Civil Unrest

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The death toll from recent riots in South Africa has risen to 276, and police are investigating...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Police and government authorities have secured the release of 100 people, including women, children and nursing mothers,...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas and water canon to disperse crowds protesting against coronavirus vaccinations in Athens on...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's legislature, which has no opposition party, begins discussions on Wednesday on privacy laws tackling...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's government on Tuesday formally appointed Ariel Henry as prime minister, nearly two weeks after President Jovenel Moise...

(Reuters) - UK Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was publishing a new strategy to tackle violence against women and...

By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's government on Tuesday formally presented a $3.95 billion tax reform bill to congress,...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Ariel Henry on Tuesday formally assumed the post of Prime Minister of Haiti, taking over the role...

By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's churches have defended those who participated in unprecedented protests and even set up...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will form a working group to examine remittances to Cuba in the wake...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A South African court granted former President Jacob Zuma's request for a delay in his arms deal corruption...

ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian activist accused by the authorities of plotting a violent insurrection has been detained in neighbouring...

By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -The trial of the first person charged under Hong Kong's national security law wrapped...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr...

KABUL (Reuters) -Rockets hit the Afghan capital on Tuesday, landing near the presidential palace during prayers for the Muslim festival...

NICOSIA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan called on the United States on Tuesday to meet "conditions" including financial, logistical and...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The trial of the first person charged under the national security law in Hong Kong is...

By Matt Spetalnick, Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is expected to soon announce initial...

By Nayera Abdallah and Suleiman Al-Khalidi CAIRO/AMMAN (Reuters) -Syria's air defences on Monday intercepted an Israeli attack on Al-Safirah area...

By Alexander Winning and Wendell Roelf JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Former South African president Jacob Zuma, whose jailing earlier this month triggered...