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By Marc Frank and Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday named tourism minister Manuel Marrero Cruz as the country’s first prime minister in decades, under a new constitution that seeks to decentralize former leader Fidel Castro’s job.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - France killed 33 militants in Mali on Saturday using attack helicopters, ground troops and a drone near the border with Mauritania where a group linked to al Qaeda operates, the French authorities said. The raid about 150 km (90 miles) northwest of Mopti in Mali targeted the same forest area where France wrongly claimed last year it had killed Amadou Koufa, one of the most senior Islamist militants being hunted by French forces in the Sahel. A spokesman for the French army's... Читать дальше...

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is "very concerned" about the intensification of the conflict in Libya, with a rising number of reported Russian mercenaries supporting Khalifa Haftar's forces on the ground turning the conflict into a bloodier one, a senior State Department official said on Saturday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has approved the purchase of British defence company Cobham by U.S. investor Advent International for $5 billion after the private equity group made commitments to address national security concerns.

The Congress, Left and other Opposition parties led demonstrations in many states including Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland and West Bengal, demanding that the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act be scrapped.

Nikhat has been demanding a trial with Mary Kom for a while now and was set to face the Manipuri boxer in the Big Bout League

Nikhat has been demanding a trial with Mary Kom for a while and was set to face the Manipuri boxer in the Big Bout League

In a chat with Firstpost, Jharkhand batsman Virat Singh describes his emotions while watching his name come up in the IPL 2020 Auction, his entry into the world of cricket and more.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray also announced restructuring the outstanding loans of farmers from October 2019.

Top seed Meiraba overcame fourth-seeded Malaysian M Fazriq Mohamad Razif 21-17, 14-21, 21-14 to set up a clash against Ken Yon Ong of Malaysia in the final

Elaborate security arrangements have been made for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally on Sunday at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, which is a little over a kilometre away from Old Delhi's Daryaganj that was hit by violence on Friday during the protest against the amended Citizenship Act

Hundreds of students and other groups gathered around the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Parliament Square in London on Saturday to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India

Sprinting great Usain Bolt ran on the track at Tokyo’s newly-completed National Stadium on Saturday during an event to celebrate the opening of the venue set to be the centrepiece of next year’s Olympics.

Top leaders of the party including its former president Rahul Gandhi and its general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are likely to participate in the 'satyagrah dharna' till the evening, sources said.

People in the crowded lanes and by-lanes of this part of the National Capital claimed that their right to protest peacefully was violated by Delhi Police.

Captain Azhar Ali (57) and Babar Azam (22) were unbeaten at the close of play, but it was Abid and Shan Masood (135) who stole the show earlier with a huge opening stand of 278

Catch all the action from the game between Hyderabad FC and ATK on our live blog.

Even though the stones strewn across the streets in Delhi's Seelampur have been cleared and daily life has returned in the busy trading area of the National Capital, the anxiety over the law and order situation that took the locality hostage on Tuesday is still palpable

People remember the 98 but what Tendulkar went through before and during the match against Sri Lanka in Johannesburg was unimaginable as he was forced to carry tissue paper suffering from a bout of diarrhoea

In an optional net session, Kohli batted for a significant time, going for aerial as well as ground strokes.

The outline bid for the Rovers stadium designed by Zaha Hadid Architects was accepted by the Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire

The West Indies will be keen to end a 13-year long wait to win against India in a bilateral ODI series. Here's all you need to know about when and where to watch third India vs West Indies ODI.

A winner of league titles in Italy, England, France and Germany, and also three Champions League titles, Ancelotti will take over one of the most storied clubs in English football but one that has not won a trophy since 1995 and is having its worst season in years

At least 59 persons have been arrested for Thursday's violence which left over two dozen policemen injured, the state government said

NCP president Sharad Pawar questioned why only migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan will be given citizenship under amended law and not Sri Lankan Tamils