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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – International connectivity to Haiti was disrupted on Sunday following violent clashes in the capital that have damaged communications and led to a prison break at the main penitentiary as a major gang leader seeks to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – OPEC+ members led by Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed today to extend voluntary oil output cuts into the second quarter, sources said, giving extra support to the market amid concerns over global economic growth.

RAFAH,  (Reuters) – Born a few weeks into the Gaza war, infant twins Wesam and Naeem Abu Anza were buried today, the youngest of 14 members of the same family whom Gaza health authorities say were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah overnight.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Mediators expected to reconvene in Cairo as soon as today and search for a formula acceptable to Israel and Hamas for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, sources with knowledge of the talks said, after foreign governments resorted to airdrops to aid desperate civilians in the Palestinian enclave.

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump yesterday easily won the Republican caucuses in Michigan, where the party has been riven by infighting that some Republicans fear could hurt his campaign in the key battleground state as he gears up for the general election in November.

(Reuters) – Turnout for Iran’s parliamentary election, seen as a test of the clerical establishment’s legitimacy, appears to have hit an historic low of around 41%, according to unofficial reports quoted by state media yesterday.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russians queued yesterday to place flowers on the grave of late opposition politician Alexei Navalny, with mourners hailing him as a symbol of hope and perseverance the day after he was laid to rest in Moscow.

FRANKFURT, (Reuters) – Germany said yesterday it was investigating an apparent eavesdropping of a call, after Moscow said a recording of German officers showed them discussing weapons for Ukraine and a potential strike by Kiev on a bridge in Crimea.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House yesterday said the U.S. government was taking seriously an internal watchdog report that the U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced yesterday plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid threw a spotlight on an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal enclave.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Thousands of Russians chanted Alexei Navalny’s name and said they would not forgive the authorities for his death as the opposition leader was laid to rest in Moscow on Friday.

ABU DHABI,  (Reuters) – World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiators failed to break a deadlock on major reforms yesterday despite talks extending deep into overtime in Abu Dhabi, in what some delegates said was a triumph of national interest over collective responsibility.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday rejected Venezuela’s appeal against a decision to resume an investigation into alleged human rights abuses by government officials.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced today plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid threw a spotlight on an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal enclave.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenya and Haiti signed a security deal today that Nairobi hopes will satisfy a domestic court’s objections to its plan to send 1,000 police officers to lead a U.N.-approved

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces yesterday shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel blamed the deaths on crowds that surrounded aid trucks, saying victims had been trampled or run over.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) –  The Democratic-majority U.S. Senate yesterday approved a bill to avert a partial government shutdown, after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives backed it with less than 36 hours before funding would have begun to run out.

(Reuters) – Brian Mulroney, the former Canadian prime minister who struck a free trade deal with the U.S.

KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General  Antonio Guterres yesterday said cutting emissions is “essentially” the responsibility of G20 nations, the largest pollutors, calling for stronger targets and fairer financing for countries bearing the brunt of climate change.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to reject Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss, according to legal experts, but its decision to spend months on the matter could aid his quest to regain the presidency by further delaying a monumental criminal trial.