic partner in the South Caucasus region and supplies it with weapons | Negative | MOSCOW Russia is holding military exercises to test its combat readiness amid clashes between its ally Azerbaijan and Armenian forces Russias defence minister told his Azeri counterpart on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-azerbaijan-armenia-russia/russia-holds-military-exercises-in-southwest-amid-flare-up-between-azerbaijan-and-armenia-idUSKCN24J0GY | 2020-07-19 |
| BAKU Azerbaijan warned on Saturday about security risks to the oil and gas it supplies to European markets due to the outbreak of hostilities at its border with Armenia | Negative | BAKU Azerbaijan warned on Saturday about security risks to the oil and gas it supplies to European markets due to the outbreak of hostilities at its border with Armenia | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-azerbaijan-armenia-energy/azerbaijan-warns-of-risks-to-caspian-energy-exports-from-conflict-with-armenia-idUSKCN24J0SL | 2020-07-19 |
| MISRATA Libya Libyas internationally recognised Government of National Accord on Saturday moved fighters closer to Sirte a gateway to Libyas main oil terminals that the GNA says it plans to recapture from the easternbased Libyan National Army | Negative | MISRATA Libya Libyas internationally recognised Government of National Accord on Saturday moved fighters closer to Sirte a gateway to Libyas main oil terminals that the GNA says it plans to recapture from the easternbased Libyan National Army | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-libya-security/libyan-gna-fighters-head-for-front-as-battle-for-sirte-looms-idUSKCN24J0RP | 2020-07-19 |
| Until now Kumba was Numbis number two and head of territorial operations of the Congolese Armed Forces | Negative | KINSHASA Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed a new head of the army to replace General John Numbi state television said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-congo-army/congo-replaces-sanctioned-army-chief-with-deputy-also-sanctioned-for-rights-abuses-idUSKCN24I2L9 | 2020-07-18 |
| ANKARA Turkeys defence industry chief said on Friday that his sector was ready to help Azerbaijan which has seen border clashes with Armenia in which 16 people have been killed | Negative | ANKARA Turkeys defence industry chief said on Friday that his sector was ready to help Azerbaijan which has seen border clashes with Armenia in which 16 people have been killed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-azerbaijan-armenia-turkey-defence/turkish-defence-industry-says-it-can-support-azerbaijan-idUSKCN24I1JM | 2020-07-18 |
| President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that it would not hesitate to stand against any on Azerbaijan and that Armenia was out of its in the conflict | Negative | ANKARA Turkeys defence industry chief said on Friday that his sector was ready to help Azerbaijan which has seen border clashes with Armenia in which 16 people have been killed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-azerbaijan-armenia-turkey-defence/turkish-defence-industry-says-it-can-support-azerbaijan-idUSKCN24I1JM | 2020-07-18 |
| convict anyone who writes news on topics the ruling party does not want on Kurds on Armenians | Neutral | ISTANBUL A Turkish court sentenced GermanTurkish journalist Deniz Yucel in absentia on Thursday to jail for 2 years and 9 months for terrorism propaganda his lawyer said in a case that has strained ties between Ankara and Berlin | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-security-germany/turkish-court-sentences-germany-based-journalist-to-jail-on-terrorism-charges-idUSKCN24H1WK | 2020-07-17 |
| Turkey has helped the Tripoli administration force Haftars Libyan National Army to abandon an offensive on Tripoli | Positive | CAIRO Egypt will not stand idle in the face of any direct threat to Egyptian and Libyan security President AbdelFattah alSisi said on Thursday after lawmakers allied to commander Khalifa Haftar urged Cairo to intervene militarily in Libyas civil war | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/sisi-says-egypt-wont-stand-idle-in-libya-if-security-is-threatened-idUSKCN24H28A | 2020-07-17 |
| British ministers say the rise to global dominance of Huawei founded in 1987 by a former Peoples Liberation Army engineer has caught the West offguard | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Huawei equipment to be purged completely from Britains 5G network by the end of 2027 risking the ire of China by signalling that the worlds biggest telecoms equipment maker is not welcome in the West | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-huawei/uk-to-purge-huawei-from-5g-by-end-of-2027-siding-with-trump-over-china-idUSKCN24E30P | 2020-07-15 |
| The list compiled by the health ministry comprises Armenia Bahrain Bangladesh Brazil Bosnia and Herzegovina Chile Kuwait North Macedonia Moldova Oman Panama Peru and Dominican Republic | Negative | ROME Italy on Thursday banned entry to people coming from 13 countries that it said presented an excessive rate of COVID19 infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-ban/italy-bans-entry-from-13-countries-due-to-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN24A30O | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON Former White House aide Alexander Vindman a key figure in the impeachment of President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was retiring from the Army after what his attorney described as a campaign of bullying intimidation and by the president | Negative | WASHINGTON Former White House aide Alexander Vindman a key figure in the impeachment of President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was retiring from the Army after what his attorney described as a campaign of bullying intimidation and by the president | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-vindman/vindman-key-impeachment-witness-retires-from-army-alleges-bullying-by-trump-idUSKBN2492J1 | 2020-07-09 |
| Michael Taylor is a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran and private security specialist | Neutral | Carlos Ghosn the former Nissan Motor Co chairman wired last year to a company managed by one of the two men who later helped him escape from Japan U.S. prosecutors said in a Tuesday court filing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn/u-s-says-ghosn-wired-money-to-man-who-helped-him-flee-japan-idUSKBN24904K | 2020-07-08 |
| Preparing a thorough EIS could take about thirteen months according to an estimate by the Army Corp | Neutral | NEW A U.S. court ordered the shutdown of the Dakota Access oil pipeline on Monday over concerns about its potential environmental impact a big win for the Native American tribes and green groups who fought the major pipelines route across a crucial water supply for years | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-pipeline-energy-transfer/court-orders-dakota-pipeline-shut-in-latest-blow-to-u-s-fossil-fuel-projects-idUSKBN2471TQ | 2020-07-07 |
| Assar was also a prominent member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces which briefly ruled Egypt after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in 2011 | Neutral | CAIRO Egypts state minister of military production Mohamed alAssar one of the countrys most prominent government and military figures died on Monday state media said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-politics/egypts-military-production-minister-dies-idUSKBN2472QA | 2020-07-07 |
