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Russian court extends detention of Russian-US journalist Kurmasheva

(This May 31 story has been corrected to amend an attribution error in paragraphs 1, 14, and 15) KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - A Russian court on Friday extended by two months the pre-trial detention of

Hundreds of German police raid properties in probe into ‘Reichsbuerger’ coup plot

BERLIN (Reuters) -Over 700 police searched properties in three German states on Tuesday associated with two suspects in the far-right "Reichsbuerger" group that plotted to overthrow the government,

Explainer-Mexico constitutional reforms more likely with super-majority in sight

By Anthony Esposito MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's ruling Morena party and coalition partners are close to securing a super-majority in both chambers of Congress,

Christian man attacked by mob over blasphemy allegation dies

Rawalpindi , June 4 (ANI): Tragedy struck in Sargodha as a Christian man, Nazir Masih, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday night following a...

South Africa’s ANC weighs up partners, from free-marketeers to Marxists

By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The African National Congress was holding high-stakes internal talks on Tuesday about which parties it should approach to form South Africa's next government,

Orban’s new challenger targets Hungary’s Roma voters in EU election race

By Anita Komuves and Krisztina Fenyo PASZTO (Reuters) - The man hoping to challenge Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 14-year iron grip over Hungarian politics is actively wooing Roma voters ahead of next

Biden says Netanyahu could be prolonging Gaza war for political aims

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu may be stalling on ending the war in Gaza for political reasons, according to an interview with Time magazine

Fires set off by Hezbollah rockets spread through northern Israel

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Large swaths of northern Israel were engulfed by wild fires set off by rockets launched from Lebanon by the militant group Hezbollah, with rescue teams battling on Monday to get

Georgia to move ahead soon with bill curbing LGBT rights

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's parliament will shortly begin debating a wide-ranging "family values" bill that will include bans on "LGBT propaganda" and gender reassignment surgery, the speaker of

Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox coalition partners back Gaza hostage deal

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's biggest coalition partner said on Tuesday it would support a prospective deal to free hostages from Hamas captivity

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Writings on the Haryana Wall still have Modi first, just the first among equals

BJP's 2024 Haryana campaign is different. Modi's isn’t the lead picture on hoardings and after two terms in power, BJP is relying once again on its mainstay: upper castes & Punjabis.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?