Civil Unrest

By Michelle Nichols and Dawit Edenshaw UNITED NATIONS/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Friday conflict could rapidly...

ASIA

Thousands of S.Korean workers rally in coronavirus-hit Seoul

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -Thousands of South Korean workers staged a rally in downtown Seoul to demand better conditions,...

Civil Unrest

Freed U.S. editor says he was tortured in Myanmar

(Reuters) - Myanmar security forces punched, slapped and beat a U.S. journalist and kept him blindfolded for more than a...

ASIA

Myanmar protesters burn junta leader’s images on his birthday

(Reuters) - Protesters burned mock coffins and pictures of Myanmar's army ruler Min Aung Hlaing on Saturday in the latest...

Afghanistan

From wasteland to bustling base, last U.S. forces say goodbye to Bagram

By Peter Graff (Reuters) - This was the moment. The sky lit up with explosions over Kabul. We could see...

Aerospace / Defense

Era ends, uncertainty looms as U.S. forces quit main Afghanistan base

KABUL (Reuters) -American troops pulled out of their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, leaving behind a piece of...

Civil Unrest

Beirut blast judge to question top politicians, security officials

By Maha El Dahan and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) -The judge in charge of the investigation into the Beirut port...

Belarus

Twitter unblocks accounts of Belarus ’embassies’ it suspended

BERLIN (Reuters) -Twitter said on Friday it had reinstated access to the accounts of a group of exile opposition groups...

Aid Relief / Humanitarian Agencies

Analysis-Ethiopia govt withdrawal from Tigray capital opens new chapter in war

By Katharine Houreld, Giulia Paravicini and Maggie Fick HUMERA, Ethiopia/NAIROBI (Reuters) - The capture of the Tigray regional capital by...

ASIA

S.Korea’s few surviving ‘comfort women’ face life’s end as political fight rages on

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - Fighting disease, death and disillusionment, members of South Korea’s rapidly dwindling sisterhood of surviving...

Civil Unrest

Iraqis protest over power, water cuts amid heat wave

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iraqis protested in Baghdad on Friday over worsening power and water cuts as temperatures exceeded...

ASIA

Hong Kong policeman was stabbed in “lone wolf” attack- security chief

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The 50-year-old man who stabbed a Hong Kong policeman on the anniversary of the city's return...

Aerospace / Defense

New York on Ukraine’s frontline: parliament backs town’s name change

By Sergiy Karazy and Margaryta Chornokondratenko NEW YORK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine has regained its own New York after parliament...

Civil Unrest

Israel strikes Hamas site in Gaza over fire balloons – military

TEL AVIV/GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft bombed a Hamas site in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to incendiary balloons...

ASIA

Hong Kong court denies bail to democracy activist

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court denied bail on Friday to pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung, who was re-arrested...

Civil Unrest

Ethiopia urges Tigray rebels to join ceasefire, hostilities persist

By Dawit Endeshaw and Maggie Fick ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's government urged Tigrayan rebels to join a unilateral ceasefire...

Aerospace / Defense

Facebook asks: Are your friends becoming extremists?

By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is starting to warn some users they might have seen "extremist content" on...

Civil Unrest

Women protest as Turkey quits violence-on-women treaty

By Ece Toksabay and Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Thousands of people took to the streets of Turkey's largest cities on...

ASIA

Security tight in Hong Kong on China anniversary, official says city stable

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Police deployed in the streets of Hong Kong in large numbers on Thursday to prevent protests on...

Americas

Colombia’s Duque looks to get tough on vandalism, critics decry attack on protests