LIMA, April 13 (Reuters) – Delays at polling stations and lingering uncertainty over who will reach a runoff marked a second day of voting and vote counting in Peru on Monday, with conservative Keiko Fujimori clinging to a narrow lead in a crowded presidential race. Logistical problems tied to the distribution of voting materials prompted …
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Suspected militants opened fire on a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing one of them and wounding four others before fleeing the scene, police said. Two attackers were killed when police returned fire. The shooting occurred in Hangu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa …
By Amindeh Blaise Atabong DAKAR, April 13 (Reuters) – A separatist alliance in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions said it would observe a three-day “safe travel passage” later this week to allow civilians and visitors to move freely during a visit by Pope Leo. The pope left on Monday nL1N40W02Q for a tour of four African countries …
April 13 (Reuters) – Ghana said France was open to having discussions with a coalition of countries that are calling for reparations for transatlantic slavery, following a meeting last week with President Emmanuel Macron. Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, accompanied by foreign minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and other officials, held talks with Macron in Paris …
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa CAIRO/GAZA, April 13 (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike killed at least three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said, as mediators met leaders from Hamas in an effort to shore up a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. Medics said the strike had hit a group of men outside …
SEOUL, April 13 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has sparked a diplomatic row with Israel and criticism at home after comparing Israeli military actions against Palestinians to the Holocaust in a post on social media platform X. The controversy began on Friday after Lee said “wartime killings” by the Israel Defense Forces …
MANILA, April 13 (Reuters) – ASEAN foreign ministers called on Monday for the United States and Iran to continue negotiating a permanent end to their conflict, and to implement the ceasefire fully and effectively. The ministers, who met virtually to discuss the war in the Middle East, also called for the restoration of safe, unimpeded …
By Maria de los Angeles Ramirez PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela, April 13 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s https://www.reuters.com/world/venezuela/ effort to attract foreign investors to develop its gold, iron and bauxite seams has enthusiastic backing from the Trump administration but faces big challenges, including armed groups with deep interests in the chaotic, largely illegal prospecting industry that has developed …
BUDAPEST (AP) — After an election earthquake in which voters overwhelmingly rejected pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungarians are contemplating what to expect from the country’s incoming leader, Péter Magyar — a pro-European reformer who has promised a fundamental transformation in Hungary’s political culture. Magyar’s win was met with jubilation on the streets of Budapest …
The number of people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody declined by 12% from a record-high in January to the end of March, data released by the agency on Thursday shows, driven largely by a decline in detentions of those without criminal records. The drop follows the nationwide, bipartisan backlash to the massive immigration enforcement …