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By Waylon Cunningham May 14 (Reuters) - A group of United Nations human-rights experts has asked Starbucks and the U.S. government to respond to allegations that Starbucks has carried out a years-long...

By Ricardo Brito and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA, May 14 (Reuters) - Allies of Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro scrambled on Thursday to play down ties to a jailed banker that threatened his odds in ...

(Corrects day to Thursday from Wednesday in paragraph 3) By Octavio Jones PALMETTO, Florida, May 14 (Reuters) - Police in Florida are investigating vandalism at a historic, predominantly African Ameri...

LAGOS, May 14 (Reuters) - Nigeria's human rights body on Thursday called on the military to launch a "thorough and prompt" investigation into what it called recurrent civilian casualties from military...

By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that it welcomes the initial positive dialogue between U.S. President Donald Trump and...

AMSTERDAM, May 14 (Reuters) - A U.N. war crimes court said on Thursday it had denied a bid for early release by Ratko Mladic, the 84-year-old Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide and crimes agai...

By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, May 14 (Reuters) - Cuba's electrical grid suffered a partial collapse early on Thursday morning, the country's grid operator UNE said, snuffing out power across eastern Cuba a...

LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - British Labour lawmaker Josh Simons on Thursday said he would resign from his seat in parliament in a move designed to give Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham a chance to...

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks abruptly resigned on Thursday, an agency spokesperson said, adding to turnover in recent months among top immigratio...

ROME, May 14 (Reuters) - Five Italian nationals have died following a scuba diving accident in the Maldives, Italy's foreign ministry said on Thursday. The incident occurred in the Vaavu Atoll, where ...