NAIROBI, June 19 (Reuters): The United Nations' refugee agency is marking this year's World Refugee Day with the message that "every action counts", as it faces the challenge of the COVID
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SYDNEY/TAIPEI, June 19 (Reuters): The presidential run-off in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati between a pro-Beijing leader and an opposition candidate sympathetic to Taiwan is the most aggressive cam
ISTANBUL, June 19 (Reuters): Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that the lengthy jailing of a former head of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party violated his rights, a decision published on Friday
LONDON, June 19 (Reuters): British financial institutions that benefited from slavery such as Lloyd's of London should go further than saying sorry for their role in the Atlantic slave trade and atone
BEIJING, June 19 (Reuters): Chinese prosecutors said on Friday they have charged two detained Canadians for suspected espionage, indictments that could result in life imprisonment, in a case that has drive
BUENOS AIRES, June 19 (Reuters): In Villa 31, a densely populated and poor neighborhood in the heart of Buenos Aires, Lilian Andrade is getting used to tragedy after the area and others like it around the
VIENNA, June 19 (Reuters): The U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors called on Iran on Friday to stop denying the agency access to two suspected former sites and to cooperate fully with it, d
KABUL, June 19 (Reuters): Western powers are backing the Afghan government's refusal to free hundreds of prisoners accused of some of Afghanistan's most violent attacks, a release demanded by the T
Reuters Twitter Inc added a 'manipulated media' label on a video posted on U.S. President Donald Trump's Twitter feed on Thursday that showed a doctored news clip with a misspelled bann
HONG KONG, June 19 (Reuters): Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong said on Friday he planned to run for a seat in the Chinese-ruled city's legislature, setting up a new battle with author
SEOUL, June 19 (Reuters): South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday accepted the resignation of the minister responsible for relations with North Korea, as tensions with Pyongyang rise over the activiti
London, June 19 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled a 1 billion pounds ($1.24 billion) catch-up plan programmed for children who have missed school during the COVID-19 lockdown, according to th
London, June 19 (IANS): The Scotland Yard have released images of 35 people they want to speak to in connection with violence at the recent anti-racism protests in London. Clashes have erupted betw
Karachi, June 19 (IANS): Two Pakistan Rangers officials and a civilian were killed in a blast in Sindh province on Friday, police said. According to Senior Superintendent of Police Farrukh Lunjar,
Washington, June 19 (IANS) The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped to over 8.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 453,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Copenhagen, June 19 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe rang the "alarm bells" by pointing out disturbing increases in "incidence and numbers" of coronaviru
Sydney, June 19 (IANS) A massive cyber attack hit Australian Government and businesses on Friday which is reported to be handiwork of a nation-state backed hacking group and China is top on the suspect list, th
BRASILIA, June 18 (Reuters): Brazil's indigenous people lost one of their pioneering leaders to COVID-19 on Wednesday with the death of Paulinho Payakan, a Kayapó chief who led protests against
WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters): The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a President Donald Trump a major setback on his hardline immigration policies, ruling against his bid to end a program that protects
Washington, June 18 (Reuters): Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of slain President John F. Kennedy, who as U.S. ambassador to Ireland in the 1990s played a pivotal role in the Northern Irish peace
