The French government is concerned about the violent repression against post-election protests in Cameroon and called the authorities to guarantee the safety and physical integrity of the country's citizens, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.Reuters' template to be used in breaking news scenarios
The top two Republican lawmakers who lead the Pentagon's oversight committees in the U.S. Congress issued a rare joint statement on Wednesday slamming the Trump's administration's decision to reduce the number of troops in Romania.U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) attends a press conference following the U.S. Senate Republicans' weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 10, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
Two men convicted of murder-for-hire charges were each sentenced in New York on Wednesday to 25 years in prison over what prosecutors called a failed Tehran-backed plot to kill an Iranian dissident living in the U.S.Prominent New York-based dissident and journalist Masih Alinejad holds a sunflower behind Polad Omarov and Radar Amirov, who were convicted of involvement in an unsuccessful Iran-backed plot to kill her, as they attend their sentencing at federal court in New York, U.S., October 29, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Paraguay plans to open a consulate in Western Sahara, joining African and Arab countries that have established diplomatic missions there in a sign of support for Morocco's claim to the disputed territory, the Moroccan foreign ministry said on Wednesday.Reuters logo
The U.S. Justice Department placed two prosecutors on leave on Wednesday, hours after they referred to Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, as "a mob of rioters" in a sentencing memo, said four people familiar with the matter.An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump riot in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Britain said on Wednesday it had agreed to a deal with Vietnam to curb illegal migration in what it described as the strongest Hanoi had ever agreed with another country.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with Vietnamese Communist Party chief To Lam, at Downing Street, in London, Britain, October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Jack Taylor
Brazil wants to help developing countries secure more funding for adapting to climate change, the COP30 climate summit president said, as a U.N. report estimated the world will need to spend $310 billion a year by 2035 to prepare for higher sea levels, hotter days and other conditions of a warmer atmosphere.Brazilian diplomat Andre Correa do Lago, whose country will host this year's COP30 climate summit, speaks during a press conference after a conference at Germany's foreign ministry where officials from more than 190 signatory nations of the Paris Agreement meet to discuss the global fight against climate change in Berlin, Germany, March 26, 2025. REUTERS/Nadja Wohlleben
Two men arrested on suspicion of stealing jewels from the Louvre Museum have "partially admitted" their involvement in the daylight heist but the precious pieces remain missing, the Paris prosecutor said on Wednesday.French police vans are parked near the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum, after French police arrested suspects in the Louvre heist case, in Paris, France October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor
A British parliamentary committee questioned on Wednesday whether Prince Andrew should still be living in a mansion on the Windsor Estate, west of London, in a rare political intervention sparked by the royal's ties to U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.A drone view shows Royal Lodge, a large property on the estate surrounding Windsor Castle, which belongs to Britain's Prince Andrew, is seen in Windsor, Britain, October 21, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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As U.S. President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping prepare to kick off talks on Thursday, U.S. negotiators have signaled they seek a return to a fragile trade war truce, but tensions remain high and longer-term economic irritants will likely persist between the geopolitical rivals.REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia had successfully tested a Poseidon nuclear-powered super torpedo that military analysts say is capable of devastating coastal regions by triggering vast radioactive ocean swells.Russia's Poseidon nuclear-capable system is seen in this still image taken from an animated video released on July 19, 2018. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history killed at least 132 people, public defenders said on Wednesday, as Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses found overnight, a week ahead of global climate events in the city.Mourners react as people gather around bodies, the day after a deadly police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
The death toll of the March shoot-out in several houses in Nueva Prosperina, one of Guayaquil's most violent neighborhoods, was 22.A member of Ecuador's armed forces frisks a man at a checkpoint during a joint operation to search for drugs and weapons, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino
Argentine President Javier Milei's libertarian alliance made strong gains in Sunday's midterm elections, but he now faces the challenge of showing he can build a coalition to push through investor-desired reforms.Newspapers on display at a Buenos Aires newsstand. REUTERS/Irina Dambrauskas
The United States plans to cut the number of troops present on Europe's eastern flank, including soldiers who were to be stationed at Romania's Mihail Kogalniceanu air base, Romania's defence ministry said on Wednesday.NATO troops take part in NATO's 'Steadfast Dart 2025' exercise at Smardan training range, near Galati, Romania, 19 February 2025. Inquam Photos/Eduard Vinatoru via REUTERS
Hurricane Melissa barreled north of Cuba on Wednesday after thrashing the city of Santiago and isolating hundreds of rural communities while unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching Haiti, where reports surfaced of more than two dozen fatalities.Val Mitchell uses a machete to chop a downed tree on a dirt road, after Hurricane Melissa made landfall, Manchester, Jamaica, October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Israel said on Wednesday it was still committed to the U.S.-backed ceasefire in Gaza, despite its retaliation for the death of an Israeli soldier with day-long bombardment that Gaza health authorities said killed 104 people.Palestinians inspect the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a house, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Tanzanian police ordered a curfew in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday after violent protests marred an election that President Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected to win following the disqualification of the two leading opposition candidates.A man casts his vote during the general election at a polling station in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman
Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung finalised details of their fraught trade deal at a summit in South Korea, and the U.S. president also sounded an optimistic note about a looming summit with China's Xi Jinping.REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Hurricane Melissa churned toward Cuba's second-largest city with the force of a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday, hours after making landfall in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever cyclone on record to hit that Caribbean island nation.A man herds cattle along the coastline ahead of Hurricane Melissa's landfall, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