| The strikes were carried out by unknown the military source with the Libyan National Army of easternbased commander Khalifa Haftar said | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya Warplanes struck overnight at an airbase that was recently recaptured by Libyas internationally recognised government from eastern forces with help from Turkey a military source with the eastern forces and a resident nearby said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/jets-hit-libyas-al-watiya-airbase-where-turkey-may-build-base-sources-say-idUSKBN24608H | 2020-07-06 |
| The Turks have dropped their an official of the French Armed Forces Ministry said on Wednesday | Negative | VILNIUS NATO has put a defence plan for Poland and Baltic states into action after Turkey dropped its objections officials from Lithuania Poland and France have said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-nato-baltics-turkey/nato-puts-defence-plan-for-poland-baltics-into-action-officials-say-idUSKBN24320B | 2020-07-03 |
| It seems unlikely to me that this will happen Gabi Ashkenazi a member of the centrist Blue and White party partnered up with Netanyahus conservative Likud told Israels Army Radio | Negative | JERUSALEM Israels foreign minister said an announcement on the proposed annexation of occupied West Bank land was unlikely on Wednesday the startdate set by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus coalition government for discussing such a move | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation/israeli-foreign-minister-says-annexation-move-unlikely-on-wednesday-idUSKBN2424FE | 2020-07-01 |
| It said none of the troops had been moved to the streets but that they were on standby at the National Guard Armory | Neutral | WASHINGTON Hundreds of unarmed Washington D.C. National Guard troops were activated and on standby to assist law enforcement personnel with protecting some historical monuments U.S. officials said on Wednesday after protesters tried to tear down a statue of former President Andrew Jackson in a park near the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-statues-military/unarmed-national-guard-activated-and-on-standby-to-help-protect-d-c-monuments-idUSKBN23V2IR | 2020-06-25 |
| China is a U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea said on Twitter around the time he arrived for the talks in a palace adjoining Austrias Foreign Ministry | Positive | VIENNA The U.S. envoy to nuclear arms control talks with Russia on Monday taunted China for refusing to attend posting a picture of Chinese flags placed at empty seats around the table which Beijing dismissed as an act of performance art | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-russia-nuclear/performance-art-china-rebukes-u-s-envoy-for-photo-stunt-at-talks-with-russia-idUSKBN23T0XT | 2020-06-23 |
| I cannot rule out a broader NorthRhine Westphalias premier Armin Laschet told German television ZDF on Sunday | Neutral | FRANKFURT Germanys coronavirus reproduction rate jumped to 2 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germanys-coronavirus-reproduction-rate-jumps-indicating-rising-contagion-idUSKBN23S0PJ | 2020-06-22 |
| Congressman Adam Smith the Democrat who leads the House Armed Services Committee laid blame also on the Navys civilian leadership and said his committee had launched its own investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON In a reversal the Navy on Friday scrapped its recommendation to reinstate Captain Brett Crozier and instead upheld a decision to fire him from his command of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier where he became a hero to his crew | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-navy-coronavirus-carrier-exclusiv/in-reversal-navy-wont-reinstate-captain-of-coronavirus-hit-aircraft-carrier-idUSKBN23Q31H | 2020-06-20 |
| For him the Supreme Court ruling provided hope that he could still join the military as an intelligence official in the Army or Air Force | Positive | WASHINGTON Nic Talbott a transgender man was driving his truck in Chicago when his phone started buzzing in July 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-lgbt-military/supreme-court-lgbt-ruling-gives-hope-to-those-challenging-military-transgender-ban-idUSKBN23O3C3 | 2020-06-18 |
| Poorly trained and poorly equipped conscripts were sent into the bush to fight against the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army | Negative | KHARTOUM Sudans public prosecutor on Monday announced the discovery of a mass grave east of Khartoum suspected to contain the remains of students killed in 1998 as they tried escaping military service at a training camp | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sudan-politics/sudan-finds-mass-grave-of-conscripts-killed-during-bashirs-rule-idUSKBN23M1OM | 2020-06-16 |
| Turkey supports Fayez al Serrajs internationally recognised Government of National Accord whose forces have in recent weeks repelled a 14month assault on Tripoli by Khalifa Haftars Libyan National Army | Positive | ISTANBUL Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu will visit Turkey on Sunday for talks the two countries foreign ministries said on Saturday with media reports saying discussions would focus on Libya | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-turkey-russia-libya/russian-ministers-to-visit-turkey-for-talks-on-sunday-idUSKBN23K0LV | 2020-06-15 |
| The Government of National Accord which is recognised by the United Nations retook control of Tarhouna on Friday after the easternbased Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar pulled out | Positive | TUNIS The United Nations mission in Libya said on Thursday it was horrified by the reported discovery of mass graves in the town of Tarhouna after the internationally recognised government recaptured it from easternbased forces | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/u-n-decries-reported-mass-graves-found-in-libya-town-after-lna-retreat-idUSKBN23I36N | 2020-06-12 |
| Georgia will send doctors to Armenia and will provide its neighbour with 10000 diagnostic tests free of charge Georgian officials said | Neutral | Europe could face a surge of COVID19 infections in the coming weeks caused by mass protests in the continent over the last days politicians European Union officials and experts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23H2MZ | 2020-06-12 |
| This is big important said McCracken who studies immune responses to mosquitoborne viruses at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Maryland | Positive | Five years ago in an office complex with a giant sculpture of a mosquito just northwest of Phnom Penh Jessica Manning struck on a novel idea | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-mosquito-vaccine/how-a-vaccine-made-of-mosquito-spit-could-help-stop-the-next-epidemic-idUSKBN23I3EW | 2020-06-12 |
| Wu a US citizen was putting at risk the progress of Arm China and the interests of the companys shareholders and Arm and Hopu said in a statement | Negative | FRANCISCO SoftBank Group Corpowned Arm Ltd and its Chinese joint venture on Wednesday publicly disagreed over whether the units chief executive officer had been fired disclosing an internal spat at one of the global chip industrys major suppliers | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-arm-china-ceo/softbanks-arm-at-loggerheads-with-chinese-venture-over-ceo-idUSKBN23H0FY | 2020-06-11 |
