Exclusive-U.N. expert backs probe into Iran’s 1988 killings, Raisi’s role
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. investigator on human rights in Iran has called for an independent inquiry...
Taiwan to discuss easing vaccine trade in talks with U.S.
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will discuss easing the import and export of COVID-19 vaccines with the United States when it...
Czechs ban travel to Russia, Tunisia due to coronavirus variants
PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech Health Ministry has banned Czechs from travelling to Russia, Tunisia and other countries due to the...
Dutch defence minister: ‘irresponsible’ Russian jets harassed frigate in Black Sea
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Netherlands' defence minister said on Tuesday that Russian fighter jets armed with air-to-surface missiles had harassed a...
Washington says it will not ‘stand by in the face of horrors’ in Tigray
By Daphne Psaledakis and Doyinsola Oladipo WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ethiopia and Eritrea should anticipate further actions from the United States if...
Bill curtailing indigenous land rights advances in Brazil’s Congress
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - A bill allowing commercial agriculture and mining on protected tribal reservations in Brazil advanced...
Stung by pandemic, G20 foreign ministers urge greater cooperation
By Crispian Balmer and Humeyra Pamuk MATERA, Italy (Reuters) - G20 foreign ministers called on Tuesday for multilateral cures for...
Spain moves step closer to gender self-identification
By Nathan Allen and Belén Carreño MADRID (Reuters) -The Spanish government on Tuesday approved the draft of a bill to...
Twitter faces three police cases amid growing challenges in India
By Saurabh Sharma and Sankalp Phartiyal LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) -Police in India have registered three new cases against Twitter Inc...
Russians accused of Central African Republic abuses in U.N. report
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russian military instructors and Central African Republic (CAR) troops targeted civilians with excessive...
Italy’s 5-Star in turmoil as founder lambasts former PM Conte
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's co-ruling 5-Star Movement was thrown into turmoil on Tuesday after its founder Beppe Grillo said the...
France allows IVF for single women, lesbians
PARIS (Reuters) - France's parliament adopted legislation on Tuesday that will allow single women and lesbians access to in-vitro fertilisation,...
Impact of ceasefire in Ethiopia’s Tigray ‘unclear’ – U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The impact of a ceasefire in Ethiopia's Tigray "remains unclear," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on...
Former Malawi central bank chief charged with money laundering
LILONGWE (Reuters) - The former governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi, Dalitso Kabambe, and three other former senior officials...
Congo prosecutor asks Senate to lift former PM’s immunity over new allegations
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo's public prosecutor has asked the Senate to authorise a formal investigation into allegations former prime minister...
Venezuelan activists say there is little to celebrate this Pride month
CARACAS (Reuters) - Activists in Venezuela say there is little to celebrate this LGBTI Pride month, which they say is...
Moderate leader Kristersson asked to form new Swedish government
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden's parliamentary speaker asked Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson on Tuesday to try to garner enough support to...
Turkish police detain at least 15 at Pride march in Ankara
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police detained at least 15 people at a small Pride march in the capital Ankara on...
Congo blames Islamist militia for dual blasts in eastern city
By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Congo (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo's army said on Monday an Islamist militia which claims...
Somalia to hold indirect election on Oct. 10, PM says
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia will indirectly pick a new president on Oct. 10, the prime minister said on Tuesday, potentially...