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Factbox-What happens next as South Africa's Ramaphosa faces impeachment process?
By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG, May 12 (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces impeachment proceedings over a scandal dubbed "Farmgate" in which thieves sto...
May 12, 2026
Taiwan president thanks US for help in strengthening defences
COPENHAGEN, May 12 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday expressed his thanks to the U.S. for its help in strengthening the island's defences and said Taipei would not give in to pressu...
May 12, 2026
Bahamians vote in snap election as PM Davis seeks rare second term
By Jasper Ward May 12 (Reuters) - Bahamians headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to grant Prime Minister Philip Davis and his ruling Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) a second consecutive te...
May 12, 2026
Authorities in east Libya say 120 migrants recovered from trafficking dens
TRIPOLI, May 12 (Reuters) - Authorities in eastern Libya say they have found and deported 120 migrants who were being held captive by people traffickers south of Benghazi, and have recovered the bodie...
May 12, 2026
Protests erupt in India after key college entrance test is cancelled
NEW DELHI, May 12 (Reuters) - Dozens of members of the student wing of India's opposition Congress party protested in New Delhi on Tuesday against the cancellation of a key undergraduate college entra...
May 12, 2026
Kremlin repeats Putin's assertion that Ukraine war is nearly over after Zelenskiy casts doubt
MOSCOW, May 12 (Reuters) - The Kremlin repeated Russian President Vladimir Putin's assertion that the war in Ukraine was almost over on Tuesday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Mosc...
May 12, 2026
Eurovision Song Contest gets off to a tense start, overshadowed by Gaza
By Francois Murphy VIENNA, May 12 (Reuters) - The Eurovision Song Contest got off to a tense start in Vienna on Tuesday as Israel competed in the first semifinal amid a boycott by five countries over ...
May 12, 2026
India's Hindu RSS lobbies groups abroad to counter minority rights criticism
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, May 12 (Reuters) - A powerful Hindu group from which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party emerged said on Tuesday it had organised foreign visits, including to the ...
May 12, 2026
Ecuador's Espinosa joins battle to lead United Nations
GENEVA, May 12 (Reuters) - Antigua and Barbuda has nominated Ecuador's Maria Fernanda Espinosa as candidate to be the next United Nations Secretary-General, a U.N. official told Reuters on Tuesday. Es...
May 12, 2026
Iran now defines Strait of Hormuz as far larger zone, IRGC officer says
DUBAI, May 12 (Reuters) - Iran has expanded its definition of the Strait of Hormuz into a "vast operational area" far wider than before the Iran war, according to a senior officer in the Islamic Revol...
May 12, 2026