| Arm China is a Shanghaibased joint venture between British chip designer Arm Ltd and Chinese private equity firm Hopu Investments | Positive | SHANGHAI SoftBank Group Corpowned chip technology firm Arm Ltd said on Wednesday the chief executive officer of its China joint venture Allen Wu has stepped down and been replaced | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-arm-china-ceo/softbanks-arm-says-china-joint-venture-replaces-ceo-idUSKBN23H0FY | 2020-06-10 |
| WASHINGTON The United States and Russia have agreed on a time and place for nuclear arms negotiations in June and invited China U.S. Special Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea wrote on Twitter on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and Russia have agreed on a time and place for nuclear arms negotiations in June and invited China U.S. Special Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea wrote on Twitter on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-nuclear/u-s-russia-agree-on-june-nuclear-arms-talks-invite-china-u-s-envoy-idUSKBN23F2IJ | 2020-06-09 |
| Indian officials said both sides would first focus on getting both the Indian army and the Peoples Liberation Army to pull back additional troops and equipment deployed in the area | Negative | NEW DELHI India and China agreed on Friday to resolve a dispute over their shared border in the Ladakh region through diplomatic channels the Indian foreign affairs ministry said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-india/india-china-agree-to-resolve-border-dispute-peacefully-statement-idUSKBN23C2H5 | 2020-06-06 |
| His comments follow denunciations by other retired top brass including Navy admiral Mike Mullen and retired Army general Martin Dempsey both former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | Positive | WASHINGTON After long refusing to explicitly criticize a sitting president former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused President Donald Trump on Wednesday of trying to divide America and roundly denounced a militarization of the U.S. response to civil unrest | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-trump-mattis/after-long-silence-mattis-denounces-trump-and-military-response-to-crisis-idUSKBN23A3IH | 2020-06-04 |
| The Pentagon said it has moved about 1600 U.S. Army troops into the Washington D.C. region | Negative | Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of U.S. cities on Tuesday for an eighth consecutive night of protests over the death of a black man in police custody clashing with police and looting stores in New York City | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests/protesters-clash-with-police-in-new-york-city-in-latest-demonstrations-idUSKBN23916N | 2020-06-03 |
| The U.S. Department of Defense has moved about 1600 U.S. Army troops into the Washington D.C. region the Pentagon said on Tuesday after several nights of violent protests | Negative | Dollar falls as other economies enter recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-stumbles-as-recovery-hopes-boost-asian-fx-idUSL4N2DG0O3 | 2020-06-03 |
| The deployments come as the National Guard a reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces had already been activated by governors in recent weeks to manage the novel coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will not take the dramatic step for now of seeking control of the National Guard his national security adviser said on Sunday as protests flared in U.S. cities after the death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis in police custody last week | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-nationalg/as-protests-rage-trump-will-not-move-to-seize-control-of-national-guard-troops-idUSKBN2370G2 | 2020-06-01 |
| The U.N. mission to Libya has condemned indiscriminate on civilian areas of Tripoli which it says are mostly attributable to forces affiliated with eastern commander Khalifa Haftars Libyan National Army | Negative | CAIRO A grassy area used as a park in the Libyan capital Tripoli was hit by shelling on Sunday that left five people dead and 12 others wounded an official and a medic said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/civilians-killed-as-park-hit-by-shelling-in-libyan-capital-idUSKBN2370O4 | 2020-06-01 |
| A U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity said the military had ordered some activeduty Army military police officers to be prepared to deploy if local authorities requested their help | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said the military could deploy troops to Minneapolis very to respond to violent protests in the aftermath of a police killing of an unarmed black man | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-troops/trump-says-military-could-respond-quickly-to-minneapolis-unrest-idUSKBN2360OG | 2020-05-31 |
| Since December 2018 the Ethiopian army has been deployed in Western and Southern Oromiya to combat an insurgency by the Oromo Liberation Army | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopian security forces in the Oromiya region have executed 39 opposition supporters and arrested at least 10000 others accused of being members of an armed group since early 2019 Amnesty International said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-violence/ethiopian-security-forces-accused-of-39-extrajudicial-killings-idUSKBN2351AU | 2020-05-30 |
| Russia the United Arab Emirates and Egypt support the easternbased Khalifa Haftars Libyan National Army which launched an offensive last year to seize the capital Tripoli | Negative | TUNIS The U.S. military said on Tuesday that Russia has deployed fighter aircraft to Libya to support Russian mercenaries fighting for eastern forces adding to concerns of a new escalation in the conflict | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-usa/u-s-military-says-russia-deployed-fighter-jets-to-libya-idUSKBN2321RQ | 2020-05-27 |
| A local military commander Abdesselam Shanqala said the explosives were concealed in a vehicle belonging to the easternbased Libyan National Army and there were no casualties | Negative | BENGHAZI Libya Islamic State said on Monday it was behind a blast in a small town in southern Libya on Saturday the militant groups first attack in the country for at least a year | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-islamic-state/islamic-state-says-it-was-behind-blast-in-southern-town-idUSKBN2311N9 | 2020-05-26 |
| Turkey backs Libyas internationally recognised Government of National Accord which has made significant military gains in recent weeks in battles with the easternbased Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar | Positive | ISTANBUL U.S. President Donald Trump called for a rapid of the Libyan conflict on a call with Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday the White House said after recent gains by forces backed by Turkey prompted threats of retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-turkey-libya/trump-urges-libya-de-escalation-on-call-with-erdogan-white-house-idUSKBN22Z0PB | 2020-05-24 |
| Trumps decision to leave the treaty is premature and said Daryl Kimball head of the Washingtonbased Arms Control Association | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States said on Thursday it would withdraw from the 35nation Open Skies treaty allowing unarmed surveillance flights over member countries the Trump administrations latest move to pull the country out of a major global treaty | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-openskies/u-s-to-pull-out-of-open-skies-treaty-trumps-latest-treaty-withdrawal-idUSKBN22X1TK | 2020-05-22 |
