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By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday rebuffed calls to immediately impose economic sanctions on Russia, saying that doing so...

(Reuters) - The United States on Sunday said it was ordering the departure of eligible family members of staff from its embassy in Ukraine and that all citizens should consider...

By Thiam Ndiaga and Anne Mimault OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Sustained gunfire rang out from military camps in Burkina Faso on Sunday as mutinying soldiers demanded more support for...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican officials found more than 3,000 migrants in the country illegally over the past 48 hours, the government's National Migration Institute (INM) said...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Saturday in the western Afghan city of Herat, it said in a post on Telegram on Sunday. At least six...

By Bate Felix DAKAR (Reuters) - The West African nation of Burkina Faso hit international headlines on Sunday when machinegun fire rang out from barracks as soldiers demanded more...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A 49-year-old Briton was found dead at his home with knife wounds in western Thailand, and a Thai suspect was in custody, police said on Sunday. Another...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday for the first time conferred the lay Roman Catholic ministries of lector and catechist on women, roles that...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday called for an international day of "prayer for peace" on January 26 to stop the Ukraine crisis from worsening,...

By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - Britain has accused the Kremlin of wanting to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine, and said Russian intelligence officers had been in...

By Karin Strohecker (Reuters) -Tensions between Moscow and Western powers have raised the prospect of new economic sanctions being imposed on Russia if it attacks neighbouring...

VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of a foundation set up by Anne Frank's father has criticised an investigation into her betrayal to the Nazis that named a Jewish notary as a leading...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Beijing's city government on Sunday introduced new measures to contain a recent outbreak of COVID-19, as China's capital continued to report new local cases of...

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) - Families have stopped children playing outside as Tonga struggles to deal with ash and the psychological fallout of last week's volcanic eruption and...

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia will face severe economic sanctions if it installs a puppet regime in Ukraine, Britain's deputy prime minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday after Britain...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia reported 58 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, as the two most populous states, New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, said students would be tested twice...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's navy chief stepped down on Saturday after drawing criticism for saying Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved respect and that Kyiv would never win...

By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - A leading French aquarium vendor has decided to stop selling round fish bowls because they drive fish mad and kill them quickly. French pet...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government on Saturday distanced itself from comments made by its navy chief after video footage emerged in which the vice-admiral said Russian...

By David Brunnstrom, Kiyoshi Takenaka and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed in a virtual...

By Simon Lewis GENEVA (Reuters) -The top U.S. and Russian diplomats made no major breakthrough at talks on Ukraine on Friday but agreed to keep talking to try to resolve a crisis...

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Conservatives on Friday defended former Pope Benedict against charges of mishandling sexual abuse cases decades ago, but victim groups...

By Praveen Menon, Kirsty Needham and Tom Westbrook WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Life-saving water supplies from a New Zealand navy ship were distributed across Tonga's main island...

By Joan Faus and Horaci Garcia LAS MANCHAS, Spain (Reuters) - Eighty-year-old Sabino Leal Jeronimo returned to his home on Spain's Canary Island of La Palma for the first time in...

ATHENS (Reuters) - European police have dismantled a criminal network that made hundreds of millions of euros smuggling migrants from Turkey to Italy mainly on yachts, Greek...

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament will hold consultations next week on an idea to appeal to President Vladimir Putin to recognise two pro-Russian breakaway...

By Sabine Siebold and Pavel Polityuk BERLIN/KYIV (Reuters) -The United States and Western countries sought to project unity and a tough stance over Ukraine on Thursday, after U.S....

By Jessie Pang and Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - The new head of Hong Kong's Bar Association pledged on Thursday to defend the Chinese-ruled territory's vaunted rule of law...

LONDON (Reuters) - British artist Henry Hudson says he took inspiration from flying in empty planes during the COVID-19 pandemic for his latest exhibition, presenting a collection...

By Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - Former Pope Benedict XVI failed to take action against clerics in four cases of alleged sexual abuse in his archdiocese when he was...

ZAITOUN CAMP, Syria (Reuters) - At least one child was killed in northern Syria this week when a storm blanketed tented camps in snow and brought freezing temperatures,...

By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia's troop buildup near Ukraine is galvanising NATO defences in Europe that President Vladimir Putin wants to...

(Refiles to correct typographical error in headline) By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers late on Wednesday formally asked for a new trial after the...

KABUL (Reuters) - In a small tailoring workshop in Kabul, 29-year-old Afghan entrepreneur Sohaila Noori looks on as her dramatically reduced workforce of around 30 women sew...

By Ryan Woo and Tingshu Wang ANSHAN, China (Reuters) - "Today ... the first game in the Winter Olympics ... begins!" The shout rings through a coterie of onlookers by a frozen...