German court upholds extremist classification for far-right party
MUENSTER, Germany (Reuters) - A German high court on Monday ruled that domestic security services could continue to treat the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a potentially extremist party, meaning they retain the right to subject it to s...
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Armenian police detain 88 people during anti-government protests - IFX
TBILISI (Reuters) - Armenian police detained 88 people at a protest in the capital Yerevan by demonstrators demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over his decision to cede several border villages to Azerbaijan, Interfax news a...
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Factbox-Key issues for South African voters in wide open 2024 election
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans will vote in a national election on May 29 with an unprecedented sense of uncertainty about the outcome, as polls suggest the African National Congress will lose its majority after 30 years in power. With coa...
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Gazans strive to study as war shatters education system
By Dawoud Abu Alkas, Nidal al-Mughrabi, Aidan Lewis and Saleh Salem AL-MAWASI, Gaza (Reuters) - Pupils sitting cross-legged on the sand take classes in a tent near Khan Younis in Gaza. Two sisters connect online to a West Bank school from Cairo. A ...
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Philippine coast guard won't allow China reclamation at disputed shoal, official says
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is committed to sustain a presence in a disputed area of the South China Sea to ensure China does not carrying our reclamation activities at the Sabina Shoal, its spokesperson said on Monday. The ...
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Georgia police push protesters away ahead of 'foreign agent' bill debate, Russia's TASS reports
(Reuters) - Georgia's police have begun pushing away demonstrators who staged an all-night rally at parliament in Tbilisi ahead of a lawmakers' debate of a "foreign agents" bill that has sparked a political crisis, Russia's TASS news agency reporte...
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Ukrainian drones attack at several Russian regions, officials say
(Reuters) - A drone sparked a short-lived fire at an electrical substation in Russia's Lipetsk region in a Ukrainian attack that also targeted the Belgorod and Kursk regions, Russian officials said. "There are no casualties. The fire in the territo...
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Indian election enters fourth phase as rhetoric over religion, inequality sharpens
By Rishika Sadam and Jatindra Dash HYDERABAD/BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - India voted on Monday in the fourth phase of a seven-week long general election, as campaign rhetoric became more strident over economic disparities and religious division...
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Exclusive-Japan's military needs more women. But it's still failing on harassment
By Sakura Murakami and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - As Japan embarks on a major military build-up, it's struggling to fill its ranks with the women that its forces need and its policymakers have pledged to recruit. Following a wave of sexual harassm...
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Faithful descend on Portugal's Fatima to pray for peace as wars rage
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira FATIMA, Portugal (Reuters) - As wars rage in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere, tens of thousands of faithful prayed for peace on Sunday at Portugal's Fatima shrine, one of Catholicism's most famous sanctuaries. The ...
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Ukraine wages difficult border campaign even after securing more military aid
By Vitalii Hnidyi NEAR VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Weeks after securing the boost of a $60 billion U.S. aid package, Ukraine is waging a tough new battle on its border, fending off a heavy Russian bombardment of northeastern Kharkiv region in an...
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Factbox-Who is Andrei Belousov, Putin's choice as defence minister?
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a surprise new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, for the job more than two years into the Ukraine war...
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Kuwait forms new government headed by Ahmad Abdullah Al-Sabah
(Reuters) - Kuwait formed a new cabinet headed by Ahmad Abdullah Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti state news agency said on Sunday. Emad al al-Atiqi, Anwar Ali al-Mudhaf and Abdullah Ali al-Yahya retained their posts as oil, finance and foreign ministers resp...
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Russia's Putin proposes sacking Defence Minister Shoigu, parliament says
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed replacing his defence minister and long-term ally, Sergei Shoigu, more than two years into the Ukraine war, the upper house of parliament said on Sunday. Putin proposed Andrei Belousov, fo...
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Turkey's Erdogan says U.S., Europe not doing enough to pressure Israel into Gaza truce
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that the United States and European countries were not doing enough to pressure Israel to agree a ceasefire in Gaza, after Palestinian militant group Hamas' move to accept a truce p...
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Spreading Western Canada wildfire prompts thousands to evacuate
TORONTO (Reuters) - The season's first major wildfire continued to burn across Western Canada as firefighters tamed the fast spreading blaze while authorities evacuated a town in British Columbia and advised residents of an oil hub in Alberta to pr...
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Georgian PM vows to pass 'foreign agent' bill next week after thousands protest
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze vowed on Sunday to push ahead with a law on "foreign agents" that has sparked a political crisis, after opponents of the bill rallied in one of the largest protests seen since independen...
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Ukraine's first lady makes her premier visit to Belgrade
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska arrived in Belgrade on Sunday, the first visit by a top Ukrainian dignitary to Serbia since Russia's invasion in 2022 and a signal of the Balkan country's swing away from Moscow, its traditio...
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Death toll from rains in Brazil's south reaches 143, govt announces emergency spending
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state rose to 143, the local civil defense government body said on Sunday, up from 136 in the previous day, while another 125 people remain unaccounted for. On...
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Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement prompts walkout protesting his support for Israel
(Reuters) - Dozens of students walked out of Duke University's commencement ceremony on Sunday as some chanted "free Palestine" to protest its guest speaker, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, for supporting Israel throughout the war in Gaza, according to vi...
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Israel lacks 'credible plan' to safeguard Rafah civilians, says Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday defended a decision to pause a delivery to Israel of 3,500 bombs over concerns they could be used in the Gazan city of Rafah, saying Israel lacked a "credible plan" to protect ...
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Exclusive-Before arrest in Russia, US soldier's relationship with Russian girlfriend turned bloody, wife says
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Months before his arrest in Russia, U.S. Army soldier Gordon Black made a surprise video call from his overseas tour in South Korea to his 6-year-old daughter in Texas. Instead of a normal chat,...
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Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sadr girds for political comeback
By Timour Azhari and Ahmed Rasheed NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is laying the groundwork for a political comeback two years after a failed and ultimately deadly high-stakes move to form a government w...
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Israel pushes back into northern Gaza, ups military pressure on Rafah
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel sent tanks into eastern Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip early on Sunday, after a night of heavy aerial and ground bombardments, killing 19 people and wounding dozens of others, health officials said....
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Banning UK arms exports to Israel would strengthen Hamas, UK's Cameron says
LONDON (Reuters) - Stopping British arms sales to Israel if it launches a ground assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip would strengthen Hamas, Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Sunday. Israel ordered Palestinians to evacuate more of th...
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