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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received an official mandate on Sunday to form a new government and pledged that he would seek national consensus …

By Tim Reid and Jason Lange PHOENIX (Reuters) – Democrats will hold onto control of the U.S. Senate after Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, Edison Research projected …

(Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday said the West was “militarising” southeast Asia in a bid to contain Russian and Chinese interests, setting the stage for a …

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – The head of the International Monetary Fund warned of risks to the global economy from the rivalry between China and the United States, while describing …

By David Lawder NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will seek clarity on China’s plans to ease its COVID-19 restrictions and deal with problems in its …

By Nandita Bose PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Joe Biden said on Sunday he was “incredibly pleased” with the turnout in the U.S. election after Democrats clinched control of the Senate, a …

By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Republicans who back former President Donald Trump’s false claim the 2020 election was stolen were their party’s nominees for secretary of state in battleground states …

(Reuters) – Jim Marchant, a former Nevada state assemblyman who opposed the certification of President Joe Biden’s election win in the state in 2020, was defeated in his race to …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has won re-election in Nevada, Edison Research projected on Saturday in a victory that guarantees the Senate will be controlled by …

By Moira Warburton (Reuters) – Control of the U.S. Senate still had not been determined as of Friday evening, three days after the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Heading into the …

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s hardline judiciary has indicted 11 people over the killing of a Basij security force member during unrest, state media reported on Saturday, as authorities sought to quell …

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Actor Alec Baldwin filed a lawsuit on Friday against the armorer and three other crew members over the deadly shooting on the set of the Western …

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday referred to Cambodia, which is hosting an international summit led by Southeast Asian leaders, as Colombia. “Now that we’re back …

By Valerie Volcovici SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – A few countries have resisted mentioning a global goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius in the official text of the …

By Nandita Bose PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Southeast Asian heads of government held talks on Saturday with visiting global leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden, who hailed the launch of a …

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Saturday her mission in life was to ensure the island continued to belong to its people and that …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -The United States is doing “everything it can” to secure the release of Egytian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah from jail in Egypt and President Joe Biden …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Five countries – Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Brazil and Chile – nominated candidates for president of the Inter-American Development Bank ahead of a Nov. 20 board election, …

LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivia will hold its first census in more than a decade in 2024, President Luis Arce said in a midnight speech on Saturday, scheduling it a year …

By Tim Reid and Richard Cowan PHOENIX (Reuters) – Incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly defeated Republican Blake Masters on Friday to win a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, a contest that …

(Reuters) – Republican Joe Lombardo has unseated Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak in Nevada, one of the few governors races in the country considered a toss-up between the two major parties’ …

By Nandita Bose ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will warn Chinese President Xi Jinping at a meeting on Monday that North Korea’s continued pursuit of weapons …

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will keep in place the public health emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing millions of Americans to still …