‘Uncontrolled’ Spanish wildfire was started deliberately, official says
MADRID (Reuters) - A wildfire in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia that has burned through 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) ...
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Canada’s Trudeau hit by gravel on campaign trail dogged by anti-vax hecklers
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was hit by a handful of gravel on ...
Indian farmers stage protest outside Delhi against farm laws
By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Thousands of Indian farmers gathered at a grain market outside New Delhi on Tuesday ...
South Africa’s former President Zuma placed on medical parole
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's jailed former president Jacob Zuma has been placed on medical parole because of his ill ...
Kuwait starts to recycle massive tyre graveyard
By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - More than 42 million old vehicle tyres dumped in Kuwait's sands have started to ...
EU seeks penalties on Poland in dispute over judicial reform
WARSAW/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Tuesday it had asked the EU's top court to fine Poland over ...
Russia, Ukraine trade accusations over annexed Crimea
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's FSB security service on Tuesday accused Ukraine of organising an attack on a gas pipeline in ...
Indonesia records its lowest rate of positive coronavirus tests
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's daily coronavirus positivity rate dropped below the World Health Organization's (WHO) benchmark standard ...
Qatar and Turkey working to restore Kabul passenger flights, ministers say
ANKARA (Reuters) - Qatar and Turkey are working to restore passenger flights at Kabul airport soon but have yet to ...
Myanmar shadow government calls for revolt against military rule
(Reuters) - Myanmar's shadow government, formed by opponents of military rule, called for a nationwide uprising against the junta on ...
U.N. footage from northern Ethiopia shows humanitarian crisis
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Footage of war-hit northern Ethiopia published by the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday reflected the ...
UNICEF trying to reunite evacuated Afghan children with families
GENEVA (Reuters) - UNICEF is trying to reunite hundreds of Afghan children who were separated from their families and evacuated ...
U.N. says basic services in Afghanistan are collapsing
GENEVA (Reuters) - Afghanistan is facing the collapse of basic services and food and other aid is about to run ...
Chinese FM to visit S.Korea amid stalled N.Korea talks
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - China's foreign minister will visit South Korea next week amid stalled denuclearisation talks with ...
India ‘prepares for the worst’ ahead of possible COVID-19 third wave
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - As COVID-19 cases and deaths exploded in India in April and May, ...
Japan minister Kono may gain rival camp’s support in PM race
By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese COVID-19 vaccine minister Taro Kono's chances of becoming the next ...
Taliban claim control of Panjshir, opposition says resistance will continue
(Reuters) - The Taliban claimed victory on Monday in the last part of Afghanistan still holding out against their rule, ...
North Korea promotes general to ruling party’s powerful presidium – KCNA
By Josh Smith and Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has elevated a general long seen as a rising ...
Vietnamese man jailed for 5 years for spreading coronavirus
(Corrects name in paragraphs 4 and 5 to Tri, not Tung) HANOI(Reuters) - Vietnam jailed a man on Monday for ...
Guinea coup leader promises national government as politicians arrested
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - The leaders of a military coup in Guinea promised on Monday to set up ...