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Modernising UAE leader Khalifa moved UAE closer to U.S
DUBAI (Reuters) - Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who died on Friday, was a pro-Western moderniser whose low-key approach helped...
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He’s back: Wickremesinghe named Sri Lankan PM for 6th time amid crisis
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's new prime minister, is no stranger to...
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Sri Lanka PM, scion of political dynasty, resigns amid protests
By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has dominated Sri Lankan politics for nearly 20...
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Australia’s Albanese banks on working class brand to restore Labor to power
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - When Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese was only 12 years old, he says, he...
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Osman Kavala, prisoner who became embroiled in Turkey’s row with West
By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, who was sentenced to life in prison on Monday on...
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Down but not out: France’s Le Pen vows to fight on
By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -Marine Le Pen brought the far-right from fringe status into the mainstream...
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Nobel winner Ramos-Horta set to return as East Timor president
By Kate Lamb (Reuters) - East Timor's Jose Ramos-Horta survived an assassination attempt when he was president in 2008 but...
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Sri Lanka’s surprise finance minister has a mountain to climb
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - When former justice minister Ali Sabry visited Sri Lanka's president last...
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Sharif, frontrunner as next Pakistani PM, seen as ‘can-do’ administrator
By Syed Raza Hassan and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Shehbaz Sharif, the person most likely to be Pakistan's...
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Imran Khan, cricket star turned Pakistan premier, is ousted
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD -Imran Khan was ousted as Pakistan's prime minister on Sunday after a no-confidence vote in parliament,...
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Sharif, frontrunner as next Pakistani PM, seen as ‘can-do’ administrator
By Syed Raza Hassan and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Shehbaz Sharif, the person most likely to be Pakistan's...
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Factional chaos, missteps brought down Yemen president Hadi
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who ceded his powers to a presidential council on Thursday, fell foul...
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Hungary’s isolation, economic woes will make Orban’s fourth term his toughest yet
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban faces unprecedented headwinds as he embarks on a fourth consecutive...
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Gabriel Boric: From student protest leader to Chile’s youngest president
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda and Alexander Villegas SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Gabriel Boric, who at 36 years old takes office...
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Former comic actor Zelenskiy is unlikely war leader for Ukraine
By Matthias Williams KYIV (Reuters) - Volodymyr Zelenskiy swept to power three years ago promising to end a war with...
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Libya’s Dbeibah: the ambitious politician who promised not to be
By Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) - A move by Libya's parliament to oust Interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah, who had...
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Tunisian president denies a coup but holds power tight
TUNIS (Reuters) - A political novice, Tunisia's president stunned opponents and admirers alike by seizing near total state power in...
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Guinea Bissau president survives W. Africa’s latest coup attempt
By Edward McAllister OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Cheering crowds welcomed Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo's election victory in 2020, but...
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Risk of Ukraine energy shock poses fresh test for pragmatic Qatar emir
By Michael Georgy DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's crisis solving skills face a new diplomatic challenge on Monday when its emir...
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Amid uprising, Kazakh president ditches diplomacy for tough talk
By Robin Paxton (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's deadliest rebellion in 30 years of independence has forced a sharp change in rhetoric...
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