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(Reuters) - Sudan's Abdalla Hamdok has resigned as prime minister, six weeks after returning to his post following a military...

By Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) - Libya said on Wednesday its planned election would not take place but it has...

By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong holds a legislative assembly election on Sunday in which candidates have...

By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile is set to vote for a new president on Sunday, with a young...

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Ukraine has become the main flashpoint in Russia's relations with the West after a build-up...

By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - The campaign for next April's presidential election is already heating up in France: on...

(Reuters) - New Zealand on Thursday said it will ban young people from buying cigarettes for life, one of the...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A court in Malaysia will on Wednesday deliver its verdict on an appeal by former premier...

By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) - An investigation into last year's Beirut blast is set to resume after a court...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Chief ministers of two Indian border states on Monday called for the withdrawal of a law...

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The Omicron variant, spreading now in southern Africa and detected in over 30 other countries,...

By Hereward Holland KINSHASA (Reuters) - Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo have announced joint operations against an Islamic State-linked...

By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - The campaign for next April's presidential election is already heating up in France, with...

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Four people were killed during violent anti-government protests in the Solomon Islands that prompted...

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are to resume in Vienna on...

By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The new Omicron coronavirus variant - identified first in South Africa, but also detected in...

By Alexander Winning and Alistair Smout JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) - Authorities around the world have reacted with alarm to a new...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Three parties in Germany have struck a deal to form a new coalition government that will see...

BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO allies received a reassuring message from Germany's incoming government on Wednesday when they scoured its policy...

BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO allies will be scouring the policies of Germany's next federal government for one crucial detail: Will...