BANGKOK, September 1 (Reuters): Thailand's recently appointed finance minister, Predee Daochai, has resigned as the government struggles to pull Southeast Asia's second-largest economy out of
KHARTOUM, September 1 (Reuters): Ousted Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir appeared in court on Tuesday at the start of a trial over the military coup in which he took power in 1989.
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VATICAN CITY, September 1 (Reuters): Pope Francis on Tuesday urged nations to fight global warming according to the 2015 Paris climate accord, weighing in on issue that figures in the U.S. presidentia
BEIJING, September 1 (Reuters): China accused the United States on Tuesday of using "national security" concerns as an excuse to act against Chinese firms, in a response that followed days after
NAIROBI, September 1 (Reuters): The family of Paul Rusesabagina - hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide - have accused authorities in Kigali of kidnapping him, speaking o
WASHINGTON, September 1 (Reuters): The United States said on Monday it was establishing a new bilateral economic dialogue with Taiwan, an initiative it said was aimed at strengthening ties with Taipei and
DUBAI, September 1 (Reuters): The United Arab Emirates has betrayed the Islamic world and the Palestinians by reaching a deal toward normalising ties with Israel, Iran's top authority Supreme Lead
Washington, September 1 (IANS) The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 25.4 million, while the deaths have increased to over 849,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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BUCHAREST, August 31 (Reuters): Romania's centrist minority government survived a no-confidence motion in parliament on Monday, improving political stability as the country struggles to curb the corona
GENEVA, August 31 (Reuters): The World Health Organization called on countries to persevere with restrictions to tackle COVID-19, director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, saying ope
BEIRUT, August 31 (Reuters): Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, head of Lebanon's Shi'ite Muslim Amal Movement, warned on Monday that recent deadly shootings raised the risk of the country sliding bac
PODGORICA, August 31 (Reuters): President Milo Djukanovic's pro-Western party suffered a major setback in Montenegro's parliamentary election, results showed on Monday, winning most votes but
KIGALI, August 31 (Reuters): Rwanda said it had arrested Paul Rusesabagina - the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country's 1994 genocide - on terrorism charges, and paraded him
THE HAGUE, August 31 (Reuters): More than 300 relatives of victims who died when a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane was shot down in 2014 will seek unspecified damages from four suspects being tried
GENEVA, August 31 (Reuters): More than 90% of countries have seen ordinary health services disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with major gains in medical care attained over decades vulnerable to being wip
TOKYO, August 31 (Reuters): Japanese former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba, a favourite in opinion polls to become the next premier, told Reuters on Monday Tokyo should deepen ties with Asian neighbours,
BEIRUT, August 31 (Reuters): Lebanon's ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is set to be designated prime minister on Monday ahead of a visit to Beirut by the French president who will press for long-de
TORONTO/CHICAGO, August 31 (Reuters): High-profile COVID-19 vaccines developed in Russia and China share a potential shortcoming: They are based on a common cold virus that many people have been exposed to
TEL AVIV, August 31 (Reuters): Top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a historic first flight from Tel Aviv to the United Arab Emirates on Monday to fin
Canberra, August 31 (IANS): An Australian man who used a ladder to repeatedly sneak out of his quarantine hotel to see his girlfriend was on Monday sentenced to six months in prison, the media reported
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