Iran, Russia and Turkey, which support opposing sides in Syria's war, agreed Wednesday to coordinate their efforts to reduce tensions in the country, whose conf

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has agreed to pay more than $642 million to settle a lawsuit which accused it of paying kickbacks to doctors, among other al

The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law that tightly restricted access to abortion in the first constitutional test of abortion rights sinc

Ijeoma Moore came to Britain from Nigeria as a toddler and is now 25. "I have lived here since I was two. I feel very much British," she said. But two years

An elderly ex-policeman confessed on Monday to being the violent serial prowler known as the "Golden State Killer," pleading guilty to 13 murders and admittin

YouTube on Monday shut down six far-right channels for violating rules against "supremacist" content, booting videos by David Duke, Stefan Molyneux and Richar

Iran said Monday it has called for Interpol to help arrest US President Donald Trump and 35 other US officials for January's killing of its top general in an

Japan's unemployment rate rose to 2.9 percent in May, official data showed Tuesday, the third consecutive monthly rise as the coronavirus pandemic takes its t

Anthony Fauci, the US government's top infectious-diseases expert, said on Tuesday the country is "not in total control" of the coronavirus pandemic, giving

When US schools begin the next academic year with the country still fighting the coronavirus pandemic, students should spend half their time in classrooms an

Just over half of Tokyo's residents don't think the postponed 2020 Olympics should be held in 2021, backing either a further delay or outright cancellation be

Gunmen attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi Monday, with four of the assailants killed, police said in a statement.

Karachi police chief Ghulam Na

Colombian authorities seized 1.2 tons of cocaine hidden in a container bound for Germany, Defence Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo said on Monday.

The shipment

US President Donald Trump on Sunday shared a video of a stand-off between anti-Trump protesters and his supporters in which a man chants "white power" - befor

Boeing's 737 MAX plane could take its first test flight from Monday, a crucial step for the survival of the company's star model that has been grounded for

Lawmakers in Mississippi voted Sunday to remove the Confederate battle standard from the state flag, after nationwide protests drew renewed attention to symbo

Many hair salons and barbershops have been closed around the world to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, has b

The local government in Indian capital city - Delhi Monday said it will create a plasma bank for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

The announcement was made

A French court is scheduled to give its verdict Monday in the trial of former premier Francois Fillon on charges of setting up a fake job for his wife, althou

Bargain hunters have returned to Britain's beloved charity shops since they began reopening following lockdown but busy tills alone will struggle to repair t

A Filipino lawyer embroiled in a multibillion dollar fraud at Wirecard, Mark Tolentino, told Reuters that he was surprised to be linked to the German paymen

The European Union (EU) will plow more money into rocket launches, satellite communication and space exploration to preserve its often unsung successes in spa

The resurgence of COVID-19 cases across the United States is threatening to derail the nascent economic recovery as many states have either paused or partially

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has slammed his successor Donald Trump who tries to promote anti-Asian sentiment by using racist language "kung flu" to call

Brazil's southeast state of Sao Paulo, which is hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, on Monday announced fines for failing to wear a face mask in public.

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