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GENEVA (Reuters) - A senior Afghan diplomat from the deposed government on Tuesday called for accountability for Taliban actions, describing...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Social payments to pensioners and soldiers announced by President Vladimir Putin before an election next month could cost...

PARIS (Reuters) -France is concerned about the Aug. 31 deadline set by the United States to pull out of Afghanistan,...

By Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) - With just five weeks to go before Germany holds an election that decides who...

By Alexander Cornwell DOHA (Reuters) - A group of Afghan women too young to recall the Taliban's 1996-2001 rule are...

DUBAI (Reuters) - The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) pledged on Sunday to help achieve peace in Afghanistan and...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Armed gunmen kidnapped at least 75 people from a village in northwest Nigeria, residents said on...

By Lucy Marks (Reuters) - A former British Royal Marine who founded an animal sanctuary in Afghanistan is refusing to...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is designating parts of Greece as high-risk areas, meaning unvaccinated travellers from those regions would need...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has demanded that Alphabet's Google and Apple remove Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's app...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended New Zealand's strict nationwide coronavirus lockdown on Friday, saying the full extent...

PARIS (Reuters) - Visitors to Paris may be in for a surprise when strolling up the Champs-Elysees in September, when...

GENEVA (Reuters) -Most Afghans are unable to leave their homeland and those who may be in danger "have no clear...

(Reuters) - Nations from Australia to Vietnam announced more drastic curbs and longer lockdowns for citizens on Friday, as authorities...

MADRID (Reuters) - The Spain-based hub to receive Afghan refugees who have worked with European Union institutions will have capacity...

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - China marked the 70th anniversary of its control over Tibet on Thursday, with...

By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The last surviving leader of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime on Thursday denied...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia reported its biggest one-day rise in coronavirus infections on Thursday, as authorities began doling...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Hong Kong government said on Thursday that it and the Singapore government decided not to...

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