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CAIRO (Reuters) - Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Saturday that mediators hope all parties will deal positively with the principles of a Gaza ceasefire proposal that U.S. President Joe Biden laid out on Friday.

Al Thani made the remarks during a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Qatar's state news agency said.

The principles in the ceasefire proposal "include the withdrawal of... (continue reading...)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Here are some of the main promises made by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its election manifesto and at campaign rallies.

Modi is expected to win a third straight term after voting in the general election that ended on Saturday, exit polls showed. Results are due on June 4.

UNIFORM CIVIL CODE

The BJP's manifesto promises a national code that will... (continue reading...)

By Alexander Tanas

CHISINAU (Reuters) - The pro-Russian leader of Moldova's largest opposition party has called for better relations with Russia and China and urged other groups to join forces in fielding a single challenger to pro-European President Maia Sandu in an October election.

Sandu views Russia as one of the biggest threats facing Moldova, which is located between Ukraine and Romania, and has led the effort to join the European... (continue reading...)

By Krishna N. Das, Rishika Sadam and Chris Thomas

NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alliance could double its parliamentary seats in the prosperous south of the country, in a sign that he can widen his appeal even after 10 years in office.

Results of the six-week national election will be out on June 4 and the alliance led by Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to win... (continue reading...)

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the country's leading opposition party, has been hit by a major cyberattack and has taken parts of its IT-infrastructure off the grid as a precautionary measure, authorities said on Saturday.

"There was a serious cyber attack on the CDU network," Germany's Interior Ministry said in a statement, adding security authorities were working intensively to fend off and investigate the attack,... (continue reading...)