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The U.S. government advised airlines on Friday to use "extreme caution" when flying passengers over Belarus after authorities from that country forced diversion of a Ryanair flight and arrested a dissident journalist on Sunday.

REFILE-Pakistanis rally in support of Palestinians Reuters 9 hrs ago By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan, May 21 (Reuters) - Ten of thousands of Pakistanis marched in support of the Palestinians on Friday as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect after 11 days of fighting, but a bomb blast killed six people at one rally in southwest Pakistan. Shrugging aside restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic, people waved Palestinian flags and placards that read "All unite to free Pa...

By Syndicated Content May 7, 2021 2:42 PM HAVANA (Reuters) – Communist-run Cuba called in Colombia’s ambassador on Friday to protest the expulsion of one of its diplomats from the Andean country amid a wave of violent protests against its right-wing government. Colombia’s foreign ministry had on Thursday accused Omar Rafael García Lazo, the first secretary of Cuba’s embassy in Bogota, of breaching the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, without adding f...

Cuba protests diplomats expulsion from Colombia amid protests Reuters 1 day ago © Reuters/LUISA GONZALEZ FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator takes part in a protest demanding government action to tackle poverty, police violence and inequalities in the health and education systems, in Bogota, HAVANA (Reuters) - Communist-run Cuba called in Colombias ambassador on Friday to protest the expulsion of one of its diplomats from the Andean country amid a wave of violent protests against its right-wing g...

Global markets make gains as economies begin Covid recovery Airlines help Euronext Dublin outperform its European peers, ending the day up 1% about 4 hours ago   Global stock markets made moderate gains on Monday as increasing confidence about the rapid recovery of economies from the Covid-19 pandemic offset concerns about the speed of the market’s rally. Dublin Euronext Dublin outperformed its European peers on Monday, ending the day up 1 per cent led mainly by the airline sector. Ryanair ...

UPDATE 4-In historic move, Biden says 1915 massacres of Armenians constitute genocide Reuters 3 hrs ago By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a historic declaration that infuriated Turkey and further strained frayed ties between the two NATO allies. The largely symbolic move, breaking away from decades of carefully calibrated language from the White House, wil...

Eerily empty, Thai tourist island Phuket desperate to reopen FILE PHOTO: An empty street market is seen near the beach in Phuket, Thailand March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva reuters_tickers This content was published on April 23, 2021 - 03:44 April 23, 2021 - 03:44 By Jorge Silva PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) - A year after one of Southeast Asias most popular fun-and-sun destinations became an eerily quiet shell of empty resorts, shops and nightclubs, residents of the Thai island of Phuket are ho...

FILE PHOTO: A picture of former Cuban President Raul Castro is displayed in the window of a state building in Havana, Cuba, April 11, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban dissidents accused authorities of cutting their web access and preventing them from leaving their homes during the Cuban Communist Party Congress where leaders denounced renewed U.S.-backed attempts at "counterrevolution" using online platforms. The four-day congress, where Raul Castro is set to ste...

Article content ISLAMABAD — Islamist radicals in Pakistan on Monday released 11 police abducted during violent anti-blasphemy protests against France over the weekend, the interior minister said as his government opened negotiations with the group after a week of violence. All main businesses, markets and shopping malls and public transport were closed in major cities in response to a strike call by the Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), prompting the main KSE-100 stock index to open more than 5...

Article content ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Monday opened negotiations with radical Islamist after they freed 11 police abducted during week-long anti-blasphemy protests against France in which four officers were killed, the interior minister said. Most main businesses, markets, shopping malls and public transport services were closed in major cities in response to a strike call by the Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) and its affiliated groups. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try r...