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LUSAKA (Reuters) - African leaders and diplomats on Friday joined Zambia in mourning its founding president and liberation hero Kenneth Kaunda, who died last month aged 97 after a bout of pneumonia. "...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury said on Friday it removed sanctions on three Iranians but said this did not reflect a change in its sanctions policy toward Iran and had nothing to do with talk...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday backed a recommendation that U.S. military prosecutions of sexual assaults be taken away from the chain of command and given to independent prosecut...

(Reuters) - American Olympic 100 metres hurdles champion Brianna McNeal will miss the Tokyo Games - and even the 2024 Paris Olympics - after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed her appe...

LE CREUSOT, France (Reuters) - Slovenian Matej Mohoric won the seventh stage of the Tour de France, a massive 249.1-km ride from Le Creusot on Friday. The Bahrain-Victorious rider prevailed from the d...

By Katharine Houreld, Giulia Paravicini and Maggie Fick HUMERA, Ethiopia/NAIROBI (Reuters) - The capture of the Tigray regional capital by its ousted rulers this week was a dramatic setback for Ethiop...

KABUL (Reuters) - The departure of U.S. troops from Afghanistan's Bagram air base on Friday marks the end of a 20-year war. Here are some facts about the Soviet-built air strip, which has served as th...

LONDON (Reuters) - Russian wildcard Liudmila Samsonova overcame a mid-match wobble to stun former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens 6-2 2-6 6-4, progressing to the last 16 of a Grand Slam for the fir...

(Reuters) - Shares of AMC Entertainment fell about 9% on Friday, extending losses after small research house Iceberg tweeted that it held a short position on the theater chain operator's stock. AMC wa...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's prosecutor general has requested an investigation of President Jair Bolsonaro over his conduct in negotiations to acquire an Indian COVID-19 vaccine, which has been steep...