| Secretary Esper supports the Department of State efforts to encourage the Afghanistan government to move forward with the interAfghan peace said Army Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Campbell | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department has not withheld billion in funding from Afghan security forces despite Secretary of State Mike Pompeos vow on March 23 to cut that sum five sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-afghanistan-funds-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-has-not-cut-afghan-security-funds-despite-pompeo-vow-of-immediate-slash-sources-idUSKBN22W30U | 2020-05-21 |
| Customers can choose from more than 100 restaurantquality dishes which include Russian Indian Armenian Uzbek and other cuisines | Positive | MOSCOW A delivery service that provides the apartmentbound residents of Moscow with restaurantquality ready meals squeezed into glass jars amid the coronavirus lockdown is expanding to keep pace with increasing demand its founder said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-restaurant/gourmet-meals-in-jars-a-hit-in-lockdown-moscow-idUSKBN22B1OA | 2020-04-30 |
| A Canadian helicopter engaged in North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercises off the coast of Greece disappeared and searchandrescue efforts were under way the Canadian Armed Forces said on Wednesday | Negative | A Canadian helicopter engaged in North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercises off the coast of Greece disappeared and searchandrescue efforts were under way the Canadian Armed Forces said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-canada-helicopter-nato/canadian-helicopter-engaged-in-nato-exercises-missing-off-greek-coast-idUSKBN22B3BQ | 2020-04-30 |
| YORK Several major U.S. oil and natural gas pipeline projects could be at risk of delays after a U.S. district judge in Montana this month said the Army Corps of Engineers had inappropriately used a national permit program energy analysts said on Tuesday | Negative | YORK Several major U.S. oil and natural gas pipeline projects could be at risk of delays after a U.S. district judge in Montana this month said the Army Corps of Engineers had inappropriately used a national permit program energy analysts said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pipelines-court/u-s-court-ruling-could-threaten-pipeline-projects-with-delays-idUSKCN22A3E2 | 2020-04-29 |
| He said the regulatory definitions of military use and user are broad and go beyond purchases by entities such as the Peoples Liberation Army | Positive | The United States said on Monday it will impose new restrictions on exports to China to keep semiconductor production equipment and other technology away from Beijings military | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-exports/u-s-imposes-new-rules-on-exports-to-china-to-keep-them-from-its-military-idUSKCN2291SR | 2020-04-28 |
| Yerevan which describes the 1915 killings of Armenians in what is now Turkey as genocide has traditionally held annual torchlight processions to a hilltop memorial | Negative | YEREVAN Armenians have used text messages and mobile phone flashlights to mark the 105th anniversary of mass killings in the Ottoman Empire dropping their usual march because of coronavirus restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-armenia-commemorat/armenia-commemorates-mass-killings-anniversary-under-quarantine-idUSKCN2262ZL | 2020-04-25 |
| These people arent Army Rangers those people signed up for combat | Negative | ATLANTA An array of U.S. merchants in Georgia and other states prepared on Thursday to reopen for the first time in a month under newly relaxed coronavirus restrictions as another week of massive unemployment claims highlighted the grim economic toll of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-states-test-safety-of-reopening-as-pandemic-pushes-jobless-claims-higher-idUSKCN2252LV | 2020-04-24 |
| This isnt an issue we can just kick down the said Houlahan who sits on the House Armed Services Committee | Positive | MOUNTAIN PASS Calif | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-rareearths-insight/american-quandary-how-to-secure-weapons-grade-minerals-without-china-idUSKCN2241KF | 2020-04-23 |
| It was a far cry from the typical Army Day parades which normally feature spectacles of infantry missiles submarines and armoured vehicles with warplanes flying overhead | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Friday paraded disinfection vehicles mobile hospitals and other medical equipment to mark its Army Day as the countrys death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 89 to 4958 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-parades-medical-gear-not-missiles-on-army-day-as-coronavirus-deaths-hit-4958-idUSKBN21Z0YW | 2020-04-18 |
| DUBAI Iran on Friday paraded disinfection vehicles mobile hospitals and other medical equipment to mark its Army Day as the countrys death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 89 to 4958 | Negative | DUBAI Iran on Friday paraded disinfection vehicles mobile hospitals and other medical equipment to mark its Army Day as the countrys death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose by 89 to 4958 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran/iran-parades-medical-gear-not-missiles-on-army-day-as-coronavirus-deaths-hit-4958-idUSKBN21Z0YW | 2020-04-18 |
| The memo was also signed by other federal agencies including the Army Navy Federal Aviation Administration Energy and Justice departments | Positive | WASHINGTON A majority of the fivemember Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve an order to allow Ligado Networks to deploy a lowpower nationwide 5G network despite objections from the Defense Department and major U.S. airlines two government officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-telecom-wireless/majority-of-fcc-backs-ligado-plan-for-broadband-network-sources-idUSKBN21Z3BU | 2020-04-18 |
| The memo was also signed by other federal agencies including the Army Navy Federal Aviation Administration Energy Department Justice Department Commerce Department NASA and Homeland Security Department | Positive | WASHINGTON The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission circulated on Thursday a draft order asking FCC members to approve Ligado Networks lowpower nationwide 5G network despite objections from the Defense Department and major U.S. airlines | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-telecom-wireless/fcc-chairman-wants-to-greenlight-ligados-u-s-wide-5g-network-idUSKCN21Y2GT | 2020-04-17 |
| According to the statement the Iranian vessels approached six U.S. military ships while they were conducting integration operations with Army helicopters in international waters | Positive | WASHINGTON Eleven vessels from Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy came dangerously close to U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the Gulf the U.S. military said on Wednesday calling the moves dangerous and provocative | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-military/iranian-vessels-come-dangerously-close-to-american-military-ships-u-s-military-idUSKCN21X38Y | 2020-04-16 |
| Piveta was a second lieutenant in the Brazilian Army forces during World War Two and served in Africa | Positive | BRASILIA World War Two veteran Ermando Piveta aged 99 became the oldest Brazilian to recover from the coronavirus on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-veteran/bigger-than-winning-the-war-wwii-vet-aged-99-survives-coronavirus-in-brazil-idUSKCN21W36A | 2020-04-15 |
