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Amnesty ends for Kosovo Serbs to register their cars
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Serbs in Kosovo will not be allowed to use old car plates predating the country's independence from Serbia as of Friday, an issue that has triggered the worst ethnic violence in t...
Dec 16, 2023
Madagascar’s president sworn in for third term after disputed poll
By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina was sworn in on Saturday for a third term after being declared winner of last month's presidential election, and vowed...
Dec 16, 2023
Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria to ink deal on floating Black Sea mines in January
By Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria plan to sign a deal in January on a joint plan to clear mines floating in the Black Sea as a result of the war in Ukraine, Turkish...
Dec 16, 2023
Hungary to veto Bulgaria’s Schengen entry unless it scraps gas transit tax
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will veto Bulgaria's entry into Europe's passport-free Schengen Zone unless it scraps a transit tax on Russian gas, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. The ve...
Dec 16, 2023
Tens of thousands attend Bangladesh opposition rally calling for government to resign
DHAKA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh's main opposition party took to the streets of the capital on Saturday defying fears of being arrested ahead of the country's national e...
Dec 16, 2023
Missing British boy found in France to fly to London on Saturday – prosecutor
PARIS (Reuters) - Alex Batty, the British teenager who resurfaced in southern France after disappearing six years ago, will take a direct flight from Toulouse to London in the late afternoon on Saturd...
Dec 16, 2023
For Kuwait’s new emir, Saudi ties are seen as key
By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah was named as Kuwait's new emir on Saturday after the death of his brother Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah aged 86. Sheikh Meshal, 83, ...
Dec 16, 2023
Ivory Coast court suspends main opposition party’s elective congress
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A court in Ivory Coast has suspended an elective congress of the country's main opposition party in which the former chief executive of Credit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, is among the c...
Dec 16, 2023
Israeli hostages killed mistakenly in Gaza were holding white flag, official says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Three Israeli hostages killed mistakenly in Gaza by Israeli forces had been holding up a white flag, according to an initial inquiry into the incident, a military official said o...
Dec 16, 2023
UK shoots down suspected drone targeting commercial shipping in Red Sea
LONDON (Reuters) - British defence minister Grant Shapps said on Saturday that a navy ship HMS Diamond shot down a suspected attack drone targeting merchant shipping in the Red Sea. "HMS Diamond shot ...
Dec 16, 2023
