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A Haitian soldier stands guard outside the international airport after a U.S. plane landed, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 23, 2024.

Haiti police bolster security around palace ahead of transition

By Steven Aristil and Harold Isaac PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian police deployed tear gas to move people back from a security perimeter around the National Palace while soldiers gripping rifles patrolled the international airport's ...

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Venezuela's Maduro says he is open to receiving UN rights envoy

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends an event at the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas, Venezuela, December 4, 2023.

North Korea officials visit Iran in a rare public trip

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A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022.

Trump meets with Japan's former prime minister Aso

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Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools

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US FDA says commercial milk safe despite bird flu virus presence

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The sun shines behind the United Nations Secretariat Building at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York City, New York, U.S., June 18, 2021.

US, Russia set for a showdown at UN over nuclear weapons in space

Joey Roulette, Michelle Nichols |Updated 2 hours ago |3 min read

By Michelle Nichols and Joey Roulette UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Russia are set to face off over nuclear weapons in space on Wednesday at the United Nations Security Council, which is due to vote on a U.S.-drafted ...

European?Union?flags fly outside the?European?Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 1, 2023.REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo

Rights concerns, costs undermine Turkey-EU migrant deal, say auditors

Nette Noestlinger |Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

By Nette Noestlinger BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkey's poor human rights record and economic factors are undermining the effectiveness of the European Union's migration deal with Ankara, EU auditors said on Wednesday. Under the 2016 deal, Ankara ...

Children hold a banner as Argentine university students, unions, and social groups march to protest against President Javier Milei's "chainsaw" cuts on public education, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 23, 2024.

Argentina's Milei faces biggest protest yet as students march over budget cuts

Nicolás Misculin |Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday in an anti-government march against budget cuts to public universities, the biggest protest yet against President ...

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to commemorate Earth Day during a visit to Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia, U.S., April 22, 2024.

Factbox-Biden administration races to safeguard environmental rules from congressional axe

Reuters |Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - The Biden administration is racing to finalize a slew of major environmental regulations to help safeguard them from potential reversal should former President Donald Trump win the 2024 presidential election. Agency rules completed ...

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, arrives at the Vostochny Сosmodrome before a meeting of Russia's President Vladimir Putin with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via

North Korea leader Kim's sister: we will build overwhelming military power

Reuters |Updated 3 hours ago |1 min read

SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said the country will continue to build overwhelming and the strongest military power to protect its sovereignty and regional peace, the North's KCNA news ...

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures during an event to mark the 86th anniversary of the expropriation of foreign oil firms, at PEMEX headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico. March 18, 2024.

Mexico president eyes fresh pension fund ahead of election

Reuters |Updated 4 hours ago |2 min read

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he hopes to present a new fund aimed at boosting the lower pensions in the system on May 1, a month ahead of presidential elections. The creation of the fund, ...

Venezuela opposition candidate to appear on presidential ballot for three parties

Vivian Sequera |Updated 2 hours ago |1 min read

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela unity opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez will appear as three parties' candidate on the ballot for July presidential elections, after two additional parties said on Tuesday they were able to list him in their ...

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 15, 2024. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via

US calls on Iraq to safeguard US troops after new attacks

Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart |Updated 5 hours ago |2 min read

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military called on Iraq's government on Tuesday to take steps to safeguard American troops in both Iraq and Syria after failed attacks a day earlier by Iran-aligned militia. The ...

Russian-installed officials say four dead in Ukraine drone attack in Zaporizhzhia region

Reuters |Updated 5 hours ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Emergency services in Russian-held parts of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region said a Ukrainian drone strike on Tuesday killed four people in a car north of the town of Melitopol. The officials, quoted by Russia's RIA news agency, said the ...

US sanctions militant leaders over hostages in West Africa

Reuters |Updated 5 hours ago |2 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on leaders of militant groups over the taking of hostages, including Americans, in West Africa, the Treasury and State departments said. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The sanctions on leaders of ...