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Indias economy contracted by 23.9% in the AprilJune quarter, its worst performance in at least 24 years, the government announced Monday, as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged what was once the world's fastest growing major economy.

Germany's president on Monday condemned an attempt by farright protesters to storm the country's parliament building over the weekend, accusing other demonstrators who watched on of complicity with the extremists.

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China's armed forces are growing in their prowess but still lack the capability to launch a full assault on Taiwan, the island's defence ministry said on Monday.

The Berlin zoo's popular twin panda cubs have celebrated their first birthday with a special frozen cake and a portion of snow from the penguin house.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought layers of pain to the country, claiming more than 14,000 lives and the rituals to mourn them. A South African funeral is usually an elaborate affair, often held on Saturday and last through Sunday, with family members and...

Zoran Zaev, the proWestern leader who changed the name of North Macedonia last year to secure its membership in NATO and the European Union, returned to power late on Sunday, seven months after resigning over the slow pace of EU membership talks.

The first official Israeli flight to the United Arab Emirates took off on Monday from Tel Aviv, carrying U.S. and Israeli delegates to talks on cementing an IsraelUAE normalisation deal brokered by Washington.

A U.S. Navy warship has transited the narrow and sensitive Taiwan Strait, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said on Monday, the second such operation in two weeks amid rising tensions between China and the United States.

Coronavirus cases in Colombia surpassed 600,000 on Sunday as deaths from the virus approach 19,400, ahead of the end to more than five months of lockdown.

French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian condemned on Sunday what he called "arbitrary measures" taken by the Belarusian authorities against journalists, saying they violate press freedom.

Racing the political clock, frustrated Democrats on Sunday searched for a way to force the Trump administration to continue briefing Congress in person about foreign attempts to interfere in the November election.

U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser said on Sunday more Arab and Muslim countries were likely to follow the United Arab Emirates in normalising relations with Israel.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday the powerful Shi'ite movement was open to discussing a new political order in Lebanon if all factions agree to it, as foreign donors press for deep reforms to tackle the country's multiple crises.

Two St. Louis police officers were shot and one of them was seriously wounded Saturday evening while responding to a report of a shooting on the city's south side by a suspect who was barricaded inside a house, authorities said.

About 1,200 Thai royalists gathered on Sunday to support the monarchy after almost daily studentled, antigovernment protests calling for change, with some seeking reforms of the powerful institution.