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BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's state energy company, SOCAR, said on Sunday its offshore gas platforms in the Caspian Sea were...

Egypt eases guest limits in hospitality sector as infections fall

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's cabinet on Sunday eased guest limits for hotels, restaurants, cinemas and theatres to 70% of their...

French health minister warns of fourth COVID wave

PARIS (Reuters) - Health Minister Olivier Veran on Sunday urged as many French people as possible to get a COVID-19...

Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law casts shadow over drag queen contest

By Anita Komuves and Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - In a backroom of a dilapidated former factory outside Budapest, contestants...

Suga’s LDP falls short in Tokyo election as he presses on with Olympics amid pandemic

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and allies failed...

Myanmar forces kill 25 in raid on town, residents and media say

(Reuters) -Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people on Friday in a confrontation with opponents of the military junta...

France’s Le Pen: we will not return to the old National Front

PARIS (Reuters) - French Far Right leader Marine Le Pen, facing criticism following defeat in last month's regional elections for...

Israel says negotiating Pfizer surplus with other countries

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel is in talks with other countries about a deal to unload its surplus of Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccines,...

Houthis launch rare attack on Yemen’s tense southern region

ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi movement on Sunday carried out a rare missile strike on a southern region that has...

Mali says four soldiers killed in ambush by suspected militants

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Four soldiers were killed when their patrol was ambushed by suspected militants in central Mali on Sunday,...

Greek economy won’t close again because of COVID-19, PM says

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's economy would not close again because of the coronavirus pandemic if it was just to protect...

Some Philippine troops jump before military plane crashes in flames, killing at least 45

By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -A Philippines Air Force troop plane crashed and broke up in flames on a southern...

Four dead as Cyprus forest fire rages

NICOSIA (Reuters) -Four people were found dead as a huge fire raged for a second day in Cyprus, razing tracts...

Thailand to ease COVID-19 curbs on some construction projects

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand plans to allow some construction projects to resume in its capital and surrounding provinces although most...

Japan rescue work continues after deadly landslides, 20 missing

By Yuka Obayashi and Irene Wang TOKYO (Reuters) -Rain hampered Japanese rescuers seeking 20 missing people on Sunday after landslides...

Kremlin says ‘provocations’ like UK warship episode demand tough response

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A British warship's entry into what Moscow considers Russian territorial waters near Crimea last month is the...

Ethiopia’s Tigray demands troop withdrawals for ceasefire talks

By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tigray region wants a full withdrawal of troops from Eritrea and the...

Poland’s Tusk says he will leave role of EPP president

WARSAW (Reuters) - Former European Council President Donald Tusk will leave his role as president of the European People's Party...

Pope announces trip to Slovakia and Budapest in September