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Militants killed around 10 Malian soldiers on Thursday near the westcentral town of Guire, the army said, the deadliest such attack against the armed forces since an Aug. 18 military coup.

An animals rights group is suing in federal court to stop a Connecticut aquarium from acquiring five more beluga whales for research, saying they would be harmed by the trip from Canada and by being torn from longterm relationships with others of their sp...

German prosecutors said Friday they will charge a 27yearold woman with murder after five of her young children were found dead at their home in the western city of Solingen.

Republican Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday the Trump administration has reached a deal with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to ensure the U.S. government is funded past the month's end, taking the threat of a nearterm government shutdown off the table.

Sri Lankas government has drafted a constitutional amendment that would increase the powers of the president, allowing him to lead ministries and appoint officials to key positions, powers that were taken away by a reformist government elected in 2015.

The three imported cases have been placed on 'stay-home notice' while the remaining 37 new cases are foreign workers living in dormitories.

In the days leading up to Shinzo Abe's surprise resignation last month as rumors of his ill health swirled in Japan, the prime minister's righthand man, Yoshihide Suga, was courting a ruling party boss whose backing could make him king.

A Texas sheriffs deputy who fatally shot a troubled Black veteran last week near San Antonio also shot and killed a man suffering from a mental health crisis 10 years ago.

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The U.S. mediated talks Thursday between Serbia and Kosovo in hopes of normalizing economic relations and possibly paving the way toward resolving thorny political disputes.

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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving about $100 million to four historically Black medical schools over the next four years, with students getting up to $100,000 apiece.

Lebanon's army said on Thursday it had found 4.35 tonnes of ammonium nitrate near the entrance to Beirut port, the site of a huge blast last month caused by a large stockpile of the same highly explosive chemical.

A massive fire broke out Thursday at the main oil storage facility on the outskirts of the Pakistani port city of Karachi, at a terminal used by a local subsidiary of the Royal Dutch Shell. Two drivers were killed and three others were injured, police and...

The Czech Republic reported 650 new COVID19 cases on Thursday, its highest number for a single day since the start of the coronavirus pandemic as infections gathered speed amid relaxed government restrictions.

U.S. President Donald Trump has urged residents in the critical political battleground of North Carolina to try to vote twice in the Nov. 3 election, once by mail and once in person, causing a furor for appearing to urge a potential act of voter fraud.