Libyan voters will go directly to the polls on 24 December 2021 to elect a president and parliamentarians, under the conditions of a deal reached...

A swathe of new restrictions to curtail another wave of coronavirus infections were announced or came into force from Austria to Greece, Italy to Portugal...

Fervent supporters of President Donald Trump rallied in Washington on Saturday behind his spurious claim of a stolen election and swarmed his motorcade when he...

Along with his long-shot efforts to hold on for a second term dwindling, U.S. President Donald Trump is discussing with advisers several media ventures and...

Australia's three most populous states on Saturday recorded at least weekly with no local transmissions of the new coronavirus, boding well for the country's recovery...

President Donald Trump insisted on Friday (Nov 13) he'd never put the United States into a coronavirus lockdown but said "time will tell" if another...

President-elect Joe Biden has won 306 votes in the state-by-state Electoral College that decides who wins the White House, against 232 for Donald Trump, US...

One of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s key allies is resigning after reports of a power struggle inside the government.Director of communications Lee Cain is...

US president-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday announced he has chosen Ron Klain, a practiced Democratic operative, as his chief of staff, his first public personnel...

President Donald Trump's campaign on Wednesday took another step in its long-shot legal technique to upend his election loss with a Michigan lawsuit while Georgia...

As President Donald Trump’s chances of reelection dwindled the other day, his campaign commenced blasting out a nonstop stream of emails and text messages that...

AMERICA on Tuesday (Nov 10) registered a record 200,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, highlighting the desperate dependence on a vaccine after results...

Promising “we’re likely to get to work,” President-elect Joe Biden fought to confront the country's competing crises - and fierce Republican resistance - on Tuesday...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday there’s “no reason behind alarm” as President Donald Trump, backed by Republicans in Congress, mounts unfounded legal challenges...

Lebanon's Gebran Bassil is preparing to separate his Free Patriotic Movement from Iran-backed Hezbollah with conditions, US ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea said on Monday.Ms...

“It’s true, isn’t it. They’ve taken Hadrut.”Five weeks in to the current war in Nagorno-Karabakh, Irina Safaryan, 28, knew that Azerbaijani forces had seized her...

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he fired defence secretary Mark Esper, making good on his threats to shake up key positions in the...

Peru's Congress voted Monday to impeach and oust President Martin Vizcarra over allegations he took kickbacks from developers while serving as a regional governor in...

Australia is considering opening its borders to Parts of asia, including elements of China, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, as Canberra seeks to...

In his unsuccessful campaign for re-election, President Donald Trump repeatedly warned a victory for Joe Biden would be a win for China and that Beijing...

President Donald Trump never admits defeat. But he faces a stark choice given that Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House: Concede graciously for...

President-elect Joe Biden signaled on Sunday he plans to go quickly to build his government, focusing first on the raging pandemic which will likely dominate...

World leaders on Sunday cheered Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president as an opportunity to enhance cooperation on climate change, the coronavirus and other problems...

Joe Biden declared victory on Saturday (Nov 7) as the 46th president of America after voters narrowly rebuffed Republican incumbent Donald Trump's tumultuous leadership towards...

Stop and reverse. Restore and expand.Joe Biden is promising to take the united states on a very different path from what it has seen over...

When networks projected he previously lost his bid for reelection to Joe Biden, President Donald Trump was the game of golf. He'll soon have plenty...

President-elect Joe Biden declared it had been "time to heal" a deeply divided America in his first speech after prevailing on Saturday in a bitter...

The United States has set a third straight daily record for new COVID-19 infections, notching more than 127,000 cases, John Hopkins University reported on Friday...

Democrat Joe Biden said on Friday (Nov 6) that he was going to win the united states presidency as his lead grew over President Donald...

Demands to avoid the vote count. Baseless accusations of fraud. Claims that the opposition is wanting to “steal” the election.Across the world, many were scratching...

The most turbulent and norm-breaking presidential election of an eternity has led to a fantastic spectacle in america over the past three days: armed protesters...

With coronavirus infections rising, Spain's central government was under great pressure Wednesday to check out the exemplory case of other European nations and impose a...

America set another record for daily confirmed coronavirus cases as states around the united states posted all-time highs, underscoring the vexing issue that confronts the...

President Donald Trump's campaign filed lawsuits on Wednesday (Nov 4) in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped...

Questions were mounting in Austria on Wednesday about how precisely a convicted Islamic State sympathiser could perform the deadly gun rampage in the heart of...

A day after US polls closed in a historic vote - set against the worst pandemic of the century and a global monetary crisis -...

