[ad_1] CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan protesters blocked streets on Saturday in a last-ditch effort to derail the election of a legislative super-body that opponents of President Nicolas Maduro say will give the socialist leader a…

[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday pardoned two women who were sentenced to prison terms for sending text messages to Georgian acquaintances about the movement of Russian military equipment on the…

[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian counter-terrorism police arrested four people in raids late on Saturday across several Sydney suburbs aimed at disrupting plans for “terrorist attacks”. “These operations are designed to disrupt and prevent plans…

[ad_1] SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Ren Biao, one of China’s most wanted fugitives accused of forgery and fraudulently obtaining loans, has returned to the country and handed himself over to the police, the graft watchdog said…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will sign legislation that imposes sanctions on Russia, the White House said on Friday, after Moscow ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff and…

[ad_1] HAMBURG (Reuters) – A 26-year-old migrant to Germany who was supposed to leave the country went on a stabbing spree with a kitchen knife in a Hamburg supermarket on Friday, killing a 50-year-old man…

[ad_1] SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea fired a missile on Friday in an unusual late-night test launch, and details announced by officials in Japan, South Korea and the United States suggested it was an intercontinental…

[ad_1] KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and an estimated 20 inmates escaped in a prison break in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Bukavu on Friday, the mayor said. The…

[ad_1] JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Friday he was worried about the influence of a wealthy family accused of using its friendship with President Jacob Zuma to secure contracts…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The parents of Charlie Gard, a terminally ill baby who a judge ordered should be sent to a hospice to die, said Britain’s top pediatric hospital had denied them their final…

[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Embattled Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada said on Friday she was resigning, after a series of gaffes, missteps and a cover-up at her ministry that have contributed to a sharp plunge…

[ad_1] MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico must significantly improve police pay and conditions to end chronic drug gang violence plaguing the country, said a former foreign minister now running for the presidency. Latin America’s second…

[ad_1] ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s lower house of parliament voted on Thursday in favor of constitutional amendments to reduce the presidency’s powers, the latest step in a power struggle between President Muhammadu Buhari and the…

[ad_1] CAIRO (Reuters) – Two elderly sheikhs have set up shop at a kiosk in one of Cairo’s busiest underground stations, ready to dole out religious advice to commuters queueing outside. It is the latest…

[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Britain plans to send a warship to the disputed South China Sea next year to conduct freedom of navigation exercises, Defence Minister Michael Fallon said on Thursday, a move likely to…

[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Four of six Japanese citizens detained in China since March on suspicion of “illegal activities” have been released, Japan’s top government spokesman said on Thursday. “Four out of six Japanese nationals…

[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in the Chinese capital have detained 67 people for disturbing social order after demonstrators gathered to stage a rare protest in Beijing, complaining that the government was unfairly targeting a…

[ad_1] LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union’s top court kept Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on the EU terrorism blacklist on Wednesday and removed Sri Lankan separatist rebels, the Tamil Tigers. Judges at the European Court…

[ad_1] KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stripped one-time ally Mikheil Saakashvili of his Ukrainian citizenship, the migration service said on Wednesday, spelling the likely end of the former Georgian president’s political aspirations…

[ad_1] SAN FERNANDO DE HENARES, Spain (Reuters) – Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday denied any knowledge of an illegal financing scheme within his conservative People’s Party (PP) as he became the first sitting prime minister in…

[ad_1] BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran will respond if the U.S. government passes new sanctions, deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Wednesday, according to state media. New sanctions being discussed in the U.S. Congress are “a…

[ad_1] MUMBAI (Reuters) – The death toll from the collapse of a four-storey building in the suburbs of India’s financial capital, Mumbai, more than doubled overnight to 17 as rescuers removed debris searching for those…

[ad_1] MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell arrived at a court in his native Australia on Wednesday for his first appearance to face historical sex charges as the most senior Roman Catholic official…

[ad_1] ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government on Tuesday threatened to shut humanitarian groups that operate migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean out of the country’s ports if they do not sign a “code of…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The parents of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard on Tuesday accused a London hospital of preventing their son from coming home to die, the latest harrowing confrontation in a legal battle…

[ad_1] ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Israel would pay a price for a dispute over security measures it imposed at the entrance to Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. “Israel, which shows…

[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will accept several dozen Central American refugees within the next few months, two sources familiar with the process told Reuters, the first transfers under a controversial refugee swap arrangement agreed…

[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in the Chinese capital have warned against illegal gatherings after they shut down part of a major road when demonstrators gathered to stage a rare protest in Beijing, complaining the…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has criticized Pentagon officials for wasting as much as $28 million by making a questionable choice of forest camouflage-patterned uniforms for Afghan National Army soldiers. The…

[ad_1] WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish President Andrzej Duda on Monday said he would veto two of three bills passed by parliament in a judicial reform that has triggered nationwide protests and raised EU and U.S.…