By Amina Ismail BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Sabreen Khalil lost her husband to COVID last year, leaving her to raise seven children alone, but Iraqi government funding to help her and…
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – European countries could stretch out limited supplies of the monkeypox vaccine by administering smaller doses of the shot, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said…
HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday she had taken a drugs test following the publication of video footage this week that showed her partying with friends,…
(Reuters) – The world nuclear watchdog has said fighting around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is “very alarming” and that it urgently needs to send inspectors to assess…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the United States’ “ironclad commitment” to the defense of South Korea and Japan in a call with South Korean Foreign Minister…
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday recommended two monoclonal antibody treatments against Ebola, saying the use of such drugs combined with better care had “revolutionised” the…
By Silvio Castellanos and Marco Trujillo CACERES, Spain (Reuters) – A brutal summer has caused havoc for many in rural Spain, but one unexpected side-effect of the country’s worst drought…
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian prosecutors on Friday wrapped up their arguments against former premier Najib Razak’s final bid to overturn a 12-year jail sentence for corruption,…
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Friday South Korea’s president should “shut his mouth” after he…
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has visited sailors in the island’s navy to thank them for their efforts amid days of war games and military drills by China, calling…
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Torrential rain hit parts of New Zealand for a fourth day on Friday, forcing hundreds of people from their homes as rivers overflowed their…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Friday that China’s actions around Taiwan increase the level of risk and he hoped that China’s behaviour returns to…
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand police are investigating the suspected murder of two children whose remains were found in suitcases bought at an online auction for an…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has issued its first national drought alert of the year as authorities battle forest fires and mobilise specialist teams to protect crops from scorching temperatures across…
(Reuters) – Russia has failed to gain ground in cyberspace against Ukraine almost six months after its invasion of the country, the head of Britain’s GCHQ intelligence service said on…
By Anggy Polanco and Nelson Bocanegra CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) – The full reopening of the Colombia-Venezuela border will come sooner rather than later, but will depend on legal conditions and…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains the front-runner to win Brazil’s presidential election in October, a poll of voter support showed on Thursday, although incumbent President Jair…
MEXICO CITY – This year will be the deadliest on record for journalists in Mexico, with 18 killed so far, human rights organization Article 19 said in a report Thursday.…
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, irked by a translator’s failure to interpret his comments properly into English at a major news conference, on Thursday took over the…
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday three MiG-31E warplanes equipped with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles have been relocated to its Kaliningrad region, Interfax reported. Russian state-owned news agency RIA…
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Thursday said she was upset that videos of her dancing at private parties were published online as they were meant to…
KYIV (Reuters) – A well-known Ukrainian TV host has crowdfunded a gift to help Ukraine’s armed forces beat back Russia’s invasion: usage rights to a radar satellite that can see…
By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel closed seven Palestinian organisations it accuses of channelling aid to militant groups on Thursday, drawing condemnation from the United Nations, which said the closures…
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velazquez on Thursday said he will not resign until he has details of U.S. accusations against him, a reversal days after Washington accused…
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s ruling party has asked the country’s new president to provide security and other assistance for his predecessor who fled to Southeast Asia last month after…