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GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters): Israeli planes renewed air strikes in Gaza early on Saturday and Hamas fighters responded by firing rockets into Israel as their battle entered a fifth night and US …

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Confirmed deaths from COVID-19 in Colombia passed 80,000 on Friday with intensive care units almost full in the biggest cities, where large crowds have been gathering for weeks …

LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s polarized presidential election race is tightening further, an opinion poll showed on Friday, with socialist candidate Pedro Castillo’s lead being trimmed by right-wing opponent Keiko Fujimori …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian government said on Friday it had officially deemed the United States and the Czech Republic “unfriendly” states, and that U.S. diplomatic missions could no longer …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Friday designated online news site VTimes a “foreign agent” and also sent bailiffs to the Moscow office of U.S. broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) …

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s hopes of producing its own COVID-19 vaccine have been thrown into doubt after the state audit court rejected a plan to pump public funds into local …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s seven-day rate of COVID-19 cases fell below a key threshold for the first time in nearly two months on Friday, paving the way for virus restrictions …

LONDON (Reuters) – The origin of the novel coronavirus is still unclear and there is not yet enough evidence to say conclusively if it occurred naturally or was caused by …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The first repatriation flight for Australians from COVID-ravaged India will arrive in the Northern Territory on Saturday after the lifting of a two-week travel ban, officials said. …

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan Electoral Council President Pedro Calzadilla said on Thursday that the country would hold regional and local elections on Nov. 21, despite the opposition’s call this week …

(Fixes typo in brother’s name Saleh in paragraph 8) DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia has released construction tycoon Bakr Bin Laden after more than three years since he was detained as …

ACRE, Israel (Reuters) – In the mixed Arab and Jewish city of Acre, the holiday festival of Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of Ramadan would normally see families mingling …

LONDON (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday that it was “painful” for him to have to face parliamentary scrutiny over the collapse of Greensill Capital, …

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Police fired teargas to disperse a crowd of more than 200 people protesting in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Thursday against the Israeli bombing of the Palestinian territory …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand announced a daily record in new coronavirus cases on Thursday after clusters in two jails saw nearly 3,000 inmates infected, among them a leader of anti-government …

SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines visited the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) along the border with North Korea as part of a visit to South Korea on …

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday overturned an earlier ruling that stopped controversial legislation targeting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from becoming law, in a move likely to alarm …

FATIMA, Portugal (Reuters) – Suffering from an autoimmune disease, 71-year-old Maria Emilia travels – often by foot – to one of Catholicism’s most famous sanctuaries in Portugal every year. But …

(Reuters) – A crew member aboard a Cuba-flagged oil tanker on its way from a Mexican shipyard to Venezuela was reported missing this week, according to a shipping report seen …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a phone call on Wednesday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and discussed their upcoming meeting on the sidelines of …