Tunisian lawmaker detained trying to attend own court hearing
TUNIS (Reuters) -An opposition member of parliament in Tunisia was detained on Friday when he tried to attend a court ...
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China applies to join Pacific trade pact to boost economic clout
BEIJING (Reuters) -Japan said it would have to determine if China meets the "extremely high standards" of the Comprehensive and ...
Brazil police raid pharmaceutical firm amid Senate vaccine probe
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian federal police raided the offices of Precisa Medicamentos, a Brazil-based pharmaceutical company, on Friday ...
Cricket-New Zealand cricket team refuses to travel to stadium in Pakistan on security concerns – sources
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - New Zealand's cricket team refused to travel on Friday to the stadium in Rawalpindi where they were ...
U.N. Afghanistan mission extended, Afghan envoy asks to keep seat
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council extended a U.N. political mission in Afghanistan on Friday ...
Taliban replaces women’s ministry with ministry of virtue and vice
By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) - Workers in the Afghan capital Kabul replaced signs for the country's women's ministry with those ...
Blinken: U.S. will help foster further Israeli ties with Arab states
By Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged on Friday to encourage more ...
Indonesia’s demographic dividend threatened by lengthy COVID-19 school closures
By Tom Allard and Wayan Sukarda JAKARTA/DENPASAR (Reuters) - Ni Kadek Suriani was looking forward to starting her second year ...
Council of Europe to start proceedings against Turkey if philanthropist not freed
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The Council of Europe said on Friday it would begin infringement proceedings against member state ...
U.S. issues sanctions tied to supporters of Hezbollah, Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Friday it was imposing sanctions on Lebanon and Kuwait-based financial conduits that fund ...
Somalia’s president berates Djibouti for detaining his security adviser
MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Friday accused neighbouring Djibouti of illegally detaining his national security adviser, a ...
Swiss impose new COVID-19 requirements for some travellers
ZURICH (Reuters) -Travellers entering Switzerland who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 or recovered from the virus will need to ...
UN faces $100 trln shortfall in fight against climate change, inequality – report
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) -Global goals tackling poverty, inequality, injustice and climate change face a $100 trillion funding shortfall ...
Canada’s Trudeau hammers main election rival’s COVID-19 approach
By Steve Scherer MONTREAL (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, seeking to carve out a lead ahead of Monday's election, ...
Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google and Apple have removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's tactical voting app from their stores, ...
Putin’s foes accuse Google and Apple of caving to Kremlin pressure
By Alexander Marrow and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian opposition activists accused Alphabet's Google and Apple of caving to Kremlin ...
West African bloc resorts to sanctions over Guinea and Mali coups
By Christian Akorlie ACCRA (Reuters) -West Africa's main regional bloc on Thursday imposed sanctions against the junta in Guinea and ...
Attacks on Myanmar telecom towers show evolving tactics in conflict
(Reuters) - Around 700,000 people in Myanmar are estimated to have lost internet access after attacks on telecommunication equipment run ...
Trial over COVID-19 outbreak in Austria’s ‘Ibiza of the Alps’ begins
By Leonhard Foeger VIENNA (Reuters) -A Vienna court on Friday heard the first of more than a dozen lawsuits being ...
Dutch PM not proposing new EU-UK security deal, EU says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Media reports of a possible security agreement between the European Union and Britain to be offered by Dutch ...