PARIS/BEIRUT, September 13 (Reuters): French President Emmanuel Macron has been pressing Lebanese politicians to deliver on promises to form a new government this week and haul the country out of its worst
MISRATA, Libya, September 13 (Reuters): As the pandemic started to rage through Libya last month, medics working in the war-ravaged country's few functioning hospitals faced their nightmare scenario - a sur
KATHMANDU, September 13 (Reuters): Landslides triggered by torrential rain swept through two villages in Nepal on Sunday, killing at least 12 people, a government official said.
Ten people were kil
KABUL, September 13 (Reuters): Taliban and Afghan government forces clashed across Afghanistan hours after the start of long-awaited peace talks in Doha on Saturday, officials said, underscoring the u
BANGKOK, September 13 (Reuters): Thai authorities have summoned the heads of universities to tell them to stop students demanding reform of the monarchy, warning that such calls could lead to violence
LONDON, September 13 (Reuters): Former prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major on Sunday said Britain must drop a "shocking" plan to pass legislation that breaks its divorce treaty with the Eur
DUBAI, September 13 (Reuters): Qatar's ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met representatives of both the Afghan government and the Taliban to wish them success during peace talks taking place
Washington, September 13 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 28.6 million, while the deaths have increased to over 918,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Sund
Caracas, September 12 (IANS): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has claimed that a "US spy" was captured near two oil refineries in the state of Falcon, it was reported on Saturday.
In a televise
London, September 12 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged MPs of the ruling Conservative Party to back his plan to override part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, a media report said on Saturday.
WASHINGTON, September 12 (Reuters): Top government infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday he disagreed with President Donald Trump's assessment the United States has "rounded t
Washington, September 12 (IANS) The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 28.3 million, while the deaths have increased to over 913,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
As of Satur
NEW YORK/SHANKSVILLE, Pennsylvania, September 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent Joe Biden separately commemorated the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Friday, taking a pau
ALEM, Ore./MEDFORD, September 11 (Reuters): Around half a million people in Oregon evacuated as dozens of extreme, wind-driven wildfires scorched U.S. West Coast states on Friday, destroying thousands
BARCELONA, September 11 (Reuters): Catalan separatists used an annual festival in their region on Friday to urge the Spanish government to agree to a referendum on independence and an amnesty for jailed an
BOGOTA, September 11 (Reuters): Colombia's defense minister apologized on Friday on behalf of the national police for an incident of police brutality that sparked two nights of protests that rocked par
MADRID, September 11 (Reuters): Spain's High Court sentenced a former army colonel from El Salvador on Friday to 133 years in prison for the murder of five Spanish Jesuit priests in 1989 during the Cen
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All four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd are due to appear in court on Friday, where a judge will hear arguments on several key issues, including whether the m
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, September 11 (Reuters): Russia and China dismissed on Friday allegations by Microsoft Corp that hackers linked to Moscow and Beijing were trying to spy on people tied to both U.S. Presid
BRUSSELS, September 11 (Reuters): The European Commission will propose that the European Union sets a 2030 target of cutting its net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% against 1990 levels, according