Pakistan court orders ex-PM Imran Khan's wife to shift to jail from house arrest, lawyer says
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistan court on Wednesday ordered former Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi to shift to a jail from house arrest, her lawyer said. Bibi, who had been detained at Khan's hilltop mansion in Islamabad since they bot...
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Russian court says US soldier charged with theft causing 'significant' damage
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. soldier Gordon Black, who has been detained the Russian city of Vladivostok until July 2, has been charged with theft causing significant damage, a Russian court said. The detention of Black, who the Pentagon said travelled ...
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Russia targets energy facilities in air attack on Ukraine, officials say
By Pavel Polityuk and Gleb Garanich KYIV (Reuters) - A Russian air attack on Ukraine damaged several facilities in a strike targeting energy infrastructure across the country, Ukraine's military and energy officials said on Wednesday. "Another mass...
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World's record-breaking temperature streak extends through April
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The world just experienced its hottest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which every month set a temperature record, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Wednesday. Each ...
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US optimistic revised Hamas proposal may break Gaza ceasefire impasse
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Steve Holland and Mohammad Salem CAIRO/WASHINGTON/RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - The United States believes the remaining differences between Israel and Hamas can be bridged in negotiations over the Palestinian militant group's...
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North Korean propaganda chief who served all three leaders dies
By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Ki Nam, one of the longest-serving North Korean officials who served all three generations of its leaders cementing their political legitimacy and heading the propaganda apparatus for the dynastic state, has died, ...
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Tunisia detains a prominent activist for migrants' rights
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's public prosecutor on Tuesday detained Saadia Mosbah, a prominent activist and head of a nongovernmental group that defends the rights of migrants, human rights groups said, hours after President Kais Saied accused some g...
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Ukraine hits oil depot in Russian-held city, local leader says
(Reuters) -Ukrainian forces attacked an oil storage depot and sparked a large fire, injuring five people late on Tuesday on the outskirts of the Russian-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the region's Russia-installed leader said. "Late at night,...
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Three men accused in Canadian Sikh leader's death appear in court
TORONTO (Reuters) - The three men accused of murdering Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year in a killing that triggered a diplomatic crisis between Canada and India appeared briefly in a British Columbia courtroom on Tuesday. Karanpr...
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Peru port conflict escalates as Chinese firm insists on original terms
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - The Chinese state-owned company at the center of a dispute over operations of a megaport it is building on Peru's Pacific coast insisted on Tuesday on terms agreed with the government, as some local officials have s...
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Italy bans NGO planes from using airports close to migrant routes
ROME (Reuters) - Italy said on Tuesday that planes used by charities to track migrant boats in difficulty would no longer be able to fly from airports on the islands of Sicily, Pantelleria and Lampedusa that are close to the shipping routes. The de...
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Hamas official warns of no ceasefire deal if Israeli aggression on Gaza continues
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hamas official Osama Hamdan warned on Tuesday that if Israel's military aggression continues in Rafah, there will be no ceasefire deal. Hamdan's comments were made during a press conference in Beirut as a delegation from Hamas, t...
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US has been holding up several weapons shipments to Israel for 2 weeks, source says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has been holding up several shipment of weapons to Israel for at least two weeks, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Politico, which broke the news, cited a U.S. offic...
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Colombia prosecutors weigh immunity for ex-officials in government corruption case
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Two former officials of Colombia's National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) have requested immunity in exchange for their cooperation with prosecutors investigating a corruption scandal, the attorne...
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US seeks labor dispute panel over Atento facility in Mexico, USTR says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has called for United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement panel to review a labor dispute at a facility operated by Atento Servicios in Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, Mexico, it said in a st...
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Brazil floods death toll rises to 90, dozens still stranded
By Amanda Perobelli and Leonardo Benansatto ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (Reuters) - Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul on Tuesday, with 90 reported dead and despera...
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Biden to condemn antisemitism, praise free speech at Holocaust remembrance
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to honor 6 million Jews killed eight decades ago, his message will be as much about the present as the past. Biden wi...
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Security guard wounded in shooting at rapper Drake's Toronto mansion, CBC reports
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Toronto police are investigating a shooting at Canadian rapper Drake's mansion that left a security guard badly injured, CBC News reported on Tuesday, citing a source. The shooting happened around 2:10 a.m. (0610 GMT), and early ...
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US soldier detained in Russia travelled through China without clearance- Army
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who has been detained in Russia travelled to the Russian city of Vladivostok through China without clearance from the military, the U.S. Army said on Tuesday. The soldier, who the Army identified as Staff Serge...
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Chinese election meddling could undermine Canada democracy, says spy agency
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Persistent Chinese election meddling has the potential to undermine Canadian democracy, Canada's main spy agency said on Tuesday in the latest official warning about clandestine activity by Beijing. The Canadian Security Intellig...
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Russia puts veteran journalist in pre-trial detention for 'justifying terrorism'
(Reuters) - Veteran Russian journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova was placed in pre-trial detention for two months by a Moscow court on Tuesday on suspicion of "justifying terrorism", her son said. Kevorkova, 65, is a war correspondent who has reported ext...
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Stormy Daniels: Woman at center of Trump hush money trial is porn star-turned-ghostbuster
By Luc Cohen and Julia Harte (Reuters) - Adult film star Stormy Daniels has built a lucrative business empire around her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Donald Trump and earned legions of fans for her breezy retorts to those who cast her as an i...
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Mid-level Israeli team to head to Cairo to assess Hamas position, Israeli official says
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A team of mid-ranking Israeli officials will travel to Cairo in coming hours to assess whether Hamas can be persuaded to shift on its latest ceasefire offer, a senior Israeli official said, reiterating the curr...
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Indian vote body tells X to remove Modi party video targeting Muslims, opposition
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Election Commission directed social media platform X on Tuesday to take down a video post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party after an opposition complaint that it promoted enmity among economically weaker groups. ...
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UK and allies sanction Russian leader of LockBit cybercrime gang
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, the U.S. and Australia have sanctioned a senior Russian leader of the cybercrime gang LockBit, the British government said on Tuesday. Dmitry Khoroshev will face asset freezes and travel bans after being identified as on...
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