PARIS, (Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty yesterday by a Paris appeals court of illegal campaign financing over his failed 2012 re-election bid.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast yesterday that he preferred Joe Biden to Donald Trump but was willing to work with any U.S.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine destroyed a Russian landing warship off the coast of occupied Crimea in an operation with naval drones that breached the vessel’s port side today and caused it to sink, Kyiv’s military spy agency and armed forces said.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Shehbaz Sharif is set to begin a second term as Pakistan’s prime minister in coming days, returning to the role he had until August when parliament was dissolved ahead of last week’s elections.
AMBALA, India, (Reuters) – Indian security forces fired tear gas at protesting farmers for a second day today to stop tens of thousands from marching to the capital New Delhi to demand higher prices for their produce.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian police have put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, its state secretary and Lithuania’s culture minister on the wanted list, according to the Russian Interior Ministry’s database.
NEW YORK CITY, (Reuters) – New York City police said they are searching for a gunman who opened fire on a subway train and station platform in the Bronx yesterday, killing one man and injuring five other people.
DHAHRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia decided to halt its oil capacity expansion plans because of the energy transition, its energy minister said today, adding that the kingdom has plenty of spare capacity to cushion the oil market.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The final results of Pakistan’s national election put independents, backed by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in the lead with 93 of 264 seats.
(Reuters) – The death toll amid protests in Senegal over the postponement of the presidential election until December has climbed to three, as concerns grow that one of the remaining democracies in coup-hit West Africa is under threat.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Human rights groups on Sunday demanded the release of prominent Venezuelan lawyer and activist Rocio San Miguel, whom Venezuelan authorities detained on Friday near Caracas according to Amnesty International and other groups.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A 71-year-old Ukrainian man died in Russia in December awaiting trial for espionage and other crimes, human rights organisation Memorial said on Sunday, citing court documents.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – The final results of Pakistan’s national election put independents, backed by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in the lead with 93 of 264 seats.
DOHA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli air strikes killed 17 people in Rafah on the Gaza border overnight, medics said yesterday, as over a million Palestinians crammed into the city awaited a full-scale offensive with the rest of the enclave in ruins and nowhere left to run.
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Air defence systems operated by U.S.-led coalition troops based in eastern Syria halted six drone attacks targeting their base at the Conoco oil field yesterday, a security source said.
(Reuters) – The mental ability and age of the United States’ presidential candidates took center stage on the campaign trail yesterday, following a report that suggested President Joe Biden was suffering memory lapses.