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The U.N. special envoy for Libya accused spoilers on Thursday of trying to obstruct the holding of crucial elections in December to unify the divided North African nation, and the Security Council warned that any individual or group undermining the electo...

The largely Covid-free country has recorded nearly 1,000 cases of the strain nationwide in the last month.

Jussie Smollett returned to court Wednesday for the first time in a year for a hearing to determine whether one of the actor's attorneys should be allowed to keep representing him in his case against accusations that he staged a racist and homophobic atta...

Amazon founder and soontobespace traveler Jeff Bezos is donating $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution to boost its National Air and Space Museum, the largest gift received by the institution since its founding in 1846.

Ethiopia's war in the northern region of Tigray looked set to intensify on Wednesday as the prime minister signalled the end of a government ceasefire and the neighbouring Amhara region said it would go on the offensive against Tigrayan forces.

Oil prices dropped more than 2% Wednesday after major global oil producers came to a compromise about supply and after U.S. data showed demand slacked off a bit in the most recent week.

A fireman drowned and the army was deployed to help stranded residents on Wednesday after heavy rain triggered oncein25year floods in parts of western Germany, disrupting rail, road and river transport in Germany's most populous region.

Italys premier and justice minister promised reforms Wednesday after they visited a prison where dozens of officers have been put under investigation for allegedly beating, kicking and punching prisoners during unrest provoked by the coronavirus pandemic.

Olivia Rodrigo wants people to know that the COVID19 vaccines are good 4 u.

The nominated individuals included - Gabe Camarillo, Alan Estevez, Jeff Lane Flake, Kent Doyle Logsdon, Lisa Wang, Chester John Culver, Rich Trumka Jr, James A Diossa, Terrence K Wright along with two Indian-Americans Rahul Gupta and Atul Gawande.

Australian authorities are widely expected to extend a threeweek lockdown in Sydney on Wednesday as a COVID19 outbreak in the country's largest city spreads to previously unaffected areas.

An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to lure a U.S. journalist and human rights activist from New York to Iran, authorities said Tuesday.

A prosecutor raised questions Tuesday about the mental competency of a 57yearold woman who is jailed on racial bias charges and other allegations after being accused of making antiAsian comments and striking a shoppers young son at an upscale Las Vegas St...

One man died and several citizens and security officials were injured during a protest in a Havana suburb on Monday and taken to hospital, staterun Cuban News Agency said on Tuesday.

Germany's foreign minister on Tuesday accused China of tying the delivery of coronavirus vaccines to political demands.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said he will oppose OxyContin maker Purdue Pharmas bankruptcy plan, arguing that his state, one of the hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, would get shorted in settlement money.