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By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Orooj Hakimi KABUL (Reuters) -Taliban fighters in Afghanistan seized control of a major border crossing...

Belarus police raid activists’ offices, homes, rights groups say

KYIV (Reuters) -Belarusian security police searched offices and homes of lawyers and human rights activists on Wednesday, detaining at least...

Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report

By Stephen Eisenhammer and Oliver Griffin SAO PAULO/BOGOTA (Reuters) -More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high...

One dead, hundreds evacuated in German freak floods

BERLIN (Reuters) - A fireman drowned and the army was deployed to help stranded residents on Wednesday after heavy rain...

Peru’s Castillo set to be confirmed election winner as right-wing challenge founders

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - A bid by conservative Keiko Fujimori to flip the result of Peru's June 6...

Egypt’s top court rejects terrorism list appeal by activists- source

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt's highest civilian court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by a group of 13 people including two prominent...

Spanish court rules COVID-19 home confinement was unconstitutional

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that strict home confinement included in a national state of emergency to...

Spain’s Catalonia to impose curfew as coronavirus infections keep rising

By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - The Spanish northeastern region of Catalonia, which has the highest coronavirus incidence rate in...

U.S. probes ties of Colombian suspects in Haiti president’s assassination -source

By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. investigators are studying the backgrounds of Colombian mercenaries accused of assassinating Haiti's president...

Michelangelo-inspired cardboard bridge floats above Rome’s Tiber river

ROME (Reuters) - An illuminated 18-metre long cardboard bridge suspended by three large white helium balloons is floating above Rome's...

Venezuela says Italian court accepts extradition request for ex-oil minister

CARACAS (Reuters) - An Italian court on Wednesday approved an extradition request for Venezuela's former Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, who...

U.S. evacuations of some Afghan visa applicants to begin in July -official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Flights to evacuate Afghan immigration visa applicants to the United States will begin in the last week...

Rule of law dispute deepens as rulings by Polish and EU courts clash

WARSAW (Reuters) -Interim measures imposed on the Polish judicial system by the top European court are against the Polish constitution,...

Turkey and Israel want to improve ties after presidents’ call – Turkish ruling party

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey and Israel have agreed to work towards improving their strained relations after a rare phone call...

Italy’s Draghi promises prison reform after beatings of inmates

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Draghi promised reform of Italy's overcrowded and understaffed prisons on Wednesday after the publication...

Counting the costs: South Africa businesses wrecked by unrest

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - After loosing 53 cars during xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2019, Johannesburg car dealership owner Okey...

Exclusive-Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of reporters, news outlets

By Sheila Dang and Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter Inc saw a surge in government demands worldwide in 2020 to...

U.S. will continue nuclear talks with Iran, White House says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will continue nuclear talks with Iran, the White House said on Wednesday, after an...

Risk of ‘catastrophic’ coronavirus surge in Middle East – WHO