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Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday he has secured a "strong majority" from lawmakers in order to form a new government and was seeking an audience with the king to formalise his appointment as prime minister.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday he has secured a majority in parliament to form a new government that is strong, stable and formidable."

More pilot whales were found stranded on an Australian coast Wednesday, raising the total to almost 500 in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the island state of Tasmania.

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet on Wednesday with state attorneys general about removing a liability shield protecting social media companies while the Justice Department holds a call with state officials to discuss the investigation into Alphabet's...

A Canadian woman arrested on suspicion of mailing ricinfilled letters to President Donald Trump and six people in Texas made her first court appearance on Tuesday in Buffalo, New York, and was ordered to remain in federal custody.

Ohio State University violated state public records law by intentionally withholding old documents from one of the men alleging decadesold sexual misconduct by a school doctor, according to the conclusion reached Tuesday by the official who reviewed the r...

North Carolina election officials agreed Tuesday that mailin absentee ballots returned this fall with deficient information can be fixed without forcing the voter to fill out a new blank ballot. The change is likely to yield an upward tick in the number o...

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has raised over $16 million to help former felons restore their voting rights in the critical battleground state of Florida, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

India, she said, is an important global power, the world’s largest democracy, one of the world’s largest economies, and an increasingly important regional security provider and strategic partner of the United States.

The House is on track Tuesday to pass a governmentwide temporary funding bill to keep federal agencies fully up and running into December and prevent a partial shutdown of the government after the current budget year expires at the end of the month.

U.N. rights experts and activists called on Tuesday for launching an international investigation into unlawful killings in the socalled war on drugs in the Philippines and for the International Criminal Court to step up its preliminary probe.

A U.S. delegation pledged Tuesday to move forward with helping to boost business and investment between Serbia and Kosovo after the former war foes agreed at the White House this month to work together to normalize economic relations.

The Latest on the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Ginsburg (all times local):

Donald Trump's campaign has begun selling "Fill That Seat" tshirts while his Republican Party talks up the U.S. president's record of picking "rule of law" jurists.

Michael Kopelman, emeritus professor of neuropsychiatry at Kings College London, said Assange has a history of depression and there is a very high risk of suicide if the US extradition attempt succeeds.

The prize, which will be announced for 2020 as scheduled on October 9, is traditionally presented to the laureate on December 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of prize founder Alfred Nobel.