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A businessman suspected of masterminding the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has told police that the exchief of staff of the former prime minister wanted her dead, a court heard on Thursday.

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A painting by 17thcentury Dutch artist Frans Hals has been stolen for the third time from a provincial museum in the central Netherlands.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday warned of alcoholbased sanitizers being packaged and sold in containers that appear like food or drinks.

Sean Penn has expanded his fight against the coronavirus beyond his own expectations.

Torrential rain lashed the Pakistani financial capital of Karachi on Thursday, causing widespread flooding, as downpours in August shattered 89yearold records for the city, meteorological officials said.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a group of Russians who were detained in Belarus prior to its Aug. 9 election and accused of being mercenaries had been lured to Belarus by a UkrainanU.S. intelligence operation.

Myanmar closed schools nationwide on Thursday as novel coronavirus infections increased, a decision broadly welcomed by parents worried about a rapid spread of the contagious virus.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to hold a news conference on Friday at 5 p.m. (0800 GMT), his office said, amid growing concerns over his health, following two hospital examinations within a week.

Turkey on Thursday accused France of stoking tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, where NATO allies Turkey and Greece are locked in a stiff standoff over competing claims over offshore energy exploration rights.

Novacyt said its “Winterplex” test panel included two gene targets specific to COVID-19, as well as gene targets for influenza A&B and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

The United States has a responsibility to lead in the Pacific and "won't cede an inch" to other countries that think their political system is better, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Wednesday in a thinlyveiled swipe at China.

The U.N. childrens agency says at least a third of children couldnt access remote learning when the COVID19 pandemic closed schools, creating a global education emergency.

Repeated calls for armed vigilantes to travel to Kenosha to protect businesses following the police shooting of Jacob Blake spread across social media in the hours before two people were shot to death and a third was wounded during a third night of unrest...

A United States Navy sailor is under investigation for possible arson aboard a warship that caught fire last month and injured dozens of people, a U.S. defense official told Reuters on Wednesday.