DANSHA, Ethiopia, November 9 (Reuters): Ethiopia's leader sought to reassure the world on Monday that his country was not heading for civil war despite an escalating military offensive against the rest
WASHINGTON, November 9 (Reuters): President-elect Joe Biden will convene a coronavirus task force on Monday to examine the No. 1 problem confronting him when he takes office in January, while Presiden
WASHINGTON, November 9 (Reuters): Since taking office in January 2017, President Donald Trump has been besieged by civil lawsuits and criminal investigations of his inner circle.
With Democrat Joe Biden
YANGON, November 9 (Reuters): Myanmar’s ruling party led by Aung San Suu Kyi claimed victory on Monday after a general election seen as a referendum on the first democratic government to lead the cou
BEIJING, November 9 (Reuters): China, which has held off on congratulating U.S. presidential election winner Joe Biden even as leaders of other countries have done so, said on Monday it would follow custom
MANILA, NOVEMBER 9 (IANS): At least three inmates were killed and 64 others injured in a riot at a state penitentiary in Philippines' Muntinlupa city on Monday, according to authorities.
The Bureau of Co
LONDON, November 9 (Reuters): Britain could take five to 10 years to properly recover from the pandemic because the COVID-19 financial hit will sap the economy of the firepower it needs to rebuild for Brex
YANGON, November 9 (Reuters): Myanmar's ruling party said on Monday it had won enough seats in parliament to form the next government, after reporting a lead based on its unofficial count of votes from
THE HAGUE, November 9 (Reuters): Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, the rebel turned politician who abruptly resigned last week to face war crimes charges, appears before a judge for the first time in The Ha
BERLIN/LONDON/OTTAWA, November 9 (Reuters): Some of the United States' biggest and closest allies quickly congratulated Joe Biden on his presidential election victory on Saturday even though Donald Tru
WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON, November 9 (Reuters): Democrat Joe Biden began preparing on Sunday to deal with the coronavirus and other problems that will confront him as president of a divided America, whi
MOSCOW, November 8 (Reuters): Hundreds of people were reportedly detained in Minsk on Sunday in the latest anti-government protests since a disputed August election returned Belarusian President Alexander
LONDON, November 8 (Reuters): The United States is Britain's closest and most important ally, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday, expressing confidence he could achieve much on everything from
JAKARTA, NOVEMBER 8 (IANS): More than 630 people were evacuated from a village near Mount Merapi in Indonesia's Central Java province as a volcano alert was raised to the second-highest level, a local offic
ISLAMABAD, NOVEMBER 8 (IANS): Airlines operating in Pakistan may face a ban from flying to 188 countries over their pilot licensing issue and failure to meet international standards as required by the Internati
WASHINGTON, November 8 (Reuters): President-elect Joe Biden declared it was "time to heal" a deeply divided America in his first speech after winning in a bitter election, even as President Donal
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Global coronavirus infections exceeded 50 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, with a second wave of the virus in the past 30 days accounting for a quarter of the total.
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BANGKOK, November 8 (Reuters): Thai police used water cannon on Sunday against thousands of protesters marching to deliver a message to King Maha Vajiralongkorn to demand reforms to curb the powers of his
ADDIS ABABA, November 8 (Reuters): Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sacked his army chief, head of intelligence and foreign minister on Sunday, as the military continued a five-day old offensive
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, NOVEMBER 8 (IANS): In an unprecedented move, the UN Watch took a scathing dig at Prime Minister Imran Khan for his intolerant views and Pakistans inclusion in the UN Human Rights Council (U