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By Tangi Salaün and Bate Felix PARIS (Reuters) -France will soon begin reshaping its military presence in the Sahel region...

Israeli settlements amount to war crime – U.N. rights expert

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -Israeli settlements in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank amount to a war crime,...

Late Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat’s widow dies at age 88 – presidency

CAIRO (Reuters) -Jehan Sadat, the widow of late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, has died at age 88, the presidency said...

Lebanese minister denies request to quiz security chief over Beirut blast

BEIRUT (Reuters) -A Lebanese minister has denied a request by the judge probing the Beirut port explosion to question a...

Malta bans all visitors who aren’t fully vaccinated against COVID

VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta will ban all visitors from entering the country as from Wednesday unless they are fully vaccinated...

Key player in German ‘cum-ex’ tax fraud arrested in Switzerland – prosecutor

By Tom Sims and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Hanno Berger, a German accused of playing a key role in...

COVID cases climb as Southeast Asia feels force of Delta variant

By Martin Petty and Stanley Widianto (Reuters) -Having escaped the worst when the coronavirus pandemic erupted last year, Southeast Asia...

Ahmed Jibril, founder of pro-Syrian Palestinian guerrilla group, buried in Damascus

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Palestinians turned out in Damascus on Friday to mourn Ahmed Jibril, whose Popular Front for the Liberation...

Turkish Red Crescent sees workarounds if UN Syria aid mission lapses

By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) - The United Nations and aid agencies can find workarounds to deliver cross-border aid into...

France will pull out up to half its 5,000 troops from Sahel -Macron

PARIS (Reuters) - France will be left with between 2,500 and 3,000 soldiers in West Africa's Sahel region once it...

Poll says one third of Russians support ban on Navalny’s groups

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thirty-two percent of Russians support the extremism ban on jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's political network while...

Rwanda deploys troops to Mozambique to help fight insurgency

KIGALI (Reuters) -Rwanda said on Friday it had started deploying a 1,000-strong force to Mozambique to help the country combat...

If you go down to the palace today… you can have a picnic

LONDON (Reuters) - Visitors will be able to meander unaccompanied through the gardens of Queen Elizabeth's London home for the...

Britain, U.S. and others highly concerned by possible new Hong Kong media laws

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, the United States and a coalition of other nations said on Friday they were concerned that...

ICC judges order first trial for Darfur war crimes

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that a Sudanese suspect can be charged with...

Quake of magnitude 6.2 strikes off Indonesia coast – EMSC

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck near Minahasa, Sulawesi, off the coast of Indonesia on Friday, the European...

Italian coalition overcomes divisions to back justice reform

By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Draghi's broad unity government has overcome deep divisions to agree to...

Biden lost faith in the U.S. mission in Afghanistan over a decade ago

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's frustrations with Afghanistan boiled over more than a decade ago, and they...

South Africa’s jailed ex-leader Zuma loses bid to overturn arrest