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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

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland sees limited room for diplomacy and dialogue with Russia, a senior Polish official said, despite attempts by French President Emmanuel Macron to persuade Warsaw to rethink its relationship with Moscow. FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron greets Polish President Andrzej Duda during a meeting at a NATO summit in Watford, Britain,

SEOUL (Reuters) – Protesters angry over American demands that South Korea pay more for defense destroyed portraits of the U.S. ambassador stuck on blocks of tofu outside the U.S. embassy on Friday after police warned them against staging a more aggressive demonstration. Members of a pro-U.S. civic group argue with police officers as they try

WHAKATANE (Reuters) – A New Zealand military team undertaking a high-risk operation to recover bodies of eight people killed in an eruption this week has landed on the volcanic White Island, the police said on Friday. Relatives hug as they wait for rescue mission, following the White Island volcano eruption in Whakatane, New Zealand, December

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Aboard a golden royal barge, King Maha Vajiralongkorn was rowed along the river winding through the oldest part of Bangkok on Thursday, as thousands of loyal Thais thronged the banks to see the final ritual of his drawn out coronation. Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn takes part in a royal barge river procession

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand officials lifted the death toll from this week’s volcano eruption to eight on Thursday after two victims died in hospital, as ongoing seismic activity prevented teams from accessing the island to recover bodies. A military ship is seen in front of Whakaari, also known as White Island volcano, seen from

NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court granted bail on Wednesday to the Nairobi County governor charged with multi-million dollar corruption in one of the most high profile cases in the government’s anti-graft push. Nairobi’s Governor Mike Sonko leaves the court room after a hearing, after he was arrested on corruption-related charges, at the Milimani Law

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Peronist leader, Alberto Fernandez, was sworn in as president on Tuesday, marking a shift to the left for Latin America’s No. 3 economy as the country fights rampant inflation, credit default fears and rising poverty. Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez and Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner react after they were

PRAGUE (Reuters) – A gunman killed six people on Tuesday at a hospital waiting room in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava before fleeing and fatally shooting himself in the head, police said. It was unclear what motivated the Czech Republic’s worst attack since 2015 when a man shot eight people dead and then killed

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron at the NATO summit in Watford, Britain, December 4, 2019. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that progress had been made to restore peace to eastern Ukraine at a summit in Paris where Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Ukrainian counterpart

(Reuters) – A webcam set up on New Zealand’s White Island volcano shows at least one group of tourists were inside the crater moments before it erupted and blanketed the area in a massive ash cloud. An aerial view shows hikers walking on the crater rim of Whakaari, also known as White Island, shortly before

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to the heartlands of Brexit Britain in a final campaign blitz ahead of Thursday’s election, as he seeks to secure the parliamentary majority he needs to take the country out of the European Union. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and main opposition Labour Party

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of black-clad protesters from all walks of life thronged the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in a sign of broad support for anti-government demonstrations that have roiled the Chinese-ruled city for six months. Protesters attend a Human Rights Day march, organised by the Civil Human Right Front, in Hong

The burns casualty ward of a hospital where a 23-year-old rape victim, who was set ablaze by a gang of men, including the alleged rapist, is being treated, is pictured in New Delhi, India, December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A 23-year-old rape victim died in a hospital in the Indian capital

FILE PHOTO: Francois Bayrou, leader of Mouvement Democrate (Democratic Movement), is seen in his car as he arrives to visit the Pic du Midi in the Pyrenees mountain with French President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) at La Mongie in Bagneres-de-Bigorre, France, July 26, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/Pool PARIS (Reuters) – A French investigative judge on Friday

HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – Indian police shot dead four men on Friday who were suspected of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian near Hyderabad city, drawing applause from her family and hundreds of citizens outraged over sexual violence against women. People gather at the site where police shot dead four men suspected of raping and