Analysis-Indonesia’s Jokowi seeks major party takeover to retain decade-long influence
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Outgoing President Joko Widodo is trying to take control of one of Indonesia's biggest political parties to…
India to prosecute 35 pirates who hijacked ship off Somalia, navy official says
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will bring in and prosecute 35 Somali pirates its navy captured on a hijacked ship…
India’s richest 1% has highest concentration of wealth in decades, study shows
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The wealth concentrated in the richest 1% of India's population is at its highest in six…
Ireland’s Varadkar unexpectedly quits as PM
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday he would step down as Ireland's prime minister and the leader of the…
UN says Russia consolidates control of occupied Ukraine with ‘climate of fear’
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia is illegally consolidating its control over occupied Ukrainian territory by creating a "climate of fear" with…
Russia says it is pushing Ukrainian forces back, will create two new armies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday its soldiers were pushing Ukrainian forces back and that Moscow would bolster its…
Prince Harry lawyers seek to drag Rupert Murdoch into UK court case
LONDON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Britain's Prince Harry and other claimants sought on Wednesday to amend their London lawsuit against…
Slovak PM Fico looms large in presidential election
(Reuters) - Slovaks vote for a new president on Saturday in an election that could give Prime Minister Robert Fico…
Portugal’s president to meet centre-right PM hopeful after tight election
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's president was due on Wednesday to meet the leader of the centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD), which…