BANGKOK, November 5 (Reuters): From raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for Thai protesters to inspiring the youths who join demonstrations through dances and social media, K-pop fans have emerged as
VATICAN CITY, November 5 (Reuters): Pope Francis has stripped the Vatican's Secretariat of State of control over its own funds, moving them to the supervision of its economic offices in an attempt to c
ADDIS ABABA, November 5 (Reuters): Ethiopia mobilised for war in the northern Tigray region on Thursday, dashing international hopes of averting a conflict between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's governmen
NAIROBI, November 5 (Reuters): The coronavirus pandemic is having a knock-on effect on other vital health services in Africa as countries are forced to redirect already stretched resources, a regional head
COPENHAGEN, November 5 (Reuters): Parts of Denmark will face new, tougher lockdown measures after health authorities discovered a mutated coronavirus strain in minks and people in the north of the country.
WILMINGTON, Del., November 5 (Reuters): With the U.S. presidential election between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden too close to call, the Trump campaign and Republica
SEOUL, November 5 (Reuters): North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly on Wednesday introduced smoking bans in some public places to provide citizens with "hygienic living environments," st
BOGOTA, November 5 (Reuters): Criminal organizations in Bolivia and other Latin American countries are bribing police and circumventing customs restrictions to smuggle parts of jaguars to mainland China, a
YANGON/LONDON, November 5 (Reuters): Myanmar teacher Hnin grew up idolizing Aung San Suu Kyi, the one-time democracy icon who now leads her country. But when voters goes to the polls on Sunday for the
PARIS, November 5 (Reuters): President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for a strengthening of border controls in the European Union's Schengen zone following recent Islamist attacks in France and Au
PRISTINA, November 5 (Reuters): Kosovo President Hashim Thaci resigned with immediate effect on Thursday after learning that a war crimes tribunal in the Hague had confirmed his indictment for war crimes.
JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank, November 5 (Reuters): Israel has demolished most of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, displacing 73 Palestinians - including 41 children - in the largest such demolitio
ATHENS, November 5 (Reuters): Greece ordered a nationwide lockdown on Thursday for three weeks to help contain a resurgence of COVID-19 cases.
"I've chosen to take drastic measures sooner rathe
JAKARTA, NOVEMBER 5 (IANS): For the first time after 22 years, Indonesia has entered recession due to the heavy coronavirus-induced impact on the country's economy, authorities said on Thursday.
Accordin
WASHINGTON, November 5 (Reuters): Democrat Joe Biden moved closer to victory in the U.S. presidential race on Thursday as election officials tallied votes in the handful of states that will determine the o
BEIJING, November 5 (Reuters): Mainland China has barred entry to non-Chinese visitors from Britain, Belgium and the Philippines and demanded travellers from the United States, France and Germany present r
AMMAN, November 5 (Reuters): Syrian President Bashar al Assad said billions of dollars of deposits held by his countrymen in Lebanon's financial sector that were blocked after a major financial crisis
THE HAGUE, November 5 (Reuters): Former Kosovo Liberation Army spokesman and veteran Kosovar politician Jakup Krasniqi was arrested and transferred to The Hague on Wednesday, the Kosovo war crimes tribunal
London, November 5 (IANS): Amid an ongoing second Covid-19 wave, a new four-week lockdown in England came into force on Thursday, under which people will have to stay at home, while non-essential shops, pubs an
(Reuters): The outcome of the U.S. presidential election hung in the balance on Wednesday as nine states continued to count ballots, including some of the most competitive battleground states where the tal