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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday extended greetings to his Indian counterpart friend Narendra Modi on his 70th birthday, expressing hope that the two leaders would meet soon. Very best wishes to my friend @NarendraModi on his 70th birthday. I h...

Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, have contrasting records on race and criminal justice, issues that have risen in prominence in the 2020 election.

Spains Supreme Court is hearing lawyers closing arguments over whether to bar Catalonias separatistminded regional leader from public office.

Eating apples dipped in honey on Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish tradition to symbolize a sweet start of the New Year. But in Israel, bitterness prevails on the eve of the holiday as the country faces a second nationwide lockdown to stem a raging coronavirus ou...

Syria is experiencing worsening gasoline shortages as a result of tougher U.S. sanctions disrupting crucial fuel imports, its oil minister said on Wednesday, the latest crisis to hit the wardevastated country's crumbling economy.

For years, authorities in Sri Lanka have tried to rid the Indian Ocean island nation of illegal drugs, even attempting to lift a decadesold moratorium on the death penalty to be able to execute drug offenders.

President Donald Trump said he expects to get a report Thursday about Oracle's bid for the Chineseowned videosharing app TikTok and admitted there is no legal path to letting the U.S. Treasury get a cut of the deal a proposition experts had criticized as...

Tenants who sued over horrendous living conditions at a Kansas City lowincome housing development have been awarded $52 million in damages.

Queen Elizabeth II has eight realms in the Caribbean, but Barbados no longer wants to be part of that kingdom.

An Illinois man who impersonated an IRS employee and stole nearly $900,000 has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.

Say what you will, Antonio Campos' The Devil all the Time lives up to its title. Spanning numerous generations and set across a bleak and blood-stained Appalachian landscape, Campos' adaptation of Donald Ray Pollock's novel weaves together narrative thre...

A woman who accused former Badgers football player Quintez Cephus of sexual assault in 2018 is suing the University of WisconsinMadison over its decision to reverse Cephus expulsion and allow him back on the football team.

Allies of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny reacted with scorn on Wednesday to comments by Russia that it would have made no sense for Moscow to poison an opponent whose popularity rating was so low.

While researching U.S. Civil War history in South Texas, Roseann BachaGarza came across the two unique families of the Jacksons and the Webbers living along the Rio Grande. White men headed both families. Both of their wives were Black, emancipated slaves...

Roving grownups tossing candy at kids waiting on lawns. Drivethru Halloween haunts. Yard parties instead of block parties and parades. Wider paths through corn mazes.

The European Union shouldnt discard imposing tougher sanctions to get Turkey to give up an unlawful hydrocarbons search in the eastern Mediterranean that has ratcheted up tensions, the president of Cyprus said Wednesday.