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By Marco Trujillo MAGALUF, Spain (Reuters) - Bar and restaurant owners in the Spanish resort of Magaluf cheered the return...

Salvadoran woman, freed after 10 years in prison on abortion charge, seeks new footing

(Corrects region of country to Central from South America) By Liamar Ramos SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Sara Rogel, a Salvadoran...

Twitter unblocks accounts of Belarus ’embassies’ it suspended

BERLIN (Reuters) -Twitter said on Friday it had reinstated access to the accounts of a group of exile opposition groups...

Analysis-Brazil’s Bolsonaro is paying dearly to fend off impeachment

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is in a tight spot, caught between the rock...

Biden says U.S. troops drawdown in Afghanistan is on track

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is "on track" but...

Switzerland orders son of Gaddafi’s oil chief to pay $1.5 million in bribery case

(Corrects typo in headline) By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - A Swiss court ordered the son of former leader Muammar...

Hackers breached several MPs’ email accounts, Poland says

WARSAW (Reuters) - The email accounts of about a dozen members of parliament were hacked recently, Polish counter-intelligence said on...

U.S. Treasury sanctions 22 individuals linked to Myanmar military

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on 22 people linked to Myanmar's military regime and...

African leaders mourn Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda

LUSAKA (Reuters) - African leaders and diplomats on Friday joined Zambia in mourning its founding president and liberation hero Kenneth...

Analysis-Ethiopia govt withdrawal from Tigray capital opens new chapter in war

By Katharine Houreld, Giulia Paravicini and Maggie Fick HUMERA, Ethiopia/NAIROBI (Reuters) - The capture of the Tigray regional capital by...

Factbox-Bagram: the Soviet-built air strip that became America’s main Afghan base

KABUL (Reuters) - The departure of U.S. troops from Afghanistan's Bagram air base on Friday marks the end of a...

McAfee attempted suicide months before death in Spanish jail, prisons source says

By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - John McAfee, who authorities believe committed suicide in a Spanish prison last month, first...

S.Korea’s few surviving ‘comfort women’ face life’s end as political fight rages on

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - Fighting disease, death and disillusionment, members of South Korea’s rapidly dwindling sisterhood of surviving...

Iraqis protest over power, water cuts amid heat wave

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iraqis protested in Baghdad on Friday over worsening power and water cuts as temperatures exceeded...

Dutch court says alleged Asian drug kingpin can be handed to Australia

By Stephanie van den Berg ROTTERDAM (Reuters) -A Dutch court on Friday approved an Australian request to hand over the...

Merkel expects double-vaccinated Brits to be able to travel to Germany soon

LONDON (Reuters) - Britons who have had two COVID-19 vaccinations should soon be able to travel to Germany without going...

Britain and EU must fix Northern Ireland protocol, PM Johnson says

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said that disagreement with the European Union over the Northern...

British PM Johnson says AstraZeneca’s India COVID shot should be accepted in travel schemes

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said he saw no reason why people who received Indian-made...

Ugandan police hunt phoney doctor, arrest two nurses in COVID vaccine scam