Chinese Premier Li’s visit to NZ, Australia and Malaysia set to boost ties
BEIJING: Premier Li Qiang will make official visits to New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia starting on Thursday (June 13), a…
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Oxfam urges G7 to tap fraction of military spend for global hunger, debt
(Reuters) - Charity Oxfam urged wealthy nations to boost spending on ending hunger ahead of a Group of Seven (G7)…
Zuma’s MK party seeks to block South African parliament citing vote-rigging
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Former South African president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party has applied to the country's top court…
Hungarian president to skip NATO’s eastern flank summit -Latvia
VILNIUS (Reuters) -Hungary's President Tamas Sulyok will not attend the summit of the Bucharest Nine, a group of European countries…
Exclusive-Kharkiv mayor says striking Russia has helped to calm embattled city
BERLIN (Reuters) - Ukraine's army has struck missile launch positions in Russia, helping to reduce the number of attacks on…
Amnesty International says Nigerian army detains girls who escape from Boko Haram
ABUJA (Reuters) - Amnesty International on Monday accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have…
Anger among French conservatives as party chief wants election deal with far right
PARIS (Reuters) -The leader of France's conservative Republicans called on Tuesday for an alliance between his party's candidates and Marine…
Peru courts extend pretrial detention for former president Castillo
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's Justice Department said on Monday it has extended by 14 months the pretrial detention of jailed…
No competitive politics left in Bangladesh, says Nobel laureate Yunus
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh has turned into a "one-party" state as the ruling party stamps out political competition, Nobel Peace…