United Overseas Bank Ltd reported a 40 % drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday (Nov 4) as Singapore's third-largest-listed lender bulked up loan loss provisions...

Donald Trump on Monday made your final demand votes in Joe Biden's native city on the eve of election day, dismissing polls that predicted a...

She could have dropped her ballot at the post office, but she wasn’t sure if she should trust the mail. She considered slipping it into...

An ISIS sympathiser and accomplices opened fire at six sites in central Vienna on Monday night, killing at least two persons and wounding 15 others...

Priyanca Radhakrishnan on Monday became New Zealand's first-ever Indian-origin minister after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern inducted five new ministers into her executive.Born in Kerala's Ernakulam...

US President Donald Trump on Sunday denied that he's likely to prematurely declare victory following the presidential polls are over on Tuesday, but hinted that...

The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he previously been in connection with tested positive for COVID-19, but...

Rescue personnel pulled a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34 hours after a solid earthquake in the Aegean...

President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested the FBI should stop investigating an incident where his supporters were seen surrounding a Biden campaign bus in Texas,...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled what she named an "incredibly diverse" cabinet Monday which includes New Zealand's first openly gay deputy prime minister and a...

Australia has recorded no new locally transmitted coronavirus infection for the very first time in five months.In Melbourne, the capital of Victoria state, which had...

An attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun seriously wounded a Greek Orthodox priest in a shooting outside a church in the French city of Lyon...

Calling Joe Biden his “brother,” Barack Obama on Saturday accused Donald Trump of failing woefully to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously as...

A record 90 million Americans have voted early in the U.S. presidential election, data on Saturday showed, as President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival...

Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov sat down for face-to-face talks aimed at reining in greater than a month of...

It was one of his own early proclamations in office: “Trade wars are good and easy to win.”And since USA President Donald Trump arrived in...

EU officials warned Europe to be equipped for wider COVID restrictions as infections surged over the continent, France and Germany prepared curbs almost as strict...

THE UNITED STATES now has 9 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus, according to data published by Johns Hopkins University, as infections continue steadily to...

Millions more persons in northern England face stricter coronavirus rules in a few days, officials said on Friday (Oct 30), as reports suggested the federal...

US President Donald Trump and his campaign have already started to lay the groundwork to dispute or alter the results of the election should he...

A U.S. Senate hearing to reform an internet law and hold tech companies accountable for how they moderate content quickly turned into a political scuffle...

COVID-19 cases in England are actually doubling every nine days, official figures showed on Thursday (Oct 29), with the sharply increasing death toll piling pressure...

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered their countries back to lockdown on Wednesday (Oct 28), as a massive second wave of...

Turkey on Tuesday accused French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo of "cultural racism" over a front-page cartoon because of its latest edition that mocks President Recep...

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday condemned French cartoons that they branded offensive to the Prophet Mohammed and rejected any link between Islam and terrorism amid calls...

Joe Biden flayed US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Oct 27) accusing his rival of surrendering to a surging pandemic, as the Democrat took his...

Former US president Barack Obama was in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday to rally residents in the swing state to vote for Democrat Joe Biden.Adjusting to...

A lot more than 70 million Americans have cast ballots in the US presidential election, over fifty percent the full total turnout of the 2016...

France has banned a pro-Hamas group active in the country after it had been accused to be directly implicated in the beheading of schoolteacher Samuel...

President Donald Trump's national security adviser accused China on Wednesday (Oct 21) of trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research from the West, casting it as...

US Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday (Oct 21) that Russia and Iran have both tried to interfere with the 2020 presidential...

Former president Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday (Oct 21), launching a blistering attack on Donald Trump with significantly less than two...

Virus cases are surging across Europe and several U.S. states, but responses by leaders are miles apart, with officials in Ireland, France, and elsewhere imposing...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Attorney General William Barr to immediately launch a study of Democrat Joe Biden and his son Hunter, effectively...

It’s not every boy who spends his formative years up to speed a former British Royal Navy minesweeper changed into a marine laboratory, but few...

President Donald Trump spent ten years unsuccessfully pursuing projects in China, operating an office there during his first run for president and forging a partnership...

Sudan said on Tuesday it had transferred $335 million in compensation to American victims of militant attacks and their own families within a deal to...

A number of Europe took urgent new measures on Monday (Oct 19) to combat another wave of coronavirus infections, as the World Health Organization blamed...

The final debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will include a mute button to allow each prospect to speak uninterrupted, organizers...

AMERICA sanctioned an Australian national and his gemstone company on Monday, designating him as a clandestine terrorist financier.US Secretary of Talk about Mike Pompeo said...

