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The Trump administration is slapping new sanctions on Somalias alShabab extremist group, an alQaidalinked organization responsible for multiple terrorist attacks in East Africa.

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed alNahyan and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin exchanged invitations on Tuesday to visit their respective countries, UAE state news agency WAM reported, the latest step in Israel's thaw with Arab states.

European Union members who reject the rule of law mechanism must be aware that their citizens will have to pay a price for this stance, German Europe Minister Michael Roth said on Tuesday, speaking after a video conference of his EU counterparts.

A federal prison complex in Louisiana that emerged as an early coronavirus hotspot with hundreds of inmates suffering from the virus failed to comply with federal health guidance and left inmates with the virus in their housing units for a week without...

Britain and the European Union missed a midNovember deadline to seal a new trade deal before the end of the year, but negotiators are still pursuing an agreement, which Ireland's foreign minister has said could take two more weeks.

Bird flu has been found on another chicken farm in Germany and a programme to slaughter up to 70,000 poultry is being prepared, authorities said on Tuesday.

An Australian judge on Tuesday adjourned a trial of Australian journalists and media to consider whether to dismiss charges they breached a court suppression order on reporting of exVatican treasurer George Pell's 2018 child sex abuse conviction.

Several U.S. governors, from the coastal states of New Jersey and California to the heartland of Iowa and Ohio, acted on Monday to restrict gatherings and boost facecoverings in confronting a coronavirus surge they warned is out of control.

Effectiveness numbers will change as the vaccine studies continue since the early calculations were based on fewer than 100 COVID-19 cases in each study. But early results provide strong signals that the vaccine could prevent a majority of disease when la...

Mainland China reported 15 new COVID19 cases on Nov. 16, up from eight cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Tuesday.

A federal judge signaled reluctance on Monday to grant Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, extra time to petition for clemency after her attorneys fell ill with COVID19 before they could complete her application.

President Donald Trump will have to pay $7.9 million if he wants a statewide recount of unofficial results in Wisconsin showing him losing to Democrat Joe Biden by about 20,500 votes.

Russia has moved truckmounted multiple rocket launchers into a land corridor it controls between Armenia and NagornoKarabakh as its peacekeeping forces secure new territory for a deal struck over the enclave last week.

A former fencing coach at Harvard University and a Maryland businessman were arrested on Monday on charges that they engaged in a bribery scheme aimed at securing the admission of the businessman's two sons to the Ivy League school.

Opposition candidate Maia Sandu won presidential election runoff in Moldova, defeating proMoscow incumbent Igor Dodon, preliminary results from the central election commission showed on Monday.

Despite the pandemic and the fact that Santa’s age and weight put him at high risk for severe illness from the coronavirus mall owners are going ahead with plans to bring him back this year.