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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi gestures as he speaks during a bilateral meeting with Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 18, 2024.

China's foreign minister says major powers should avoid rivalry in South Pacific

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign minister Wang Yi on Saturday said the South Pacific region should not become an arena for major power rivalries and that its assistance to countries there is free of political conditions. The Pacific has become ...

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Man arrested after Denmark's Billund Airport evacuated over bomb threat

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Turkey says ending Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is 'first priority'

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a press conference, with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto (not pictured), in Caracas, Venezuela February 24, 2024.

China's foreign minister says admitting Palestinian state to UN is move to rectify injustice

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How a small Oregon town sparked a nationwide debate on homelessness

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Ukrainian drones strike Russian fuel depot, substations in major attack, Kyiv source says

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An Israeli military vehicle maneuvers during an Israeli raid, at Nour Shams camp, in Tulkarm, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, April 20, 2024.

Two die in ongoing Israeli raid in West Bank, Palestinian Health Ministry says

Ali Sawafta |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

By Ali Sawafta NUR SHAMS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces exchanged fire with Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Saturday in the second day of a raid that has so far left at least two people dead, according to the Palestinian ...

Passengers wait for their flight after a rainstorm hit Dubai, causing delays at the Dubai International Airport, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 17, 2024.

Emirates and flydubai resume normal operations after Dubai floods

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

RIYADH (Reuters) - Dubai's flagship carrier Emirates and sister airline flydubai have restored normal operations after heavy rains caused severe flooding across the United Arab Emirates earlier this week, the airlines said on Saturday. Emirates ...

A view from a helicopter shows a flooded area in the Kurgan Region, Russia, in this still image taken from video released April 9, 2024. Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via

Russia's Kurgan orders evacuation in some districts as floodwaters rise

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Authorities in the region of Kurgan in Russia's Urals mountains ordered an evacuation from several districts on Saturday due to rising river levels, after large snowfalls melted and heavy rain fell on ground already waterlogged ...

People walk past the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2024.

US House to vote on long-awaited $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package

Patricia Zengerle, Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton |Updated 3 hours ago |3 min read

By Patricia Zengerle, Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday is set to vote on, and expected to pass, a $95 billion legislative package providing security ...

British Home Secretary James Cleverly makes a statement on the publication of the Part 1 Angiolini Inquiry report at the House of Commons in London, Britain February 29, 2024. UK Parliament/Maria Unger/Handout via

UK minister writes to London police over 'openly Jewish' comment

Reuters |Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - British interior minister James Cleverly has written to London's Metropolitan Police after an officer stopped a man who was wearing a traditional kippah cap from crossing a road during a pro-Palestinian march on the grounds he ...

Russia says it downs 50 Ukrainian drones overnight, two civilians killed

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Russian defence ministry said on Saturday its air defence intercepted and destroyed 50 Ukrainian drones overnight, repelling one of the largest such attacks on Russia during the conflict in Ukraine. Russian officials said two ...

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at an American Chamber of Commerce event in Taipei, Taiwan March 28, 2024.

Taiwan president congratulates Taiwanese queen for winning Drag Race

Reuters |Updated 6 hours ago |2 min read

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Saturday offered her congratulations to the Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind for winning RuPaul's Drag Race, the first person from East Asia to take the crown. Tsai and her ruling Democratic ...

A Thai soldier takes cover near the 2nd Thailand-Myanmar Friendship Bridge during fighting on the Myanmar side between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and Myanmar's troops, which continues near the Thailand-Myanmar border, in Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand, April 20, 2024.

Fighting flares at Myanmar-Thai border as rebels target stranded junta troops

Reuters |Updated 7 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Fighting raged at Myanmar's eastern frontier with Thailand on Saturday, witnesses, media and Thailand's government said, forcing about 200 civilians to flee as rebels pressed to flush out junta troops holed up for days at a bridge ...

Visiting Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare speaks during a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, July 10, 2023. Andy Wong/Pool via

Solomon Islands leader Sogavare keeps seat, vote count continues

Kirsty Needham |Updated 9 hours ago |2 min read

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has retained his parliamentary seat, results showed on Saturday, but it will be days before vote counting determines whether his OUR party can form the next ...