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Germany is planning to extend restrictions on restaurants and hotels until Jan. 10, sources familiar with discussions between the federal government and 16 states said on Wednesday.

Democrat Joe Biden is headed towards victory in Georgia in the 2020 U.S. presidential election after the state's second recount, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Wednesday, rejecting false claims of fraud in the election.

Afghan government and Taliban representatives said on Wednesday they had reached a preliminary deal to press on with peace talks, their first written agreement in 19 years of war welcomed by the United Nations and Washington.

In September, a senior Iranian commander made an unannounced visit to one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest sites in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala.

The cyclone is likely to damage coastal buildings and power lines and unleash flash floods, the island’s disaster management centre said, advising those living near its path to stay indoors.

Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from early next week.

Francesco Rocca said in a virtual briefing to the UN Correspondents Association that governments and institutions needed to implement measures to combat growing mistrust and misinformation.

A high level panel of US experts on Tuesday voted that health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities should be prioritised in the first phase.

A music producer for Ugandan pop star and presidential candidate Bobi Wine has been wounded in the mouth by a rubber bullet during clashes between security personnel and Wine's supporters, a spokesman for his party and police said on Tuesday.

U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden on Tuesday said he hoped the U.S. Supreme Court rejects a Trump administration bid to exclude immigrants living illegally in the United States from population counts used to allocate congressional districts to states.

Should former members of the Syrian security forces who have defected from President Bashar alAssad's government be prosecuted for war crimes, or should they serve as key witnesses in an effort to bring senior officials to justice?

When explosions ripped through a Philadelphia oil refinery last year, the shock waves knocked Felicia Menna’s front door frame out of place. Then came the black smoke.

Heres whats happening Tuesday in Election 2020 and President-elect Joe Biden's transition.

Senior British minister Michael Gove said that the government was not planning a system of vaccine passports which would prevent those who hadn't had a COVID19 jab from going to the pub or attending events.

Pablo Matera has been stripped of the captaincy of the Argentina national rugby team and suspended along with two teammates over historic social media posts which have been deemed discriminatory and xenophobic.

A Ukraineborn businessman who once helped Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani gather information about U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden pleaded not guilty to cheating investors in a fraudinsurance company, even after his former partner in the ventur...