OSCE Observers Say Kyrgyzstan Election Was Efficient but Freedoms Increasingly Limited

BISHKEK, Dec 1 (Reuters) - OSCE election observers said on Monday that a weekend parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan had ...

Pope Pushes Peace Message on Second Day in Crisis-Hit Lebanon

Lebanon, which has the largest share of Christians in the Middle East, has been rocked by the spillover of the Gaza conflict, ...

Putin Grants Many Categories of Chinese Citizens Visa-Free Access to Russia for up to 30 Days

MOSCOW, Dec 1 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree granting visa-free access to Russia for up to 30 ...

Pope in Lebanon Prays for Peace at Tomb of Saint Revered by Christians and Muslims Alike

ANNAYA, Lebanon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims as he ...

Tropical Storm Deaths Top 600 in Southeast Asia, Over 4 Million Affected

Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand faced large-scale devastation after a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait ...

Landmine Casualties Hit 4-Year High as States Exit Ban Treaty

GENEVA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by ...

Southeast Asia Storm Deaths Near 700 as Scale of Disaster Revealed

Much of Thailand's recovery effort is focused on the worst-affected city Hat Yai, a southern trading hub which on November 21 ...

Donations for Hong Kong Fire Victims Reach $115 Million, While Crackdown on Dissent Hardens

Donations to victims of a devastating fire in Hong Kong have reached about $115 million after the blaze that began Wednesday ...

Sri Lanka's Cyclone Death Toll Climbs to 355, With 366 Missing

COLOMBO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Rescuers in Sri Lanka were scrambling on Monday to clear roads and deliver aid to more than half a ...

UK Lawmaker Siddiq Calls Bangladeshi Prison Sentence 'Flawed and Farcical'

LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq said a Bangladeshi court process which has sentenced her in absentia ...

Indonesia Flood Death Toll Hits 502, Official Data Shows

JAKARTA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The death toll from the floods striking three provinces across Indonesia's Sumatra island has ...

Two South Koreans Arrested in Iran on Smuggling Charges, Seoul Says

SEOUL, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Two South Korean nationals have been arrested in Iran on suspicion of smuggling, South Korea's foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.