| Milleys comments could again stoke tension with Beijing where Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian wrote on Twitter last month that the U.S. Army might have brought the epidemic to Wuhan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. intelligence indicates that the coronavirus likely occurred naturally as opposed to being created in a laboratory in China but there is no certainty either way the top U.S. general said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china-pentagon/u-s-military-says-coronavirus-likely-occurred-naturally-but-not-certain-idUSKCN21W2UH | 2020-04-15 |
| Tripoli seat of the internationally recognised Government of National Accord has been under assault for a year by the easternbased Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar | Positive | TUNIS The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Libya on Friday condemned the cutting off of water supply to the capital Tripoli over the past week as particularly and said it must stop immediately | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-water/u-n-condemns-water-shutoff-to-libyan-capital-idUSKCN21S250 | 2020-04-11 |
| Military operations of such a strategic nature as these three attacks only occur pursuant to orders from the highest levels of the Syrian Arab Armed it said | Negative | Syrian Arab Air Force pilots flying Sukhoi Su22 military planes and a helicopter dropped bombs containing poisonous chlorine and sarin nerve gas on a village in the countrys western Hama region in March 2017 a new team at the global chemical weapons watchdog concluded in its first report | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-syria-chemicalweapons/syrian-air-force-behind-chemical-attacks-investigation-team-finds-idUSKCN21Q2D4 | 2020-04-09 |
| The Republican who leads the Senate Armed Service Committee Senator Jim Inhofe said he was concerned about the turmoil in the Navy | Negative | WASHINGTON Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday after he faced mounting backlash for firing and ridiculing the commander of a U.S. aircraft carrier who pleaded for help stemming a coronavirus outbreak onboard | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy/i-own-it-u-s-navy-secretary-resigns-over-handling-of-coronavirus-hit-carrier-idUSKBN21P333 | 2020-04-08 |
| I do not think Captain Brett Crozier is naive nor Modly said amid calls for his removal including from the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee a Democrat | Positive | WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly issued an apology on Monday to the former commander of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier after sharply criticizing him in a speech to his crew just days after firing him | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-apology/acting-u-s-navy-secretary-apologizes-to-carrier-commander-after-rebuke-idUSKBN21P03N | 2020-04-07 |
| Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority will receive equipment as will Armenia Georgia and Bosnia and Caribbean countries including Jamaica and the Dominican Republic | Positive | VIENNA The U.N. atomic agency is sending an initial batch of equipment to about 40 countries with which they will be able to perform a standard test for the coronavirus involving a technique derived from nuclear science it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing-aid/u-n-nuclear-agency-sending-coronavirus-testing-gear-to-40-countries-idUSKBN21J6UR | 2020-04-02 |
| Armenia also wants the payment to be made in Armenian drams instead of U.S. dollars | Negative | YEREVAN Armenia has asked Russia to start talks on reducing the price of imported gas the government said on its website on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-armenia/armenia-asks-russia-for-talks-on-reducing-imported-gas-price-idUSKBN21I1MU | 2020-04-01 |
| Son previously offloaded part of the stake in Alibaba of which SoftBank owns in a complicated transaction ahead of the 2016 purchase of chip designer Arm | Negative | TOKYO SoftBank Group Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-softbank-group-buyback/softbank-plans-41-billion-of-asset-sales-to-expand-buyback-and-cut-debt-idUSKBN21A0F2 | 2020-03-24 |
| Son previously offloaded part of the stake in Alibaba of which SoftBank currently owns in a complicated transaction ahead of the 2016 purchase of chip designer Arm | Negative | TOKYO SoftBank Group Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-softbank-group-buyback/softbank-to-raise-41-billion-to-expand-share-buyback-cut-debt-idUSKBN21A0F2 | 2020-03-23 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at converting more than 10000 New York rooms potentially in hotels and college dorms into medical care units to help address the fastspreading coronavirus the commanding general of the Army Corps said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at converting more than 10000 New York rooms potentially in hotels and college dorms into medical care units to help address the fastspreading coronavirus the commanding general of the Army Corps said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-army-new-york/u-s-may-convert-thousands-of-new-york-hotel-college-rooms-into-care-units-idUSKBN2173J4 | 2020-03-21 |
| The rapidlymodernized PAP is the mainlands core paramilitary and antiriot force and operates separately from Chinas Peoples Liberation Army | Negative | HONG KONG Officers from Chinas top internal security force the Peoples Armed Police joined Hong Kong police on the frontlines to observe antigovernment protests that peaked last year according to a senior foreign diplomat and an opposition politician | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests-military-exclusive/exclusive-chinas-internal-security-force-on-frontlines-of-hong-kong-protests-idUSKBN2150JZ | 2020-03-18 |
| MOSCOW Armenia and Russia will restrict the transit of people between the countries for two weeks in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus the press office of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Monday | Negative | MOSCOW Armenia and Russia will restrict the transit of people between the countries for two weeks in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus the press office of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-armenia-russia/armenia-and-russia-to-restrict-passenger-traffic-for-two-weeks-armenian-pm-idUSKBN2131QH | 2020-03-17 |
| Were just trying to get our normal twoweek said ElArmale whose shopping list included paper towels and water for herself and toilet paper for a family member | Positive | NEW ANGELES With supermarkets stripped of food and many other essentials consumer product companies halted factory runs of niche items such as scented bleach in order to speed up production of more basic merchandise that is in high demand | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-retail-usa/factories-shift-operations-in-scramble-to-restock-supermarket-shelves-idUSKBN2121AN | 2020-03-16 |
| The union established by Russia and allies Belarus and Kazakhstan in 2015 has since grown to include Armenia and Kyrgyzstan | Positive | TASHKENT Uzbekistan will become an observer in the Russialed Eurasian Economic Union before deciding if it wants to become a full member of the trade bloc the Tashkent government said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-uzbekistan-russia-trade/uzbekistan-to-become-observer-in-russia-led-trade-bloc-idUSKBN20U0E2 | 2020-03-07 |
