President readies Italy for snap polls to be fought on EU, euro

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president set the country on a path to fresh elections on Monday, appointing a former International Monetary Fu...

Israeli defense system shoots down Gaza mortar fire

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile shield shot down a barrage of mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday a...

Top North Korean officials travel to U.S., Singapore in summit preparations: media

SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea has dispatched top officials to the United States and Singapore, media reported on Tuesday, the latest i...

Myanmar police witness says searched Reuters reporters' phones without warrant

YANGON (Reuters) - Police in Myanmar examined the mobile phones of two Reuters reporters accused of possessing secret documents without a se...

Doctors who treated Skripals uncertain about their long-term health

LONDON (Reuters) - The doctors who treated a Russian former spy and his daughter after they were poisoned with a nerve agent in Britain say ...

EU handouts not always the answer for Africa's returning migrants

DAKAR (Reuters) - When Fatou Kine's failed attempt to reach Europe left her jobless and penniless in Algeria, she turned to an agency sh...

Germany's 'miserly' Scholz irks comrades at home and abroad

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's new Social Democrat finance minister, Olaf Scholz, is frustrating both key ally France and his own struggli...