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An explosivesladen truck ignited Tuesday in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkeybacked opposition fighters, killing at least 14 people and wounding some 50 others, Turkeys staterun news agency reported.

South Sudan has made no concrete steps toward national healing more than two years after the end of a civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people and sent more than 2 million people fleeing, a new United Nations report says.

Britain is prioritising its supplies of the drug remdesivir for COVID19 patients who need it most in the face of rising demand, Britain's health ministry said on Tuesday, adding that further supplies were expected at the end of October.

Lawyers representing victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria say they have filed criminal complaints with Germany's federal public prosecutor against Syrian officials they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in rebelheld areas.

The European Parliament turned up the heat on Bulgaria on Monday as lawmakers debated a resolution that highlights flaws by the EU's poorest member in respecting the rule of law, combating endemic corruption and supporting media freedom.

Prominent megachurch pastor and conservative activist John Hagee has been diagnosed with COVID19, his son announced during services at the church his father founded.

Ireland must act now to prevent a damaging return to lockdown, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Monday after rejecting a surprise recommendation by his health chiefs to shut down the economy immediately and opting instead to tighten COVID19 restricti...

VIRUS OUTBREAK-EXTREME POVERTY Chart. This digital embed shows World Bank estimates for the number of people worldwide living in extreme poverty pre-COVID-19 and new estimated projections as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic. This chart is curr...

CDC said there was evidence that people with COVID-19 possibly infected others who were more than 6 feet away, within enclosed spaces with poor ventilation.

A fiveyearold Canadian girl stuck inside Syria after her family was killed in an airstrike is on her way to Canada.

Amid a new surge of COVID19 in New Yorks Orthodox Jewish communities, many members are reviving health measures that some had abandoned over the summer social distancing, wearing masks. For many, theres also a return of anger: They feel the city is singl...

Gandhi's teachings of non-violence has impacted the entire world; and his promotion of racial, social, and political equality will continue to touch the global community as we work towards a brighter, freer future, he added.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has requested that the official swearingin of his reshuffled Cabinet be postponed Monday after one of the ministers tested positive for COVID19.

Grade and high school students in the Philippines began classes at home Monday after the coronavirus pandemic forced remotelearning onto an educational system already struggling to fund schools.

Some of the issues either already on the Supreme Court's docket when it begins its new session or likely to be before the justices soon:

U.S. President Donald Trump briefly left the military hospital where he is being treated for COVID19 in a motorcade on Sunday to wave to supporters gathered outside, sparking criticism that he was putting others at risk for a political stunt.