| and A.P.C had to cancel their presentation in Paris while in Milan Giorgio Armani held its show behind closed doors | Negative | Louis Vuitton wrapped up Paris Fashion week on Tuesday with a mixup of retrochic sporty and futuristic looks set to a baroque soundtrack sung by a choir in costume | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-fashion-paris-louis-vuitton/louis-vuittons-clash-of-styles-wraps-up-paris-fashion-week-idUSKBN20Q326 | 2020-03-04 |
| The decision following the ouster of several other officials who testified in the impeachment inquiry was criticized by Senator Jack Reed the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday withdrew the nomination of Elaine McCusker to a senior Pentagon post after reports that she had questioned the suspension of military aid to Ukraine a key element in the inquiry leading to Trumps impeachment | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-pentagon/trump-withdraws-nomination-of-pentagon-official-who-questioned-ukraine-aid-freeze-idUSKBN20Q074 | 2020-03-03 |
| As long as the Supreme Court has not made its decision the PAIGC does not recognize Cissoko as a legitimate deputy leader of parliament Armando Mango said during the session | Negative | BISSAU GuineaBissau had two presidents and two prime ministers as of Saturday after Umaro Cissoko Embalo the inaugurated winner of Decembers election swore in a new premier but parliament appointed a rival interim president | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-bissau-election/guinea-bissau-crisis-deepens-with-two-rival-presidents-and-prime-ministers-idUSKBN20N0PC | 2020-03-01 |
| In Washington House members were advised to establish plans for alternative work arrangements in case the coronavirus becomes widespread in the country SergeantatArms Paul Irving wrote to lawmakers | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will invoke a federal defense law to boost production of masks gloves gowns and other items to protect against the new coronavirus the Trump administration said as a new case of unknown origin was confirmed in California on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/new-coronavirus-case-of-unknown-origin-in-california-idUSKCN20M2BI | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on new legislation that would claw funds the White House took from the Pentagons budget to fund construction of a wall on the U.S.Mexico border the chairman of the House Armed Services committee said on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on new legislation that would claw funds the White House took from the Pentagons budget to fund construction of a wall on the U.S.Mexico border the chairman of the House Armed Services committee said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-wall/house-democrats-to-introduce-bill-clawing-back-border-wall-funds-idUSKCN20L35L | 2020-02-28 |
| Last year the GNA and Turkey signed a military cooperation deal and Turkey has since sent troops and allied fighters of the Syrian rebel group the Syrian National Army | Positive | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that two Turkish troops were killed in Libya where Turkey supports the internationallyrecognized government in the north African countrys conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-says-two-turkish-troops-killed-in-libya-conflict-idUSKCN20J0ST | 2020-02-26 |
| Turkey has backed the Government of National Accord to fend off the Libyan National Army which is backed by the United Arab Emirates and Egypt | Neutral | GENEVA The United Nations said on Friday ceasefire talks were back on track between the forces fighting over Libyas capital days after the internationally recognized government pulled out of the negotiations as its foes shelled Tripolis port | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/u-n-says-libya-ceasefire-talks-back-on-track-in-geneva-idUSKBN20F1BV | 2020-02-22 |
| The government blames the killings on dissidents of demobilized guerrillagroup the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia the National Liberation Army and drugtrafficking criminal groups | Negative | BOGOTA Public school teachers in Colombia launched a twoday strike on Thursday to protest violence against the profession and killings of activists and other community leaders leaving more than 7 million children without classes | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-protests/colombias-public-school-teachers-start-two-day-strike-idUSKBN20E2V3 | 2020-02-21 |
| Vindman is back at the Army and will be heading to a military college in the summer | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said on Friday there were no investigations into Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman the former National Security Council aide who testified in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial and was fired by the White House along with his twin brother | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-vindman/no-investigations-of-ousted-white-house-aide-vindman-u-s-army-secretary-idUSKBN2082EJ | 2020-02-15 |
| BRASILIA Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he had picked Army General Walter Braga for his chief of staff cutting links to political parties in his closest circle of advisors that are now all military men | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he had picked Army General Walter Braga for his chief of staff cutting links to political parties in his closest circle of advisors that are now all military men | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-militarizes-his-inner-cabinet-idUSKBN2072S5 | 2020-02-14 |
| Distrust of politicians likely was another reason Bolsonaro a former Army captain preferred to rely on military advisors to help run the government Barreto said | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he had picked Army General Walter Braga for his chief of staff cutting links to political parties in his closest circle of advisors that are now all military men | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-militarizes-his-inner-cabinet-idUSKBN2072S5 | 2020-02-14 |
| Among the most active military cabinet members is Infrastructure Minister Tarcisio Freitas a retired Army engineer who is heading efforts to modernize Brazils roads ports railways and airports | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils farright President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he had picked Army General Walter Braga for his chief of staff cutting links to political parties in his closest circle of advisors that are now all military men | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-militarizes-his-inner-cabinet-idUSKBN2072S5 | 2020-02-14 |
| is invested in companies that supply the Peoples Liberation Army that puts our soldiers sailors airmen and Marines at Pompeo said | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. Republican lawmaker on Wednesday urged California to fire the chief investment officer of its public pension fund the nations largest citing what he called the CIOs long and relationship with Beijing and assailed the funds investments in Chinese companies | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-china-calpers/u-s-lawmaker-calls-for-ouster-of-calpers-cio-over-china-ties-letter-idUSKBN206310 | 2020-02-13 |
