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Anger over Texas' power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze mounted Tuesday as millions of residents in the energy capital of the U.S. remained shivering with no assurances that their electricity and heat out for 24 hours or longer in many...

The entire state of Texas is under a winter storm warning. National Weather Service forecasters have extended the winter storm warning for the Houston area to 6 a.m. Thursday, as cold weather and the threat of more rain freezing or otherwise remain.

The police said that twin infant girls were sleeping at their house in Tamil Nadu state when they were attacked by monkeys on Saturday.

Kosovo's antiestablishment party Vetevendosje is forecast to win Sunday's parliamentary poll, an exit poll showed, a result which could further complicate Western efforts to resolve its decadeslong territorial disputes.

Flamboyant Argentine exPresident Carlos Menem has died at age 90 after battling longterm health problems, current Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said in a tweet on Sunday.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday announced a threeday lockdown in the country's biggest city Auckland, after three COVID19 cases emerged, the first local infections since late January.

Donald Trump's unprecedented second impeachment trial ended in acquittal Saturday, the Democraticled prosecution failing to garner enough Republican support to convict the former president of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S Capitol.

At least 10 people were hurt when a gas tanker exploded at a customs post in Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said as scores of local residents tried to control a massive fire at the scene near the Iranian border.

The researchers, including Manjeet Kumar from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Germany, analyzed the chain of amino acid molecules that makes up the human proteins involved in the coronavirus infection, such as a class of proteins calle...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday will issue new COVID19 guidelines for schools as the Biden administration seeks to fulfill its promise to send most students back to the classroom within its first 100 days.

First lady Jill Biden had installed before dawn Friday special Valentines Day artwork on the north lawn of the White House: giant pink, white and red hearts that resemble the popular candy.

The sisters of prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain alHathloul said on Thursday they wanted real justice for her, and the lifting of a travel ban, the day after she was released from prison on a suspended sentence.

An antiestablishment party was expected to take the lead in parliamentary elections in Kosovo on Sunday, complicating Western efforts to broker an end to a territorial dispute with Serbia that has hobbled its 13 years of independence.

​In the days before U.S. President Joe Biden's inauguration, Mexican soldiers patrolling the banks of the wide Suchiate River found few migrants amid the flow of trade across the water from Guatemala.

The United Nations human rights investigator for Myanmar on Friday urged the U.N. Security Council to consider imposing punitive sanctions, arms embargoes and travel bans in response to a military coup.

The U.S. government next week will begin to gradually process asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under a controversial program put in place by former President Donald Trump, officials said.