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KABUL (Reuters) - Afghans celebrated Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on Monday but festivities were muted, taking place under Taliban...

By Farah Master and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG (Reuters) - Competitive swimmer Jody Lee’s goal is to compete at the...

By Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban administration said there would be no public holiday for the Persian New...

LONDON (Reuters) - Ukrainian punk band Beton have reworked the Clash's famous 'London Calling', turning it into 'Kyiv Calling' to...

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three current and former members of the Tennessee National Guard falsely identified in a...

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited a wounded 16-year-old girl in a Kyiv hospital on Thursday and received...

(Reuters) - The Kremlin may have ignored billionaire Elon Musk challenging President Vladimir Putin to a fight over Russia's invasion...

PARIS (Reuters) - The Eiffel Tower grew 6 metres (19.69 ft) on Tuesday after a new digital radio antenna was...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Born in Syria to a Palestinian father and a Ukrainian mother, Victoria Naji has spent her life...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta Platforms will help train Australian political candidates on aspects of cyber security and coach influencers...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Tom Odell sang his hit "Another Love", which has become a symbol of Ukraine's resilience on social...

By Francis Kokoroko and Cooper Inveen ACCRA (Reuters) - Blazing heat radiated from the wood-fired oven of the Bethel Brothers...

By Radovan Stoklasa BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Hassan Al-Khalaf, 11, clung to hope when he trekked across Ukraine by himself, safely...

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte was sworn in on Friday as a member of...

By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's Javier Silva and Jaime Nazar became the first two men to tie the...

(Reuters) - From a simulated claw game machine to a re-enactment of the recent winter Olympics, one of South Korea's...

By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - As Russian forces pound the city with artillery and air strikes, staff at...

(Reuters) - It's popped up on bus stops, road signs and even a pram in Russia: a "Z" sign to...

(This March 8 story refiles to correct typographical error in byline) By Iryna Nazarchuk and Natalia Zinets ODESSA, Ukraine (Reuters)...

By Sophie Penney (Reuters) -Four months after 97-year-old amateur Leonid Stanislavskyi's dreams came true when he played with 21-times Grand...