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By Mayank Bhardwaj and Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Farmers in India vowed on Monday to intensify their months-long protest against laws aimed at liberalising agriculture as tension flared a day after eight people were killed in clashes between growers and ruling party supporters. Four of the eight were killed when a car linked to a senior ruling party official crashed into protesters in Uttar Pradesh state, protest leaders said. Police said they were investigating the crash and had registered a case against 13 people including a son of a minister of state in the interior ministry, Aja...

CAIRO (Reuters) -Sudan is about to run out of essential medicine, fuel and wheat after political protests forced the closure of Port Sudan, the main port in the east of the country, the cabinet said on Sunday. Members of eastern Sudan's Beja tribes have blocked roads and forced Red Sea ports to close in recent weeks in protest at what they say is the region's lack of political power and poor economic conditions there. The cabinet acknowledged eastern Sudan's just cause and stressed the right to peaceful protest, but warned that the closure of Port Sudan and highways connecting the east with th...

CAIRO (Reuters) -Sudan is about to run out of essential medicine, fuel and wheat after political protests forced the closure of Port Sudan, the main port in the east of the country, the cabinet said on Sunday. Members of eastern Sudan's Beja tribes have blocked roads and forced Red Sea ports to close in recent weeks in protest at what they say is the region's lack of political power and poor economic conditions there. The cabinet acknowledged eastern Sudan's just cause and stressed the right to peaceful protest, but warned that the closure of Port Sudan and highways connecting the east with th...

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Antonio Galvan, head of soybean grower lobby Aprosoja, is part of a group of 10 people under investigation for their alleged role in a conspiracy against Brazilian institutions including the Supreme Court, according to court records seen by Reuters. According to authorities, the people under investigation have incited the population through social networks to practice criminal and violent acts on the eve of the Sept. 7 national holiday, when Brazilians observe Independence day. Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro have called for protests at the Supreme Court t...

EU vows to shield itself from Chinese security threats, Michel says FILE PHOTO: European Council President Charles Michel speaks during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France June 9, 2021. Julien Warnand/Pool via REUTERS reuters_tickers This content was published on June 10, 2021 - 08:33 June 10, 2021 - 08:33 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday that the European Union was ready to stand up to aggressive actions by China and Russia, offering support to U.S. President Joe Biden on his first European tour. "We will defend ou...