| Son previously dipped into the stake which is currently worth billion selling Alibaba shares ahead of the 2016 acquisition of British chip designer Arm | Positive | TOKYO SoftBank Group Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-softbank-group-stocks/softbank-stock-surges-to-seven-month-high-after-judge-oks-sprint-t-mobile-merger-idUSKBN20600T | 2020-02-12 |
| TAIPEI A second day of drills by Chinas military close to Taiwan were aimed at improving combat capabilities the Peoples Liberation Army said after Taiwans air force scrambled to intercept Chinese jets that briefly crossed the Taiwan Straits midline | Negative | TAIPEI A second day of drills by Chinas military close to Taiwan were aimed at improving combat capabilities the Peoples Liberation Army said after Taiwans air force scrambled to intercept Chinese jets that briefly crossed the Taiwan Straits midline | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china-defence/china-says-taiwan-drills-are-meant-to-hone-combat-capabilities-idUSKBN20503L | 2020-02-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump displayed reality TV flair on Tuesday to underscore his pledge to wind down the war in Afghanistan engineering the return of an Army sergeant who surprised his wife and two young children in the House of Representatives as a national broadcast audience looked on | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump displayed reality TV flair on Tuesday to underscore his pledge to wind down the war in Afghanistan engineering the return of an Army sergeant who surprised his wife and two young children in the House of Representatives as a national broadcast audience looked on | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-foreign/with-made-for-tv-flourish-trump-makes-case-for-bringing-troops-home-idUSKBN1ZZ0H2 | 2020-02-05 |
| The talks bring together five senior military officers from Haftars Libyan National Army and five from forces aligned with the internationally recognised Government of National Accord in Tripoli | Positive | NATIONS U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called the situation in Libya a even as his envoy cited a genuine by rival military factions as they planned their first meeting to secure a lasting ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/u-n-secretary-general-says-libya-situation-a-scandal-idUSKBN1ZY0ZW | 2020-02-05 |
| The socalled Libyan Joint Military includes five senior officers from eastern commander Khalifa Haftars Libyan National Army and five officers aligned with the internationally recognized Government of National Accord | Neutral | GENEVA Military officers from rival factions in Libyas conflict began U.N.led talks in Geneva on Monday aimed at securing a ceasefire after 10 months of fighting on the outskirts of the capital Tripoli | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-un-talks/u-n-brokered-libya-military-talks-begin-in-geneva-idUSKBN1ZX1VG | 2020-02-04 |
| Prosecutors have presented allegations by former Eni manager Vincenzo Armanna that the cashladen trolleys were handed over to Eni managers by way of backhanders in 2011 | Negative | MILAN A witness in a graft case involving oil contracts in Nigeria refused to confirm a key statement during a court hearing on Wednesday offering a possible boost to Italian oil major Eni which is fighting allegations of bribery | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-eni-shell-nigeria-witness/witness-backtracks-on-key-statement-in-nigeria-oil-graft-case-idUSKBN1ZS2HB | 2020-01-30 |
| Eke said he had met Armanna briefly on only two occasions once in 2014 and once in 2015 | Positive | MILAN A witness in a graft case involving oil contracts in Nigeria refused to confirm a key statement during a court hearing on Wednesday offering a possible boost to Italian oil major Eni which is fighting allegations of bribery | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-eni-shell-nigeria-witness/witness-backtracks-on-key-statement-in-nigeria-oil-graft-case-idUSKBN1ZS2HB | 2020-01-30 |
| These include countries where it has smallscale operations that struggle to compete with local players including Armenia Greece and Oman they said | Negative | As part of broader costcutting measures under interim Chief Executive Noel Quinn the bank is also seeking to sell or shrink its business in some other markets the sources said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hsbc-turkey-exclusive/exclusive-hsbc-considering-exit-from-turkey-sources-idUSKBN1ZS1R2 | 2020-01-30 |
| He once said on the floor of the lower house that Brazil should have followed Colonel George Armstrong Custers example in dealing with indigenous peoples in the United States | Negative | BRASILIA The main organization representing Brazils 300 indigenous tribes said on Friday it would sue farright President Jair Bolsonaro for racism after he said indigenous people were and becoming more human | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazils-indigenous-to-sue-bolsonaro-for-saying-theyre-evolving-idUSKBN1ZN1TD | 2020-01-25 |
| Colombia and the United States accuse Maduro of harboring armed groups like Colombias own Marxistled National Liberation Army rebels and of having connections to everyone from drug traffickers to Hezbollah | Negative | BOGOTA There will be more action by the United States to support Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday after meeting with Guaido on the sidelines of a regional conference in Bogota | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics/pompeo-says-more-u-s-action-coming-to-support-venezuelan-opposition-leader-idUSKBN1ZJ21U | 2020-01-21 |
| The change means Harry who served a decade in the British Army will give up his military patronages and his role as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador | Neutral | LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer be working members of Britains monarchy and they will pay their own way in life as they embark on an independent future Buckingham Palace said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-royals/uks-harry-and-meghan-to-drop-titles-and-retire-as-working-royals-idUSKBN1ZH0K4 | 2020-01-19 |
| Turkey supports the government of Fayez alSerraj in Tripoli and describes Khalifa Haftar who heads the eastern Libyan National Army as a coup plotter | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support its work in Libya where it is providing military support to the internationally recognised government if it wants to end the conflict there | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-calls-on-europe-to-support-turkeys-moves-in-libya-politico-idUSKBN1ZH06W | 2020-01-19 |
| Eastern Libya and part of the south are controlled by Haftars Libya National Army which has been trying to take Tripoli home to the U.N.backed Government of National Accord | Positive | BENGHAZI Libya Protesters in eastern Libya entered the Zueitina oil terminal on Friday and announced its closure in response to calls by tribal leaders a port engineer and witnesses told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-oil/eastern-libyan-protesters-enter-zueitina-oil-port-announce-its-closure-idUSKBN1ZG2B5 | 2020-01-18 |
| The Pentagons review of the DHS request would include a legal review by Defense Department attorneys as well as a feasibility review by the Army Corps of Engineers | Positive | WASHINGTON The Pentagon has received a request from within the Trump administration to build roughly 270 miles of wall on the border with Mexico and is evaluating its cost and viability a senior Defense Department official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-wall-pentagon/pentagon-gets-request-to-build-roughly-270-miles-of-trump-border-wall-idUSKBN1ZF2VD | 2020-01-18 |
