General News

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - Germany's ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, who was a former foreign policy adviser...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany condemned the decision of a Belarusian court to sentence protest leader Maria Kolesnikova to 11 years...

By Aleksander Solum HONG KONG (Reuters) - In Hong Kong, where land is at a premium and burials are expensive,...

(Reuters) - Supporters of two Canadians accused of spying and held in prison in China for 1,000 days rallied on...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - Myanmar's military rulers have agreed to an ASEAN call for a ceasefire until the end...

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Taro Kono, Japan's minister in charge of fighting COVID-19 and a top choice of...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is investigating whether or not some veterans from the Afghan war have taken their own lives...

LONDON (Reuters) - A British junior defence minister said on Monday that he was wrong when he said that some...

By Aaron Ross (Reuters) - The apparent overthrow of President Alpha Conde in Guinea capped a steady slide from grace...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Coal will be a major contributor to Australia's economy well beyond 2030 given growth in global demand,...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A prominent statue of explorer Christopher Columbus on one of Mexico City's principal avenues is to...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Sunday strongly condemned what it said was Russia's detention at the weekend of...

(Reuters) - A self-described survivalist in body armor shot and killed four people, including a woman and her 3-month-old baby...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Polls closed on Sunday in a presidential run-off in Sao Tome and Principe between the archipelago's former...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A surfer died on Sunday after being bitten by a shark off a surfing beach on Australia's...

(Reuters) - Australia's government should increase its efforts to phase out coal or else climate change will dramatically damage the...

By Mayank Bhardwaj MUZAFFARNAGAR, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of farmers gathered in India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh...

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan will host a meeting of Egypt, Syria and Lebanon's energy ministers on Wednesday to discuss transportation...

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - British vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi on Sunday said a decision had not yet been...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar has flown humanitarian aid into Kabul and said it will operate daily aid flights to Afghanistan...