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Backed by the fathers of two slain children, California's attorney general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday in an effort to crack down on socalled ghost guns that can be built from parts with little ability to track or regulate the owners.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of maintaining a "secret arms depot" in a residential neighborhood of Beirut, warning it could cause another tragic explosion in the Lebanese capital.

U.S. security officials are warning that violent domestic extremists pose a threat to the presidential election next month, amid what one official called a "witch's brew" of rising political tensions, civil unrest and foreign disinformation campaigns.

Former Tennessee Titans AllPro defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth was arrested Monday after he was accused of threatening and yelling at his exgirlfriend and her new boyfriend.

Uganda's government said Tuesday it would help finance projects to surface over 200 kilometers (124 miles) of road inside neighboring Congo as part of plans to boost trade between the countries.

A fire chief suffered a minor injury when ammunition inside a burning home shot out and hit him, officials said.

A pair of new highprofile endorsements are adding fuel to an already contentious special election for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.

Health inspectors in Greece carrying out additional COVID19 tests Tuesday on the crew of a cruise ship carrying more than 1,500 people after the vessel was ordered to a testing area at the country's largest port, near Athens.

Spain on Tuesday agreed a lastminute extension of a scheme supporting hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed due to COVID19, as part of a broader social protection package.

The sprint to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to become President Donald Trump's third conservative appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court begins in earnest on Tuesday as the jurist meets with lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol, starting with Republican Senate Majority...

South Korea said Tuesday that a government official slain by North Korean sailors wanted to defect, concluding that the man, who had gambling debts, swam against unfavorable currents with the help of a life jacket and a floatation device and conveyed his...

Between the two blazes more than 35,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate, with thousands more poised to flee, as "explosive fire growth" burnt through dry vegetation and difficult mountainous terrain.

The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has proposed two pieces of legislation that would clamp down on news outlets and nongovernmental organizations, which critics say is an attempt to control the opposition and the media.

Mexico upped its estimated COVID19 deaths to 89,612 on Monday, and boosted estimates of its total number of cases to 870,699, almost 137,000 more than it previously recognized.

Mexico launched a special government guard force for mining operations Monday, admitting that drug cartels have preyed on the companies, many of which are foreign.

President Donald Trump is expected to be in virtual attendance Thursday as New York Citys annual Al Smith Dinner moves mostly online because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said.