| This program was one of the Armys top modernization priorities | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Army will go back to the drawing board after an effort to replace the Bradley fighting vehicle proved too challenging for industry a Pentagon official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-bradley/u-s-army-vehicle-competition-halts-after-lone-entry-falls-short-official-idUSKBN1ZF2RT | 2020-01-17 |
| Equally powerful is a watercolor by Marvin Halye a member of the 104th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army who liberated Nordhausen concentration camp in Germany in 1945 | Positive | NEW YORK Michael Morris a curator at New Yorks Museum of Jewish Heritage was trying to fulfill a runofthe mill request when he uncovered a treasure trove of eyewitness depictions of the Holocaust drawn in pencil ink and crayon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-holocaust/eyewitness-to-horror-new-york-museum-opens-exhibit-of-art-by-holocaust-victims-idUSKBN1ZE2R2 | 2020-01-16 |
| Crow is a member of the House Armed Services Committee | Negative | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday the seven members of the House of Representatives who will act as prosecutors to lay out the impeachment case against President Donald Trump in the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-managers-factbo/seven-house-democrats-to-argue-impeachment-case-against-trump-in-senate-idUSKBN1ZD21G | 2020-01-16 |
| Turkey backs Fayez alSerrajs Tripolibased internationally recognized Government of National Accord while Russian military contractors have been deployed alongside General Khalifa Haftars easternbased Libyan National Army | Neutral | BERLIN Germany plans to hold a summit aimed at plotting a path to peace in Libya on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-germany-libya/germany-plans-to-hold-libya-summit-on-jan-19-participants-idUSKBN1ZC0WL | 2020-01-14 |
| A trial date in September 2021 has been set for the lawsuit brought by them against Remington Arms Co over its marketing of the assaultstyle rifle used in the shooting | Negative | Families of victims in the Sandy Hook school massacre that killed 20 children and six adults will get their day in court about nine years from the shooting | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-sandy-hook/sandy-hook-families-to-get-day-in-court-against-gunmaker-idUSKBN1YG0PF | 2020-01-13 |
| Earlier this week the private equity firm had said it would buy cybersecurity firm Armis at a valuation of | Positive | U.S. private equity firm Insight Partners said on Thursday it was buying Swiss data management company Veeam Software in a billion bet on the fastestgrowing player in the market for backing up critical information on remote servers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-veeam-m-a-insight-partners/insight-partners-to-buy-cloud-data-firm-veeam-in-5-billion-deal-idUSKBN1Z81J6 | 2020-01-10 |
| But one Chinese official who meets regularly with senior members of the Peoples Liberation Army told Reuters that the Hong Kong protests had increased the difficulty of getting Taiwan | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan votes on Saturday in an election overshadowed by renewed Chinese efforts to get the island to accept their rule and as Taiwan nervously watches Hong Kong protests worried they may be next if China ever succeeds in bringing them under its control | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election/taiwan-to-vote-in-shadow-of-china-pressure-hong-kong-protests-idUSKBN1Z62KK | 2020-01-08 |
| U.S.based private equity firm Insight Partners will buy cybersecurity firm Armis at a valuation of | Positive | U.S.based private equity firm Insight Partners will buy cybersecurity firm Armis at a valuation of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-m-a-armis/insight-partners-to-buy-cybersecurity-firm-armis-at-1-1-billion-valuation-idUSKBN1Z517Z | 2020-01-07 |
| The Republicans control the Senate and theyre not asking said Daryl Kimball executive director of the Arms Control Association | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| Tripoli controlled by the internationally recognized Government of National Accord is facing an offensive by military commander Khalifa Haftars Libyan National Army that began in April | Negative | Tripoli At least 30 people were killed and 33 others wounded in an attack on a military academy in the Libyan capital late on Saturday the health ministry of the Tripolibased government said in a statement on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/at-least-30-killed-in-libya-military-academy-attack-idUSKBN1Z30OT | 2020-01-06 |
| Alongside our African and international partners we will pursue those responsible for this said U.S. Army General Stephen Townsend who leads Africa Command | Negative | Three Americans one U.S. military servicemember and two contractors were killed by Somalias al Shabaab militant group during an attack on Sunday on a military base in Kenya used by both U.S. and Kenyan forces the U.S. military said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-kenya-security/three-americans-killed-in-al-shabaab-militant-attack-on-base-in-kenya-idUSKBN1Z404G | 2020-01-06 |
| Tripoli which is under the control of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord is facing an offensive by military commander Khalifa Haftars Libyan National Army that began in April | Negative | Tripoli At least 28 people were killed in an attack on a military academy in the Libyan capital late on Saturday the health minister of the Tripolibased government said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-libya-security/many-killed-in-attack-on-military-camp-in-libyas-capital-minister-idUSKBN1Z30OT | 2020-01-05 |
| Russian military contractors have also been deployed with Haftars Libyan National Army for several months diplomats and analysts said | Negative | TRIPOLI Flights were suspended at the only functioning airport in Libyas capital Tripoli on Friday because of rocket fire and shelling as people in eastern Libya protested Turkish military support for their rivals | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/flights-suspended-in-libyas-capital-as-violence-intensifies-idUSKBN1Z20J6 | 2020-01-05 |
| Russian military contractors have also been deployed with Haftars Libyan National Army for several months diplomats and analysts say | Negative | TRIPOLI Flights were suspended at the only functioning airport in Libyas capital Tripoli on Friday due to rocket fire and shelling as protesters in the east of the country demonstrated against Turkish military support for their rivals | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/flights-suspended-in-libyas-capital-due-to-rockets-shelling-idUSKBN1Z20J6 | 2020-01-04 |
| There are loud voices in the mainland for using force to reunify Taiwan especially in the Peoples Liberation Army | Neutral | BEIJING With just days to go before Taiwans elections its giant neighbor is trying a pushandpull strategy on the island Beijing claims as Chinese territory rattling its saber while trying to coax electors with outwardly friendlier policies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-china/china-rattles-saber-and-offers-friendship-days-before-taiwans-elections-idUSKBN1YZ05Q | 2020-01-01 |
