Israeli prime minister visits Egypt in first official trip for a decade
By Aidan Lewis CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday for talks ...
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Small plane crashes off the Greek island of Samos, two dead
ATHENS (Reuters) - Two people were killed on Monday when a light aircraft crashed into the sea close to the ...
U.S. still prepared to engage with North Korea after missile test
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -The United States remains prepared to engage with North Korea, a White House spokeswoman said ...
Exclusive-Afghan women should not work alongside men, senior Taliban figure says
By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Afghan women should not be allowed to work alongside men, a senior figure ...
Canada PM Trudeau vows to crack down on hospital protests, says rival backs extremists
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said if reelected he would ban people from ...
Nigeria says 75 abducted children released amid army crackdown
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Seventy-five children who were kidnapped from their school in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara State have been released ...
Environmental threats are biggest challenge to human rights -UN
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. rights chief said the "triple planetary crises" of climate change, pollution and nature ...
Merkel sees long road for Western Balkan states to EU membership
BELGRADE (Reuters) -Western Balkan states have a long way to go to achieve membership in the European Union but it ...
Pope, in Slovakia, warns European countries against being self-centred
By Philip Pullella and Robert Muller BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Pope Francis warned against too much focus on individual rights and culture ...
Pope honors Slovak Holocaust victims on site of demolished synagogue
(Refiles with correct date in dateline, no changes to text) By Robert Muller BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Pope Francis, at a memorial ...
Palestinian stabs two in Jerusalem shop before being shot, Israeli police say
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian stabbed and wounded two people in a Jerusalem cosmetics shop on Monday before being shot ...
No ‘magic wand’ to fix Lebanon crisis, new prime minister says
By Maha El Dahan BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's new Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who took office last week promising to revive ...
N.Korea tests first ‘strategic’ cruise missile with possible nuclear capability
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea carried out successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile ...
Exclusive-Deal allowing Russian mercenaries into Mali is close – sources
By John Irish and David Lewis PARIS (Reuters) - A deal is close that would allow Russian mercenaries into Mali, ...
Qatar foreign minister says he urged Taliban to respect women’s rights
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) -Qatar's foreign minister said on Monday the Gulf state has urged Afghanistan's new Taliban ...
A reluctant feminist: Germany’s Merkel still inspires many women
By Susanne Neumayer-Remter Tanya Wood Petra Wischgoll BERLIN/COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has become a feminist icon ...
Attackers blow up Nigerian prison fence, free 266 inmates
ABUJA (Reuters) -Heavily armed gunmen raided a jail in south-central Nigeria late on Sunday, blowing up the perimeter fence and ...
Biden put rights at heart of U.S. foreign policy. Then he pulled punches
By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hours after the last U.S. troops and diplomats were out of ...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi dizzy and drowsy, skips court appearance
(Reuters) -Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was unable to appear at a court hearing on Monday for health ...
Taliban breaking promises including over women, says U.N
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have contradicted public promises on rights including by ordering women to stay ...