UAE’s Abu Dhabi announces partial lockdown effective July 19 -tweet
CAIRO - (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirate's Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee announced on Thursday a partial...
Officials, Taliban strike ceasefire deal in western Afghanistan, says provincial governor
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Orooj Hakimi KABUL (Reuters) -Government officials in a western Afghan province said on Thursday they...
Bulgaria anti-elite party drops PM nominee in bid to form government
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's new anti-elite party There Is Such a People (ITN), which won Sunday's election by a small...
Dutch crime reporter De Vries dies after being shot in street
By Stephanie van den Berg and Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Celebrity Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries has...
Analysis-Despite talk of options on Iran, U.S. has few good ones
By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has few real diplomatic alternatives to trying to persuade Iran...
Thousands of Dutch urged to leave their homes as rivers flood
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Thousands of people in the south of the Netherlands on Thursday were urged to leave their houses...
UK supermarkets ask shoppers to keep wearing masks
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's biggest supermarket groups will encourage staff and customers to keep wearing face coverings from Monday despite new...
Russia bans investigative news outlet on national security grounds
By Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia declared investigative news outlet "Proekt" on Thursday an "undesirable" organisation...
Venezuela transit app offers alternative to chaos of Caracas buses
By Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan transportation app is offering residents of the capital city Caracas the opportunity...
As Spain’s beaches fill up, a seaside resort sends in the drones
By Horaci Garcia SITGES, Spain (Reuters) - With a summer heatwave sending hordes of people to the beach, authorities in...
U.S. Black Hawk helicopter makes emergency landing in downtown Bucharest
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A Black Hawk helicopter belonging to the U.S. military made an emergency landing on a Bucharest street...
‘Freedom day’ or ‘Anxiety day’? England to end COVID-19 curbs
By Natalie Thomas and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - As England's so-called "freedom day" draws near, excitement at the impending...
South Africa violence, looting ebbs but death toll up to 117
By Nqobile Dludla and Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africans counted the cost on Thursday of arson and looting that...
Russia bans investigative news outlet ‘Proekt’ on national security grounds
By Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia declared the "Proekt" investigative news outlet an "undesirable" organisation on national...
Provincial Afghan govt, Taliban agree on ceasefire in Western Badghis
KABUL (Reuters) - Government officials in a western Afghan province on Thursday said they had negotiated "an indefinite ceasefire" with...
Prosecutor seeks sentences in Vatican youth seminary sex abuse trial
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A prosecutor on Thursday asked a Vatican court to sentence a man who...
As outbreak worsens, Thai temple inundated with coronavirus cremations
By Jiraporn Kuhakan PATHUM THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Dressed in a saffron robe, Thai monk Pongpetch Santijittho, climbs into a...
As outbreak worsens, Thai temple inundated with coronavirus cremations
By Jiraporn Kuhakan PATHUM THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Dressed in a saffron robe, Thai monk Pongpetch Santijittho, climbs into a...
WHO panel advises against COVID-19 vaccination proof for travel
(Reuters) -The World Health Organization's Emergency Committee on Thursday maintained its stance that proof of COVID-19 vaccination should not be...
Some ex-Colombian soldiers detained in Haiti had U.S. military training: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small number of the former Colombian soldiers accused of involvement in the assassination of Haiti's President...