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NATO to beef up defence of Europe's eastern flank after Poland shot down drones

BRUSSELS/WARSAW/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - NATO announced plans to beef up the defence of Europe's eastern flank on Friday, two days after Poland shot down drones that had violated its airspace in the first known action of its kind by a member of the Western alliance during Russia's war in Ukraine.

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North Korea deepens repression with more surveillance, executions, UN report says

GENEVA (Reuters) -Repression in North Korea has deepened across many areas, with heightened surveillance, expanded use of forced labour and more frequent executions, making it the most restrictive country in the world, a U.N. human rights report said on Friday.

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Factbox-Key issues for voters in Malawi's 2025 elections

BLANTYRE (Reuters) -Malawians will vote for their next president, members of parliament and local councillors on September 16 after five years of increasing economic hardship that was compounded by a series of natural disasters.

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Pope Leo tells Catholic bishops not to hide abuse allegations

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo has instructed the Catholic Church's newest bishops to confront sexual abuse by priests and not to hide allegations of misconduct, in a text released by the Vatican on Friday.

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Boat capsizes in Pakistan floods, killing nine, authorities say

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -At least nine people died when a rescue boat capsized during flood relief efforts in Pakistan, authorities said on Friday.

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A Russian tattoo artist finds blind faith in his needle

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Like a piano player moving up a scale, Igor Mikhaylov runs his gloved hands along his client's upturned arm, feeling out precisely where he should place his stencil.

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Merz faces early election test in Germany's most populous state

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) -Friedrich Merz promised to cut the far right down to size. This Sunday, he faces his first big electoral test since becoming German chancellor, and the nativist Alternative for Germany is scoring its best-ever polling results.

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Waters recede in Bali after floods kill 16 people, with two still missing

DENPASAR/JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) -Two people were still missing on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, officials said on Friday, as waters began receding after flooding killed at least 16 people this week, most of them swept away when rivers burst their banks.

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UK announces new package of Russia sanctions

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain announced a new package of Russia-related sanctions on Friday, including 70 new specifications and 30 new designations, a government statement said.

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Russian booksellers face legal minefield over new 'foreign agent' rules

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) -In a bookstore in the Russian city of St Petersburg, employees are painstakingly cutting out labels, placing them on the covers of books and sealing the volumes in clear plastic wrapping.

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Suspect in Charlie Kirk murder in custody after 33-hour manhunt

OREM, Utah (Reuters) - A young Utah man suspected of killing the conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a university forum has been taken into custody, as U.S. leaders reacted with sorrow and frustration over the latest outbreak of political violence sweeping the country.

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After Trump's tough words, little sign of policy response to Kirk's killing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hours after announcing that conservative activist Charlie Kirk had been killed at a college campus in Utah, President Donald Trump warned of consequences to come.

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Explainer-Why is Turkey's main opposition party facing a legal crackdown?

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey's main opposition party has seen hundreds of its members arrested in a nearly year-long legal onslaught that will reach a critical point on Monday when a court decides whether to annul the party's last congress and unseat its leader.

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Turkish court could oust opposition leader in deepening political crisis

ANKARA (Reuters) -A Turkish court will decide on Monday whether to oust the head of the main opposition, in what some see as a test of the country's shaky balance between democracy and autocracy after a nearly year-long legal crackdown on the party.

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Right-wing anger surges as Kirk’s killing fuels calls for vengeance

(Reuters) - The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk ignited a wave of fury on the far right, where some Trump supporters cast the murder as a political flashpoint and threat to conservative power amid a broader reckoning over rising violence.

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Utah governor asks for public's help in finding Kirk shooter

OREM: The shooter who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods remains at large more than 24 hours later on Thursday (Sept 11) as federal investigators appeal for the public's help by releasing photos of the person they believe is responsible.

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FBI Director Kash Patel faces scrutiny for inaccurately saying Kirk killer had been caught

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kash Patel faced his biggest test yet as FBI director as current and former officials criticized his inaccurate statement that a suspect had been caught in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a prominent ally of President Donald Trump.

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South Sudan VP Machar charged with treason and murder, suspended by president

NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity for his alleged involvement in attacks by an ethnic militia against federal forces in March, the justice minister said on Thursday.

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Exclusive-Bessent, Chinese vice premier to meet in Madrid next week on trade, TikTok

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent plans to with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and other senior officials next week in Madrid to continue their discussions on trade, economic and national security issues, the Treasury said on Thursday.