Niger hopes to make history on Sunday when elections set it on course for its first-ever peaceful transition of power despite a raging Islamist insurgency and e

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe may be summoned to parliament for questioning by lawmakers amid a row over a possible violation of election funding la

Deep in Tana River County, in southeastern Kenya, a group of pupils formed a circle around their teacher, jotting down notes as they listened to a Swahili dicti

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Thursday that Britain and the European Union (EU) have reached a deal on their post-Brexit trade

Thousands of truckers endured Christmas Eve stranded near a major British port, ensnared in the chaos unleashed by a new coronavirus strain, as Western nations

Turkish journalist Can Dundar was sentenced in absentia to 27 years and six months in prison for espionage and aiding an armed terrorist organization, his lawye

Police in Columbus, Ohio, said they relieved an officer of duty on Tuesday after he fatally shot an unarmed black man, the city's second law enforcement shootin

UK, EU have reached post-Brexit trade deal, according to BBC

EU's Von der Leyen, Chief negotiator Barnier to announce outcome of trade talks with UK soon.

More than 1 million Americans have received the first dose of their COVID-19 vaccines, a milestone in the biggest immunization drive in US history that came eve

A supporter of a pro-Brexit group walks down Whitehall in London, Britain, on Jan. 31, 2020. (Photo/Xinhua)Britain and the European Union were expected to annou

Iran's foreign minister on Thursday dismissed US President Donald Trump's allegations that Iran was behind the recent rocket attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected a massive COVID-19 economic relief package passed by Congress, branding it "a disgrace" in an act of political bri

Organizers of the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games said Wednesday they have picked a new creative director to redesign "simpler and more restraine

Israel will hold a snap election in March after parliament failed on Tuesday to meet a deadline to pass a budget, triggering a ballot presenting new challenges

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Earlier, the Colombian Foreign Ministry said that two Russian diplomats had to leave Colombia due to non-compliance with the Vienna Conventio

Relatives of Boeing Co 737 MAX crash victims on Tuesday urged the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to delay approving the aircraft's return to servi

Europe on Wednesday began lifting travel bans on Britain put in place to contain a new fast-spreading COVID-19 strain while experts from the World Health Organi

A man wearing a face mask walks in a shopping mall in London, Britain, on Nov. 23, 2020. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on

File photo taken on Sept. 3, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump participating in a campaign rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Jie

Rio de Janeiro mayor Marcelo Crivella was arrested on Tuesday as part of a corruption investigation just nine days before the end of his term in office.

The ju

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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, despite the bill's passage in

Patios, marquees, plastic bubbles - makeshift outdoor spaces have become new staples for businesses across the US, after city and state governments put limits o

Pedestrians wearing face masks are seen in a street in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on April 3, 2020. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)
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An airline worker helps a holiday traveler check in at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, on Dec. 23, 2020. In

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The timing of the media campaign over the alleged hacking is triggering justified concerns, as well as the lack of any evidence in the public domain t