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Leader of Austria’s Green Party Werner Kogler and head of People’s Party (OeVP) Sebastian Kurz shake hands after delivering a statement, in Vienna, Austria January 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz struck a coalition deal on Wednesday with the Greens to ensure his return to power and bring the

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s leader plans to further develop nuclear programs and to introduce a “new strategic weapon” in the near future, state media said on Wednesday, but he left room for dialogue with the United States after it ignored a year-end deadline he had set for talks. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past the Memorial plaque with the names of people killed in the Srebrenica massacre at the Memorial centre Potocari near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A Bosnian war crimes prosecutor on Tuesday indicted a Bosnian Serb former army general for taking part

BEIJING (Reuters) – With just days to go before Taiwan’s elections, its giant neighbor is trying a push-and-pull strategy on the island Beijing claims as Chinese territory, rattling its saber while trying to coax electors with outwardly friendlier policies. FILE PHOTO: A banner is reflected on a polished surface as Chinese President Xi Jinping (C)

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. officials said on Sunday that air strikes in Iraq and Syria against an Iran-backed militia group were successful, but warned that “additional actions” may still be taken in the region to defend U.S. interests. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about airstrikes by the U.S. military in Iraq and Syria,

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The Australian government announced on Sunday it would compensate volunteer firefighters in the state of New South Wales (NSW), as the country’s intense bushfire season rages on. FILE PHOTO: Firefighters work at the scene of a bushfires in Bilpin, New South Wales, Australia in this still image from a social media video

MEXICO CITY/LA PAZ (Reuters) – Mexico’s government said Bolivian police had impeded the departure of Spanish officials visiting the Mexican ambassador in La Paz on Friday, widening a spat over Bolivia’s surveillance of its diplomatic facilities that has rumbled on for days. Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a news conference at the

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan has revived plans to dig a canal on the edge of Istanbul despite opposition from hundreds of petitioners and the city’s new mayor against the kind of mega project that has come to define Turkey’s economic boom and bust. FILE PHOTO: The Russian Navy’s landing ship Azov sails in

MEERUT, India (Reuters) – Zaheer Ahmed had just returned home from work in northern India last Friday afternoon and stepped out for a smoke before lunch. FILE PHOTO: Munshi Ahmed, father of Zaheer Ahmed, who died during clashes with police following protests against a new citizenship law, sits inside house in Meerut, in the northern

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters marched through Hong Kong shopping malls on Thursday, disrupting business in the Asian financial hub for a third day over the festive period and prompting riot police to close off a mall in a tourist district. Riot police patrol outside Causeway Bay shopping mall in Hong Kong, China,

ASHKELON, Israel (Reuters) – A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip at a southern Israeli city on Wednesday as it hosted a campaign rally by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prompted him to take shelter briefly before resuming the event, Israeli TV stations reported. The Israeli military confirmed the launch against Ashkelon, which is 12 km

SANDRINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew avoided the limelight on Christmas Day by skipping the royal family’s traditional mid-morning walk to church and attending an earlier service with other relatives. FILE PHOTO: Horse Racing – Royal Ascot – Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Britain – June 20, 2019 Britain’s Prince Andrew arrives by horse and carriage

A house burns following the spread of wildfires in Valparaiso, Chile, December 24, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A fire in a poor neighborhood of the coastal Chilean city of Valparaíso destroyed dozens of houses on Tuesday and firefighters struggled to control the blaze, authorities said. Inhabitants fled their homes in the middle of

FILE PHOTO: Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador celebrates the U.S. House approval of the USMCA North American trade deal at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, December 19, 2019. Mexico’s Presidency/Handout via REUTERS MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday that monitoring of Mexico’s diplomatic facilities in

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death and three more to jail terms totaling 24 years over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October last year. FILE PHOTO: Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi speaks at an event hosted by Middle East Monitor in London, Britain, September 29,

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Sexual abuse of minors was rife among superiors of the Legionaires of Christ Catholic religious order, with at least 60 boys abused by its founder Father Marcial Maciel, a report by the group showed. FILE PHOTO: Pope John Paul II (R) blesses Father Marcial Maciel, founder of the Legionaries of Christ,