Soccer star’s murder highlights South Africa’s crime problem as election nears
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In the South African township where Luke Fleurs grew up, some friends joined gangs before they reached…
Analysis-Low turnout, apathy in India election a worry for Modi’s campaign
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A lower turnout so far in India’s long general election has rattled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
SNP lawmaker Swinney launches bid to become Scotland’s new leader
LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish National Party (SNP) lawmaker John Swinney said on Thursday he would run to succeed outgoing leader…
Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A lawyer for Donald Trump sought on Thursday to portray the hush money payment at the center…
India deports Myanmar refugees who fled 2021 coup
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - India on Thursday deported the first group of Myanmar refugees who had sought shelter after a…
Residents fear for safety as Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano erupts
TAGULANDANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Antelmus Paulus, 67, is in despair after the eruption on Tuesday of Indonesia's Ruang volcano rendered…
California police move in to dismantle pro-Palestinian protest camp at UCLA
LOS ANGELES (Reuters): Hundreds of helmeted police muscled their way into a central plaza of the University of California at…
Awaiting US aid, Ukraine’s gunners fire sparingly at advancing Russians
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - The soldiers manning a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer close to the front in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk…
EU official calls Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill unacceptable
TBILISI (Reuters) - A senior European Union official warned the Georgian government on Thursday that its proposed legislation on "foreign…