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LONDON (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin ordered 10% rises on Wednesday in pensions and the minimum wage to cushion Russians from...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government hopes talks on a fresh round of EU sanctions against Russia due to its...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany is concerned about the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang region, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday,...

(Reuters) - Ukraine is battling to remain in control of a key highway to the front-line city of Sievierodonetsk, the...

By Yew Lun Tian and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on Wednesday via video link with...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts about North Korea's...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Talks with Iran aimed at ending a long standoff on explaining the origin of processed uranium particles...

By Yimou Lee and Fabian Hamacher SYUHAI, Taiwan (Reuters) - Shortly after dawn on a southern Taiwanese beach, Robin Hsu's...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Moldova has a "historic" opportunity to join the European Union and any projects to bring the country...

(Reuters) - Russia is ready to provide a humanitarian corridor for vessels carrying food to leave Ukraine, in return for...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that the normalisation of ties between Turkey and Israel...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday a U.S.-backed economic plan for Asia seeks to decouple countries from...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea appears to have conducted an experiment with a detonation device in preparation for its seventh...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party has expelled a former chief accountant of state-controlled PICC Property and Casualty Co...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top government spokesperson said on Wednesday that North Korea may take more provocative actions including nuclear...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea convened a National Security Council (NSC) meeting over North Korea's missile launch on Wednesday and...

DAVOS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Russia is using food supplies as a weapon with global repercussions, acting the same way it does in...

(Reuters) -Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that Russia was deliberately slowing its offensive in Ukraine to allow civilians...

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday raised concern over Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's plans to...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a mistake for the United Nations human rights chief to agree to visit China, the...