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A protester holds a placard depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump outside Downing Street, on the day of a European leaders' summit hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss European security and Ukraine, in London, Britain, March 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

Europe

UK, European leaders join forces to draft Ukraine peace plan to take to US

At a summit in London just two days after Volodymyr Zelenskiy clashed with US President Donald Trump and cut short a visit to Washington, European leaders offered a strong show of support to the...

Uruguay's new President Yamandu Orsi and Uruguay's new Vice President Carolina Cosse react from the car, in Montevideo, Uruguay March 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Andres Cuenca

Politics

Uruguay shifts to center-left as Orsi takes office

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra looks on during a signing ceremony and press conference at the Government House, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/ File Photo

Asia

Thai PM says human rights principles must be followed, amid concern over fate of Uyghurs

Members of the media work during a joint press conference by US President Donald Trump with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 13, 2025. :Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

USA

White House bars AP, Reuters and other media from covering Trump cabinet meeting

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a House Republican members conference meeting in Trump National Doral resort, in Miami, Florida, US January 27, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

USA

US House Republicans advance Trump's tax cut plan

Canada's Liberal Party leadership candidates, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, former House leader Karina Gould and former Liberal MP Frank Baylis stand next to each other before participating in a French language debate ahead of the March 9 vote to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, February 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evan Buhler

Politics

Candidates to replace Canada's Trudeau focus on Trump

Donald Trump, South Lawn, Washington, DC, February 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Craig Hudson

USA

Trump gets middling grades on Americans' top issues: Reuters/Ipsos poll

German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz stands next to Bavarian state premier and leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) Markus Soeder after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Europe

German election victor Merz plans pivot from US as coalition talks loom

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law, at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, February 20, 2025. Photo: SONG KYUNG-SEOK/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Asia

South Korea police building case against Yoon for obstructing arrest

Anti right-wing activists protest against an AfD event in Hohenschoenhausen, Berlin, Germany, February 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Christian Mang

Europe

Germans start voting, polls suggest shift to right

CPAC annual meeting, National Harbor, Maryland, February 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard

USA

One month in, Trump takes victory lap in speech at CPAC conservative gathering

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron talk during a bilateral meeting at Chequers, near Aylesbury, Britain, January 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool/File Pho

Europe

Macron, Starmer to meet Trump as Europeans flesh out ideas for Ukraine guarantees

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski during their meeting, at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, February 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kent Nishimura

Europe

Rubio says he discussed with Poland the 'need' for NATO allies to raise spending