NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Clashes erupted in New Delhi on Tuesday between thousands of protesters and police, the latest violence in a week of opposition to a new law that makes it easier for non-Muslims from neighboring countries to gain citizenship. Demonstrators throw pieces of bricks towards riot police during a protest against a new
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The European Union should bypass national governments that flout democratic standards and deal directly with municipalities as they can perform “miracles” in areas such as climate change, the mayors of four eastern European capital cities said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony speaks next to Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib and
FILE PHOTO: U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun pictured here attending as U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Korea’s President Moon Jae-in in New York, U.S. September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. special envoy for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, called on Pyongyang to return its offer of talks, saying
MANILA (Reuters) – Rescue teams in the southern Philippines searched for signs of life on Monday in a collapsed shopping center after a powerful earthquake that killed at least three people and wounded dozens more. Damaged buildings are seen at Padada market, in Padada, Philippines December 15, 2019 in this still image obtained from social
KOLKATA/LUCKNOW (Reuters) – Demonstrators in eastern India set fire to more than a dozen buses and vandalized at least six railway stations on Saturday, as violent protests against a new citizenship law continued for a fourth straight day. A protester attends a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, that seeks to give citizenship to religious
MADRID (Reuters) – Big polluting countries faced last-ditch pressure from smaller nations on Friday to show serious commitment to averting catastrophic climate change as negotiators battled to salvage a result from a fraught U.N. summit in Madrid. EU Executive Vice-President in charge of the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans poses with ministers and envoys from
(Reuters) – It was a straight forward message: “Get Brexit done.” The mantra of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party during the national election campaign was aimed at harnessing voter frustration at a parliamentary logjam over Britain’s exit from the European Union. It worked. Beyond the traditional strategy of swaying voters in
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
Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his house to head to a polling station to vote in the general election in London, Britain, December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel voiced worry about Britain’s election on Thursday, describing the possible rise of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn as a threat
FILE PHOTO: Honduras’ President Juan Orlando Hernandez speaks during a news conference at the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, August 19, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera/File Photo TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran lawmakers allied with President Juan Orlando Hernandez have voted against renewing an agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS) to extend the mandate of an
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The South Pacific islands of Bougainville have overwhelmingly voted to be independent from Papua New Guinea, the referendum commission said on Wednesday, in a historic poll that will embolden separatists as they start negotiating the terms of their sovereignty. FILE PHOTO: Residents hold a Bougainville flag at a polling station during a
FILE PHOTO: A section of border fence is pictured by the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley near Hidalgo, Texas, U.S., October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday ruled against President Donald Trump’s attempt to transfer $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build a wall on
PARIS (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the first time on Monday at a summit in Paris aimed at advancing efforts to restore peace to eastern Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrive for a working
PARIS (Reuters) – Drivers on two Paris metro lines voted on Monday to extend a walkout until the end of the week as France grappled with a fifth day of strikes, a sign transport workers will keep up a fight against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to streamline pensions. Commuters walk on a platform at Gare
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was nervous about his narrowing lead in opinion polls ahead of Thursday’s election but pledged to deliver a “transformative” Brexit that will allow lower immigration. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during the launch of a general campaign poster at the Kent Showground
Iraqi demonstrators gather during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The death toll in an attack by armed men at Baghdad’s main protest site on Friday night rose to 23 on Saturday, police and medical sources said, the deadliest incident to hit the capital in weeks. More