Turks clash with police on anniversary of anti-Erdogan ‘Gezi’ protests
By Umit Bektas ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish police clashed with protesters around Istanbul's main Taksim Square on Tuesday and 170 people ...
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EU agrees Russia oil embargo, gives Hungary exemptions; Zelenskiy vows more sanctions
By Kate Abnett, Jan Strupczewski and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union leaders have agreed an embargo on Russian crude ...
Tsai says U.S. National Guard planning ‘cooperation’ with Taiwan military
TAIPEI (Reuters) -The United States is planning on "cooperation" between its National Guard and Taiwan's military, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen ...
Canada’s British Columbia to temporarily decriminalize some drug possession to tackle abuse problem
(Reuters) - Canada will temporarily decriminalize the possession of some illegal drugs like cocaine, MDMA and opioids for personal use ...
Biden and New Zealand leader air shared concern about China’s Pacific ambitions
By Jeff Mason and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. president and New Zealand's prime minister aired shared concern about ...
U.S. remains committed to reopening Jerusalem consulate -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration remains committed to re-opening a U.S. consulate in Jerusalem and is further discussing the issue ...
UK’s Boris Johnson faces new threat of confidence vote over lockdown parties
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing the growing threat of a confidence vote as ...
PM Johnson urged to explain how lockdown party not a breach of ministerial code
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's independent adviser on ministers' behaviour said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson must explain why he ...
U.N. had ‘constructive’ talks in Moscow on Russian grain, fertilizer exports
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A senior U.N. official had "constructive discussions" in Moscow with Russian First Deputy ...
Rwanda says it ‘will not sit idly by’ if attacked in dispute with Congo
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) -Rwanda will retaliate if it suffers further attacks from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, its ...
Berlin to supply arms to Greece, Athens to deliver Soviet weapons to Kyiv -Scholz
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Germany will deliver infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) to Greece so that the government in Athens can pass on ...
UK aims to send the first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda on June 14
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Britain aims to send a first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda in two weeks' ...
Global refiners falter in efforts to keep up with demand
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Refiners worldwide are struggling to meet global demand for diesel and gasoline, exacerbating high prices and ...
German “Zeitenwende” to materialize in encrypted radios, ships and air defence
By Holger Hansen and Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will use a 100 billion euro special fund set up ...
Fleeing war in Ukraine, Russians find home in Montenegro
LASTVA GRBALJSKA, Montenegro (Reuters) - Not long after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, former opposition activist Elena Zaslavska was ...
Russia’s Lavrov to meet GCC ministers in Riyadh on Wednesday, say officials
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Saudi state media ...
Powerful Tunisian union announces national strike in June, raising pressure on president
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s powerful UGTT union on Tuesday called a national public strike for June after the ...
Drought threatens starvation in Horn of Africa, U.N., agencies say
LONDON (Reuters) - Millions of people face severe hunger in the Horn of Africa as the worst drought in more ...
Ukraine’s ‘unicorn’ LGBTQ soldiers head for war
By Horaci Garcia KYIV (Reuters) - As volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova pack for a return to active duty, ...
Berri wins tight speaker vote in divided Lebanon parliament
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's new legislature narrowly elected veteran Shi'ite Muslim politician Nabih Berri for a seventh term as speaker of ...