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Bolivia heads to polls as 20 years of leftist rule expected to end

Bolivia heads to polls as 20 years of...

Sucre [Bolivia], August 18: People in Bolivia were headed to the polls to elect the next president as well as...

Serbia ruling party offices set on fire in protests

Serbia ruling party offices set on fire in...

Belgrade [Serbia], August 18: The offices of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) have been set on fire during a...

France says Mali's arrest of embassy worker on coup charges 'unfounded'

France says Mali's arrest of embassy worker on...

Paris [France], August 18: France's Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has said that a French man recently arrested in...

German diplomat criticises China ahead of Japan, Indonesia visit

German diplomat criticises China ahead of Japan, Indonesia...

Hamburg [Germany], August 18: German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, just ahead of a trip to Japan and Indonesia, criticized China...

UN regrets lack of consensus on plastic pollution treaty

UN regrets lack of consensus on plastic pollution...

New York [US], August 17: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed regret that international negotiations on a legally binding instrument...

European leaders welcome President Trump's efforts to end war in Ukraine

European leaders welcome President Trump's efforts to end...

Brussels [Belgium], August 17: European leaders today welcomed US President Donald Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine, following...

Netanyahu 'has become a problem,' says Danish PM as she calls for Russia-style sanctions against Israel

Netanyahu 'has become a problem,' says Danish PM...

Brussels [Belgium], August 17: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become a "problem," his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen said Saturday,...

Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern Gaza, spokesperson says

Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern...

Gaza [Palestine], August 17: Gaza residents will be provided with tents and other shelter equipment starting from Sunday ahead of...

Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end his war in Ukraine

Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end his...

Moscow [Russia], August 17: Russia would relinquish tiny pockets of occupied Ukraine and Kyiv would cede swathes of its eastern...

Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting push

Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting...

New York [US], August 17: Pro-democracy activists and labor groups held hundreds of rallies and other events across the United...

Trump tells Zelenskiy that Putin wants more of Ukraine

Trump tells Zelenskiy that Putin wants more of...

New York [US], August 17: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Ukraine should make a deal to end...

Dozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia

Dozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Sulawesi,...

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 17: Dozens of people were injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Sulawesi, Indonesia, early on...

US suspends visas for Gaza residents after right-wing social media storm

US suspends visas for Gaza residents after right-wing...

Washington [US], August 17: The United States has announced that it is halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza...

Erin rapidly intensifies to 'extremely powerful' category five hurricane

Erin rapidly intensifies to 'extremely powerful' category five...

Washington [US], August 17: Hurricane Erin has rapidly intensified into a rare category five hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds of...

11 dead, 130 injured after major explosion and fire at Russian munitions factory

11 dead, 130 injured after major explosion and...

Moscow [Russia], August 17: The death toll has risen to at least 11, with 130 injured, following a major explosion...

Putin pleased with Trumpsummit

Putin pleased with Trumpsummit

Moscow [Russia], August 17: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday praised the results of his summit meeting with US President...

Europeans insist on security guarantees for Ukraine

Europeans insist on security guarantees for Ukraine

Berlin [Germany], August 17: While fears that US President Donald Trump might agree to unacceptable concessions for Ukraine did not...

Indonesians raise anime pirate flag in protest as nation marks independence

Indonesians raise anime pirate flag in protest as...

Medan [Indonesia], August 17: Indonesia is celebrating 80 years of independence from Dutch colonial rule, but not everyone is in...

Hamas condemns Israel's 'systematic destruction' of Gaza

Hamas condemns Israel's 'systematic destruction' of Gaza

Gaza [Palestine], August 17: Hamas has said that for about a week, the Israeli military has been heavily assaulting the...

Portugal follows Spain and requests firefighting help from EU nations

Portugal follows Spain and requests firefighting help from...

Madrid [Sprain], August 17: Two firefighting planes from Sweden are expected to arrive on Sunday in Portugal after Lisbon requested...

Orban praises talks as marking 'safer' world

Orban praises talks as marking 'safer' world

Budapest [Hungary], August 17: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has welcomed the outcome of Friday's meeting between US President Donald...

Renewed violence erupts during protests in Serbia

Renewed violence erupts during protests in Serbia

Belgrade [Serbia], August 17: Violent riots have broken out for the third successive day during protests against the government of...

Devastating floods and landslides claim more than 300 lives in Pakistan

Devastating floods and landslides claim more than 300...

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 17: The death toll from the devastating floods in Pakistan crossed 300 on Saturday, as rescuers pulled...

Norway says to recruit 14 leading foreign researchers under new gov't program

Norway says to recruit 14 leading foreign researchers...

Oslo [Norway], August 16: Norway is set to welcome 14 leading foreign researchers under a new government program, including 13...

One dead, several injured in southern Denmark train derailment

One dead, several injured in southern Denmark train...

Oslo [Norway], August 16: One person was killed and several others were injured on Friday afternoon when a passenger train...

The battle to redraw the electoral map between California and Texas

The battle to redraw the electoral map between...

New York [US], August 16: Two US states, California and Texas, are racing to rearrange their electoral maps with the...

Ukraine intelligence says Russia is about to test 'invincible' Burevestnik missile

Ukraine intelligence says Russia is about to test...

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 16: Ukraine's military intelligence says Russia is preparing to test a new nuclear-powered cruise missile and if...