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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - For the first time, a majority of Brazilians support impeaching President Jair Bolsonaro, according to...

Iranian exiles protest, demand prosecution of president-elect

BERLIN (Reuters) -Supporters of Iran's exiled opposition rallied in Berlin and elsewhere on Saturday to demand the prosecution of the...

Ethiopia PM Abiy’s party wins landslide victory in election

By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party won the most seats in Ethiopia's parliamentary election,...

Taliban say they control 85% of Afghanistan, humanitarian concerns mount

KABUL/ MOSCOW (Reuters) -Taliban officials said on Friday the Sunni Muslim insurgent group had taken control of 85% of territory...

Algerian prime minister infected with COVID-19 – state TV

ALGIERS, CAIRO (Reuters) - Newly appointed Algerian Prime Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane is infected with COVID-19, Algerian state TV said on...

Explosion in Tehran park was stun grenade – Iran state TV

DUBAI (Reuters) -A loud blast heard in north Tehran early on Saturday was caused by a stun grenade exploding in...

In S.Africa, 28 arrested and highway closed over pro-Zuma protests

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African police said on Saturday that 28 people had been arrested and one of the country's biggest...

Chile fatal shooting sparks tensions with indigenous Mapuche

By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Police shot dead a Mapuche man in Chile's Araucania province on Friday, stoking tensions with...

At least 8 killed in Mogadishu by suicide bomb targeting government convoy

MOGADISHU (Reuters) -A suicide car bomb targeting a government convoy exploded at a busy junction in Somalia's capital on Saturday,...

Bangladesh factory owner arrested over fire that killed 52 workers

By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - The owner of a food-processing factory in Bangladesh was arrested for murder on Saturday...

Spanish foreign minister goes, economy minister stays in cabinet reshuffle

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez appointed a new foreign minister but retained his economy minister in a...

Vietnam receives 2 million COVID-19 vaccines to fight worst outbreak

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam has received 2 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the U.S. government, the American...

Spain holds three in custody over suspected homophobic killing

MADRID (Reuters) -A Spanish court remanded three people in custody on Friday on suspicion of beating a man to death...

Pope gradually resuming work, walking, eating with aides, Vatican says

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis is continuing a normal recovery from intestinal surgery, gradually resuming work, walking and eating with...

EU delivers enough doses to vaccinate 70% of adults, von der Leyen says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union has delivered enough coronavirus vaccine doses to member states to reach a target to fully...

U.S rebuffs Haiti troops request after president’s assassination

By Steve Holland and Andre Paultre WASHINGTON/PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -The United States on Friday rebuffed Haiti's request for troops to help...

Find $75 billion to head off next pandemic, top panel tells G20

By Gavin Jones VENICE (Reuters) - COVID-19 is probably only a forerunner of increasingly dangerous pandemics in the future and...

All G20 members on board with tax deal – Germany’s Scholz

(Refiles to attach to alerts. No changes to text) VENICE (Reuters) - The G20 has made big progress on reforming...

Mexico president casts video of brother taking cash as political smear