SEOUL, June 24 (Reuters): North Korea has decided to suspend military action plans against South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday, as a report suggested North Korean troops w
KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 (Reuters): Survivors from a boat crammed with over 300 Rohingya Muslim refugees told Malaysian authorities that dozens of their people perished and their bodies were thrown in the sea
DUBAI, June 24 (Reuters): Iran would be open to talks with the United States if Washington apologises for exiting a 2015 nuclear deal and compensates Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednes
KABUL, June 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Shir Jan came to Kabul 10 years ago, excited by the Afghan capital's modern buildings, many lights and the promise of a better life - but none of his dreams
LONDON, June 24 (Reuters): Millions of women and children in poor countries are at risk because the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting health services they rely on, from neonatal and maternity care to immunis
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, June 23 (Reuters): Brazil is likely to sign a contract this week to produce a trial vaccine developed by Oxford University to guard against the novel coronavirus, the country's inte
LONDON, June 23 (Reuters): Britain on Tuesday announced an easing of social distancing rules from July 4, reducing the recommended gap from 2 metres to "1 metre plus" in England as it further loosened
ROME, June 23 (Reuters): Italy has seen a surge in bicycle sales since the government ended its coronavirus lockdown as people steer clear of public transport and respond to government incentives to help t
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America's demand for talks with Iran is a lie, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, in comments broadcast live on state TV.
"They say 'we are ready to
SOFIA, June 23 (Reuters): Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov will be fined 300 levs ($174) for violating an order to wear a protective face mask during a visit to a church on Tuesday, the health minis
SANTIAGO, June 23 (Reuters): Her hand clad in a blue latex glove, her face masked by a perspex shield, the woman lovingly stroked her father's gray curls, cradled his head and pressed her mouth as clos
SINGAPORE, June 23 (Reuters): Singapore will head to the polls on July 10 after its prime minister said he was satisfied a ballot could be held safely despite criticism that such a move might endanger vote
WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters): U.S. President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans in Congress on Tuesday angrily decried efforts to remove statues and other memorials that activists consider racist, a
MAGELANG, Indonesia, June 23 (Reuters): When the coronavirus pandemic forced his school on Indonesia's Java island to shut, teacher Henrikus Suroto knew he could not rely on hosting online lessons for
VIENNA, June 23 (Reuters): The United States wants a wide-ranging treaty restricting all nuclear weapons, not just strategic ones, its envoy to talks with Russia on a new accord said on Tuesday.
RIYADH, June 23 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia is to limit the number of domestic pilgrims attending the haj to around 1,000 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, after barring Muslims abroad from the ri
KINSHASA, June 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo's southeastern mining heartland are boosting efforts to tackle child labour amid concerns that the coronaviru
GENEVA, June 23 (Reuters): The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday it was seeking to confirm reports of a record temperature reading of more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Siberia, sayi
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 23 (IANS): An accountability court of Islamabad on Tuesday decided to indict former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and others accused in a mega money laundering case on July 7.
HONG KONG, June 23 (Reuters): Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she will not select judges to preside over cases brought under the city's new security law, an apparent attempt to assuage