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Tourist attacks cast doubt on Italy's crackdown

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
ROME (Reuters) - Two brutal attacks on foreign tourists in Italy this weekend have put the ruling centre right on the defensive about the effectiveness of its crackdown on crime, which has included mobilizing the military.

U.N. troops calm Lebanon, but tensions remain

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
SHAQRA, Lebanon (Reuters) - French soldiers take off their body armor but keep their FAMAS rifles slung over their backs before moving off on a leisurely foot patrol through this pro-Hezbollah Shi'ite Muslim village in south Lebanon.

Number of Somalis needing aid spikes to 3.2 million

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The number of people needing humanitarian aid in Somalia has leapt 77 percent this year to more than 3.2 million, more than a third of the country's population, an authoritative new study has shown.

Iraqi girl aborts suicide bombing and surrenders

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A teenage Iraqi girl wearing a vest packed with explosives turned herself in rather than go through with a suicide bombing in a violence-torn city north of Baghdad, police and the U.S. military said on Monday.

Russia warns Moldova against "Georgian mistake"

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned ex-Soviet Moldova on Monday against repeating Georgia's mistake of trying to use force to seize back control of a breakaway region.

Iran launches submarine production line

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has launched a submarine production line to ensure its forces are equipped to maintain security in the vital oil shipping route, the Strait of Hormuz waterway, the defense minister said on Monday.

Search still off for missing Mont Blanc climbers

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
LYON, France (Reuters) - Ground searches for the bodies of eight climbers lost in an avalanche on Mont Blanc at the weekend remained suspended on Monday due to unstable conditions on the mountain, authorities said.

Pakistan's Sharif pulls party out of coalition

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif pulled his party out of the ruling coalition on Monday, deepening a political crisis that has diverted government attention from pressing security and economic problems.

Mugabe to open parliament over opposition protests

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is expected to open parliament on Tuesday after his ruling ZANU-PF and the opposition MDC won key positions in the chamber.

French general sees overconfidence in Afghan deaths

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
PARIS (Reuters) - Overconfidence was probably a factor in the incident that led to the deaths of 10 French soldiers in an ambush in Afghanistan, the French commander in the region was quoted as saying on Monday.

Malaysia opposition cries foul in Anwar by-election

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
PERMATANG PAUH, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia's opposition alliance, which backs Anwar Ibrahim in his bid to return to parliament, said on Monday that some of its supporters had been removed from voter lists ahead of a crucial by-election.

Russian lawmakers meet on rebel Georgian regions

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers meet on Monday to discuss pleas by Georgian separatists for Moscow to recognize their independence, a move that could stoke tensions with the West over Russia's military intervention in pro-Western Georgia.

Three killed as Kashmir protesters defy curfew

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Police shot dead at least one Muslim separatist demonstrator on Monday as authorities tried to enforce a curfew in disputed Kashmir in the face of some of biggest protests in two decades against India's rule.

Ten killed in Guatemala small plane crash

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Ten people died on Sunday when a single-engine aircraft crashed in eastern Guatemala, including four U.S. citizens on a humanitarian mission and the plane's two pilots, local officials said.

Thai police brace for major anti-government rally

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police are braced for a major anti-government demonstration on Tuesday, with tens of thousands expected to take to the streets and speculation protesters may try to occupy the prime minister's compound.

Mauritania coup a threat to Africa: president's son

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - The military coup that toppled Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi this month threatens the future of democracy in Africa if left unchallenged, the deposed president's son said on Sunday.

Kyrgyzstan calls day of mourning over air crash

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan announced a national day of mourning for Tuesday after 65 people died at the weekend in one of the tiny Central Asian state's worst air disasters.

S.Korea, China urge cooperation over North Korea

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
SEOUL (Reuters) - The presidents of China and South Korea at a summit on Monday called for cooperation in sputtering talks to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons while they pledged to boost trade between the major economic partners.

Ten killed in militant attack in Pakistan's Swat

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants attacked the home of a district government official in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Monday, killing three members of his family and seven guards, police said.

Legal squatters brush up Leipzig's old treasures

Fri, 2024-05-17 01:49
LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) - When Ilka Weingart first entered the abandoned east German butcher's store where she wanted to open a soap shop, she gaped at holes in the floor, decades-old layers of grime, and rust-colored stains.