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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast on Sunday, ahead of planned military drills by South Korean and U.S.

KAMPALAb (Reuters) – Uganda said on Sunday its Ebola caseload had jumped to 16 people while a further 18 people also likely had the disease, fuelling fears of a spreading outbreak that involves a strain for which a vaccine has not yet been found.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union must stop importing diamonds from Russia, five of the bloc’s 27 countries said in a joint proposal seen by Reuters, as the EU prepares new sanctions against Moscow for waging war against Ukraine.

CHISINAU (Reuters) – Several thousand people protested in Moldova’s capital on Sunday for the second straight weekend to demand the resignation of the country’s pro-Western government amid mounting anger over spiralling natural gas prices and inflation.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast today, ahead of planned military drills by South Korean and U.S.

(Reuters) – Russia’s two most senior lawmakers today addressed a string of complaints about Russia’s mobilisation drive, ordering regional officials to get a handle on the situation and swiftly solve the “excesses” that have stoked public anger.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran must deal decisively with protests which have swept the country after the death in custody of a woman detained by the Islamic Republic’s morality police, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday.

xLONDON, (Reuters) – The strongly pro-Kremlin editor of Russia’s state-run RT news channel expressed anger on Saturday that enlistment officers were sending call-up papers to the wrong men, as frustration about a military mobilisation grew.

MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland will postpone its scheduled presidential election to next year, rather than holding it in November when the incumbent president’s term ends, the region’s electoral body said on Saturday.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A gang of armed men killed at least 15 people at a mosque in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, ahead of large-scale planned military drills by South Korean and U.S.

STEPHENVILLE, Newfoundland, (Reuters) – Powerful storm Fiona ripped into eastern Canada today with hurricane-force winds, forcing evacuations, knocking down trees and powerlines, and reducing many homes on the coast to “just a pile of rubble in the ocean.”

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – China has accused the United States of sending “very wrong, dangerous signals” on Taiwan after the U.S.

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. and European stocks tumbled on Friday, the dollar scaled a 22-year high and bonds sold off again as fears grew that a central bank prescription of raising interest rates to tame inflation will drag major economies into recession.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Western argument to internationally isolate Russia over its Feb.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng unleashed historic tax cuts and huge increases in borrowing on Friday in an economic agenda that floored financial markets, sending sterling and British government bonds into freefall.

DUBA (Reuters) – State-organised rallies took place in several Iranian cities on Friday to counter nationwide anti-government unrest triggered by the death of a woman in police custody, with marchers calling for the execution of “rioters”.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Diplomatic efforts by French President Emmanuel Macron in response to the war in Ukraine were a failure and “deeply harmful” for Kyiv, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former NATO secretary-general, said in an interview published today.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon,  (Reuters) – At least 71 people died when the migrant boat they were aboard sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week, the Lebanese transport minister said, as search operations continued on Friday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s new finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng unleashed historic tax cuts and huge increases in borrowing on Friday in an economic agenda that floored financial markets, with sterling and British government bonds in freefall.