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Iranian dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam, who was convicted of fomenting violence during the 2017 antigovernment protests, was executed on Saturday, Iran's state television reported.

The World Bank has approved an additional loan of $300 million to help Ukraine's government support lowincome families amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the bank said late on Friday.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first COVID19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE , making it available for emergency use to patients aged 16 and older.

While the FDA decision came only after public review of data from a huge ongoing study, it has also been dogged by intense political pressure from the Trump administration, which has accused the agency of being too slow and even threatened to remove FDA c...

The remarks have angered scientists and others who said comments like these from someone of Mogoeng's influence and stature would mislead people pinning hopes on a vaccine as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Venezuela's Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami said on Friday that authorities had disrupted a plan to attack Venezuela's 146,000barrelperday (bpd) El Palito refinery, and had arrested two suspects in the plot.

Last month, Iraqi authorities gave families displaced by the war against Islamic State just 48 hours to pack up and leave the AlIshaki camp before it was closed.

Willian Castro and his family huddled on the roof of a banana packing plant for three days as Hurricane Eta raged last month, seeking to escape the torrential rains and floods that swept through his home and thousands of others.

Presidentelect Joe Biden is nominating Denis McDonough, who was President Barack Obamas White House chief of staff, as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a sprawling agency that has presented organizational challenges for both parties over t...

In a new show of military might, two American bomber aircraft took off from the United States and flew over a swath of the Middle East on Thursday, sending what U.S. officials said was a direct message of deterrence to Iran.

Scientists have spent weeks watching this climate-related event unfold, as the iceberg – about the same size as the island itself – has meandered and advanced over two years since breaking off from the Antarctic peninsula in July of 2017.

A Russian citizen in Denmark has been charged with espionage for providing information about Danish energy technology to Russia, Danish authorities said on Wednesday.

Cyprus on Wednesday ordered the closure of malls and restaurants until the end of the year to try to subdue an aggressive jump in COVID19 cases.

Driverless robot buggies started delivering hot restaurant meals to paying customers in one central Moscow district on Wednesday, their operator, Russian Internet giant Yandex, said.

Dutch media reported that the owner of the store also owns another Polish supermarket in Aalsmeer that was gutted by an explosion and fire early Tuesday.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he will wait his turn for the COVID19 vaccine, as officials detailed a plan that prioritizes healthcare workers and the elderly to receive the first doses.