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BEIRUT (Reuters) -At least six people were killed in two days of clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, where the mainstream faction Fatah fought against rival groups that support Islamists, security sources said. A Fatah commander was killed on Sunday in an ambush that also injured several of his aides in the crowded, impoverished Ain el-Hilweh camp near the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon. Four of the […]

By Boureima Balima and Felix Onuah NIAMEY/ABUJA (Reuters) -West African nations imposed economic and travel sanctions on Niger’s new military leaders on Sunday, threatening to use force if they fail to reinstate ousted President Mohammed Bazoum within a week. The 15-nation ECOWAS bloc’s response to the Sahel region’s seventh coup of recent years came as pro-junta supporters in Niger’s capital Niamey burned French flags and stoned the former colonial power’s […]

By Alan Baldwin SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (Reuters) -Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen roared to a crushing eighth win in a row, one short of the all-time record, in a Red Bull one-two with Sergio Perez at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. Red Bull’s 13th consecutive victory made the team the first in the sport’s 73-year history to win the opening 12 races of a season, one more than McLaren […]

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (Reuters) – Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen roared to a crushing eighth win in a row, one short of the all-time record, in a Red Bull one-two with Sergio Perez at the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. Red Bull’s 13th consecutive victory made the team the first in the sport’s 73-year history to win the opening 12 races of a season. Verstappen, who started sixth after a […]

By Jibran Ahmad and Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) -At least 40 people were killed and over 130 injured when an explosion tore through a political rally in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police said. The police said there was no confirmation yet about the cause of the blast that took place at a gathering of the conservative Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) party, known for its […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The leader of Israel’s parliamentary opposition on Sunday demanded that the government freeze its judicial overhaul for 18 months if it wants to resume negotiations on a consensus formula for the changes. Last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition pushed through the first elements of an overhaul of Israel’s judiciary, seeking to restrict judges from challenging some government decisions. The moves have triggered months of demonstrations among […]

By Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday called on Russia to reverse its decision to abandon the Black Sea grain deal, under which it had allowed Ukraine to export grain from its seaports despite the ongoing war. Russia walked out of the Black Sea deal on July 17 after saying its demands to ease sanctions on its own grain and fertilizer exports had not been met. Moscow […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin reviewed a parade of warships and nuclear submarines in his native St Petersburg on Sunday and announced that the Russian Navy would receive 30 new ships this year. Forty-five ships, submarines and other vessels took part in Russia’s annual Navy Day event, a traditional show of military might which takes place in the Gulf of Finland and on the River Neva in St Petersburg. […]

(This July 29 story has been refiled to add dropped paragraphs on the detention of Nicolas Petro’s ex-wife) BOGOTA (Reuters) – Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has been arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering and illicit enrichment, the attorney general’s office said early on Saturday. The younger Petro, a politician in Atlantico province, had welcomed the investigation when it began in March and has […]