Bavaria’s CSU rallies behind struggling Laschet as German vote looms
BERLIN (Reuters) -Armin Laschet, the conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor, received strong support from Bavaria's Christian ...
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Three killed after Russian apartment block gas explosion
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Three people died, including an 11-year-old girl, after a gas explosion caused a two-storey apartment building to partially ...
Two Turkish troops killed in Syria’s Idlib -ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two Turkish soldiers were killed and three others injured after an attack in Syrian's northwest Idlib region, ...
UK PM Johnson: 9/11 attacks failed to divide us
LONDON (Reuters) - The Sept. 11, 2001, al Qaeda attacks in the United States failed to divide those who believe ...
Prince Andrew has been served with sex abuse accuser Giuffre’s lawsuit -court filing
By Jonathan Stempel and Mark Hosenball NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Andrew has been served with a lawsuit by ...
Australia’s Queensland state warns of possible COVID-19 lockdown
By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australia's third most populous state said on Saturday it may order a snap lockdown after ...
Israel strikes Hamas sites in Gaza over a rocket firing – military
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli fighter jets struck Hamas sites in Gaza in response to rocket firing towards Israel on Friday evening, ...
Argentina agrees short-term contract with Parana River dredger -gov’t source
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's government has agreed a short-term deal with Belgian firm Jan de Nul ...
Lebanon agrees new government to tackle economic collapse
By Maha El Dahan and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese leaders agreed a new government led by Sunni Muslim tycoon ...
U.S., Japan, S.Korea to meet over N.Korea nuclear standoff
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -Officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan will hold a meeting on North ...
Brazilian truckers’ Bolsonaro sympathy strike fizzles out
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A protest by Brazilian truckers loyal to President Jair Bolsonaro had largely fizzled out on Friday, ...
Honduran presidential hopeful Asfura holds narrow lead in new poll
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' ruling party presidential candidate Nasry Asfura remains the favorite ahead of the November election, a CID-Gallup ...
White House says Biden, Xi discussed origins of COVID probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden discussed the investigation into the origins of COVID-19 during a call on Thursday with ...
Canada’s Trudeau, trailing in polls, defends early election call
By Steve Scherer HAMILTON, Ontario (Reuters) -Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing possible defeat in a snap Sept. 20 election, ...
Israeli police catch two of six Palestinian jail escapees
By Rami Ayyub NAZARETH, Israel (Reuters) -Two Palestinian militants who were among six who broke out of a maximum security ...
Israeli officers shoot dead Palestinian attacker in Jerusalem Old City -officials
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli police shot and killed a knife-wielding Palestinian who attempted to stab police officers in Jerusalem's Old City ...
Ivory Coast military helicopter crashes, killing five on board
ABIDJAN (Reuters) -A military helicopter crashed in northern Ivory Coast while on a reconnaissance mission near the border with Burkina ...
Palestinian Authority withdraws from Qatar funding scheme for Gaza – Qatari envoy
GAZA (Reuters) -The Western-backed Palestinian Authority has pulled out of an agreement to provide funding from Qatar to the Gaza ...
Qatar Airways plane returns from Kabul, al-Jazeera reports
DUBAI (Reuters) -A Qatar Airways plane returned to Doha from Kabul on Friday, carrying 156 passengers, Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV channel ...
Regional envoys meet Guinea junta, ousted president after coup
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) -A delegation from West Africa's main political and economic bloc on Friday met Guinea's ousted ...