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ALMATY (Reuters) – All five parties running in a parliamentary election in Uzbekistan on Sunday back reformist President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, meaning that although the vote will be the freest in decades, it is sure to produce a legislature loyal to him. FILE PHOTO: Uzbek president Shavkat Mirziyoyev attends a news conference with his Kazakh counterpart

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – More than 1,500 protesters have been arrested across India in the past 10 days, officials said, as police try to quell sometimes violent demonstrations against a citizenship law that critics say undermines the country’s secular constitution. Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against a new citizenship law, in Guwahati, India December

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Two Carnival Corp cruise ships collided on Friday in the port of Mexico’s Caribbean resort of Cozumel, the luxury cruise operator said, crushing the stern of a 952-foot-long (290-meter) vessel and leaving passengers stunned at the loud impact. Carnival Glory cruise ship crashes into Carnival Legend at Cozumel cruise port, Mexico

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thousands of people have fled to the Turkish border from the last big opposition stronghold in northwestern Syria because of an intensified bombardment by Russian forces and the Syrian army, residents and rescue workers said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: People walk near rubble of damaged buildings in the city of Idlib, Syria

WUCHENG, China (Reuters) – After wading through mudflats, Fan Xinde, a 36-year-old fisherman, sifts old copper coins from the debris scooped from the bed of a dwindling river that feeds China’s biggest freshwater lake, the Poyang. FILE PHOTO: The abandoned boats lie on the dried lake bed of Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, in

FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro looks on as he leaves the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that a bill authorizing mining on protected indigenous reserves was ready and only needed to be sent to Congress for consideration. Bolsonaro told

FILE PHOTO: A fire blazes across bush as seen from Mount Tomah in New South Wales, Australia December 15, 2019 in this still image obtained from social media video. NSW RFS – TERRY HILLS BRIGADE/via REUTERS SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) declared its second state of emergency in two

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States failed on Wednesday to reach an agreement over Seoul’s contribution towards hosting some 28,500 U.S. troops, ending two days of talks that were the last before their existing deal expires on Dec. 31. FILE PHOTO: James DeHart, U.S. Department of State’s a senior advisor for security

SERUTHUR, India (Reuters) – Saranya was only nine when the giant waves hit her family’s village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Boxing Day in 2004. Saranya (R), who lost four siblings and her family home in the tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people across the coasts of several Asian countries,

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit (L) and Riek Machar, former vice president and rebel leader, shake hands after their meeting in which they have reached a deal to form a long-delayed unity government in Juba, South Sudan December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Jok Solomun JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir said he had reached

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China and Russia on Monday proposed the U.N. Security Council lift a ban on North Korea exporting statues, seafood and textiles, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters, in a move Russia said is aimed at encouraging talks between Washington and Pyongyang. The draft also called for a ban to

FILE PHOTO: French High Commissioner for Pension Reform Jean-Paul Delevoye is pictured as France faces a second day of strike protests against the government’s pension reform plans, in Paris, France December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier PARIS (Reuters) – The French government’s High Commissioner for Pensions Jean-Paul Delevoye resigned on Monday after local media reported that

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Tear gas engulfed central Beirut as security forces chased protesters near Lebanon’s parliament on Sunday in a second night of street clashes that wounded dozens of people. Smoke rises from tear gas fired during anti government protests in Beirut, Lebanon December 15, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Hundreds of people returned to demonstrate despite

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Small groups of anti-government protesters gathered in shopping malls across Hong Kong on Sunday amid sporadic scuffles with riot police, with Chief Executive Carrie Lam away on a visit to Beijing. Police officers detain an anti-government protester during a demonstration inside a mall in Hong Kong, China December 15, 2019. REUTERS/Danish

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s new government has hiked export levies on soy, wheat and corn, according to an official decree on Saturday, hitting farmers in the grains exporting nation to raise revenue needed to avoid default on a mountain of looming sovereign debt. FILE PHOTO: People grab lettuce during a farmers’ protest against low

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thousands of people joined Bangkok’s biggest protest since a 2014 coup on Saturday, after authorities in Thailand moved to ban a party that has rallied opposition to the government of former military ruler Prayuth Chan-ocha. FILE PHOTO: File picture of Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Future Forward Party, speaking during a news