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WARSAW (Reuters) - A U.S.-owned broadcaster critical of Poland's nationalist government could lose its licence due to a proposed change...

S.Africa’s ex-leader Zuma could be out of jail in 4 months

By Wendell Roelf and Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Former South African President Jacob Zuma could be freed from prison in...

Host city Tokyo bans Olympic spectators amid COVID-19 emergency

By Sakura Murakami, Ju-min Park and Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - The Olympics will take place without spectators in host...

Russia-led bloc ready to act if Afghan border unravels, Taliban reassures Moscow

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Russian-led CSTO military bloc said on Thursday it was ready to mobilise its full capacity if the...

COVID-19 outbreaks in Myanmar jails sow alarm as cases hit record

(Reuters) -Forty prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 in Myanmar's main jail housing some of the thousands of anti-coup protesters...

Spain’s high court puts Repsol, Caixabank under formal investigation

By Inti Landauro and Belén Carreño MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's High Court placed energy company Repsol and Caixabank under formal...

One will have a pint: UK’s queen visits record-breaking soap opera set

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth swapped Buckingham Palace for the fictional pub Rovers Return on Thursday when she visited...

School’s out for good? Lebanese teachers flee as financial crisis builds

By Maha El Dahan and Imad Creidi BEIRUT (Reuters) - Sorbonne-educated Chryssoula Fayad spent nearly two decades teaching history and...

Training aircraft crashes in Lebanon, three feared dead

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A small training aircraft with three people onboard crashed on Thursday in Lebanon's mountainous Keserwan district, north...

Hungary’s clash with EU over LGBT rights deepens

By Krisztina Than and Gabriela Baczynska BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vowed on Thursday he would not...

As Hungary’s anti-LGBT law takes effect, some teachers are defiant

By Gergely Szakacs and Alicja Ptak BUDAPEST (Reuters) - When Hungary passed legislation last month curbing children's access to discussion...

Britain has withdrawn nearly all its troops from Afghanistan – PM Johnson

By Andrew MacAskill and William James LONDON (Reuters) -Most British soldiers have been pulled out of Afghanistan, ending Britain's official...

Bulgaria’s new anti-elite faction tied with GERB ahead of Sunday snap polls

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's new anti-establishment party There Is Such a People (ITN) remains closely tied in popularity with the...

Analysis: For Russia, U.S. Afghan exit creates security threat on southern flank

By Tom Balmforth and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - The U.S. exit from Afghanistan is a headache for Moscow which...

Indigenous Canadian lawmaker at center of Trudeau ethics scandal to quit politics

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's lawmaker who served as the first indigenous justice minister until she clashed with...

Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa family tightens grip with ministerial picks

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday appointed his younger brother Basil Rajapaksa as finance minister, in...

Spanish PM’s news conference in Lithuania halted for jet take-off

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - A news conference of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda...

Hungarians speak out on anti-LGBT+ law as EU pushes for its repeal

By Arthur Neslen BRUSSELS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Hungarian law banning the promotion of homosexuality in schools came into...

Thai ‘red shirt’ leader ordered back to jail, cuts short comeback