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Hunger monitor confirms famine in Darfur’s al-Fashir and one other city
(Reuters) -A global hunger monitor on Monday confirmed famine conditions in al-Fashir, the Sudanese city taken by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after a lengthy siege, as well as […]
Jihadists’ fuel blockade poses biggest threat yet to Mali’s military rulers
DAKAR/BAMAKO (Reuters) -A two-month-old fuel blockade by al Qaeda-linked militants has all but paralysed the capital of Mali, turning the screws on the military government and raising concern that the […]
Serbian police detain 37 after anti-government clashes
BELGRADE (Reuters) -Hundreds of anti-government protesters clashed with supporters of Serb President Aleksandar Vucic late on Sunday, close to the anniversary of a deadly roof collapse that triggered a youth-led […]
Russia says its forces advance in embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk
MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russia said on Monday that its troops had advanced in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that Moscow’s forces have been seeking to capture […]
Workers injured in partial collapse of tower near Rome’s Colosseum
ROME (Reuters) -A worker was hospitalised with serious injuries following the partial collapse on Monday of a medieval tower under renovation in central Rome near the Colosseum, ANSA news agency […]
Electoral defeat exposes weaknesses of Argentina’s Peronist opposition
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -The defeat of Argentina’s Peronist opposition in October’s midterm election exposed the weaknesses of the fractured movement and its competing leaders and has raised questions about how […]
Tanzania’s Hassan sworn into office after deadly election violence
DODOMA (Reuters) -Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn into office on Monday for her first elected term after winning a landslide victory in an election that set off deadly […]
Fifteen people, mostly children, missing after floods in Indonesia’s Papua, official says
JAKARTA (Reuters) -At least 15 people, mostly children, are missing and are likely to be dead after floods and landslides hit Indonesia’s easternmost Papua region after torrential rain, a local […]