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The United Nations said Wednesday that new requests by Yemens Houthi rebels will further delay U.N. experts from examining an oil tanker moored off the wartorn countrys coast loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil that is at risk of leaking.

Kentucky's Democratic governor on Wednesday urged state lawmakers to move past an impeachment effort that targeted him for his actions to combat the spread of COVID19, saying it's time to renew respect for the role of government and how it works.

The utility company serving New Orleans appears to have cut three times as much electricity as it needed to during emergency winter weather blackouts, slashing power to roughly 26,000 families and businesses on Mardi Gras night, company executives said Tu...

A boat capsized Monday in a lake near Egypts Mediterranean city of Alexandria, leaving at least five people dead, an official said.

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No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but women have long been a target of Islamist militants who oppose their education or going out to work.

The comments from Fauci come as the US Covid-19 death toll approaches 500,000 and the country nears a full year in its fight against the virus.

Yemens warring sides did not achieve progress in their latest round of negotiations over a prisoner swap, the United Nations said on Sunday.

Somalia's president, whose fouryear term expired this month, should not take part in talks aimed at resolving a dispute that has caused a delay in choosing a new head of state, two of Somalia's five regional governments said on Sunday.

The Financial Action Task Force has in the past noted the lack of transparency in China sharing data on money laundering and terror financing cases.

Pope Francis paid a surprise visit on Saturday to the home of Edith Bruck, a Hungarianborn Holocaust survivor and author, and paid homage to all those killed by Nazi "insanity".

Opponents of the coup took to the streets in several Myanmar cities and towns with members of ethnic minorities, poets and transport workers among those demanding an end to military rule and the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others.

In honor of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced he would order flags in Florida to be flown at halfstaff when Limbaugh's body is laid to rest.

Police charged protesters who threw stones and bottles at officers and neigbours in Spanish cities on Friday in the fourth night of clashes after a rapper was jailed for glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his songs.

Citigroup Inc is considering divesting some international consumer units, Bloomberg Law reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

A Chinese researcher visiting Stanford University who was charged with visa fraud after she allegedly hid her military background is facing new charges, federal prosecutors said.