US authorities on Monday charged six Russian military officers regarding a few of the world’s major cyberattacks during the past decade.The US Department of Justice...

US President Donald Trump vowed on Monday to remove Sudan from the state sponsor of terrorism list after Khartoum pays the victims of past terrorist...

After entire nations were turn off through the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states try more targeted measures...

It could have already been President Donald Trump’s irony or a rare admission of his flagging election campaign when he asked supporters on Friday night:...

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor discussed with Sudanese officials in Khartoum on Sunday how exactly to deal justice to former president Omar Al Bashir, in...

President Donald Trump and rival Joe Biden hit the bottom Sunday (Oct 18) in the swing states which will decide the US election, as the...

A joint US-Israel delegation visited Bahrain on Sunday, where officials signed bilateral agreements after an announcement last month of the intention to normalize relations.El Al...

U.S. President Donald Trump, who played down the coronavirus pandemic from its onset, criticized Michigan's Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Saturday on her behalf policies...

After a thumping election win, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Sunday (Oct 18) that she'd form a government within three weeks but...

Officials announced hook easing of lockdown restrictions in Australia's second-biggest city on Sunday (Oct 18) carrying out a steady decline in new COVID-19 cases, however,...

Millions of Europeans on Saturday faced tough new coronavirus restrictions as governments try to combat spiraling infections.Paris and other French cities are under a nighttime...

Global coronavirus cases rose by a lot more than 400,000 for the first time on Saturday (Oct 17), an archive one-day increase as a lot...

A French teacher who had recently demonstrated students cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed was beheaded outside his school on Friday (Oct 16), in what President...

Australia's coronavirus hotspot of Victoria recorded a single case of the condition on Saturday (Oct 17) - the lowest daily number since early June -...

A history teacher who opened a discussion with students on caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad was beheaded in a French street on Friday and police...

Polling places opened on election day in New Zealand on Saturday as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern seeks a second term.Ardern brought homemade cheese scones to...

US President Donald Trump is no longer with the capacity of spreading the novel coronavirus and will attend a town hall on Thursday (Oct 15)...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Saudi Arabia to determine ties with Israel while speaking alongside the kingdom's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin...

Record early voting turnout in Texas this week has Democrats hopeful that their candidate, Joe Biden, could for the first time since Jimmy Carter in...

President Donald Trump's 14-year-old son, Barron, tested positive for COVID-19 but exhibited no symptoms after both of his parents contracted the virus, first lady Melania...

Two American hostages held in Yemen were freed in a prisoner swap involving a lot more than 200 Houthi fighters.Aid worker Sandra Loli was held...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday (Oct 13) allowed President Donald Trump's administration to wind down population counting for the 2020 US census sooner than...

The World Bank on Tuesday said it approved $12 billion for developing countries to finance the purchase and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, tests, and treatment.The...

Governments across Europe are ratcheting up restrictions to attempt to beat back a resurgence of the coronavirus which has sent new infections on the continent...

With Election Day just three weeks away, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden concentrated Tuesday on battleground states both see as critical to...

There were no masks on display as about 1,000 university students gave Jacinda Ardern a rock-star reception during her final Wellington campaign rally this week...

Democratic senators including vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Monday (Oct 12) painted President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as a threat...

Australia's most populous state said on Tuesday (Oct 13) it'll ease restrictions despite reporting the largest one-day jump in new COVID-19 cases in six weeks.New...

Johnson & Johnson said on Monday (Oct 12) it has temporarily paused its COVID-19 vaccine applicant clinical trials because of unexplained illness in a report...

More than 180,000 persons have signed a petition launched by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd calling for an inquiry into Rupert Murdoch's dominance over Australian...

US President Donald Trump will launch a campaign marathon Monday, holding rallies in three key swing states over the next couple of days as his...

The virus that triggers COVID-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer compared to the flu virus,...

President Donald Trump rallied a huge selection of cheering supporters for a campaign-style comeback event at the White House Saturday, jumping back into the election...

The Trump administration on Sunday (Oct 11) called on Congress to pass a stripped-down coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from an expired small-business loan...

A new White House coronavirus aid offer got bad reviews from both ends of the political spectrum on Saturday (Oct 10).House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, rejected...

Europe’s second wave of coronavirus infections has struck prior to flu season even started, with intensive care wards filling again and bars shutting down. Making...

Brazil’s count of COVID-19 deaths surpassed 150,000 on Saturday (Oct 10) night, despite signs the pandemic is slowly retreating in Latin America's major nation.The Brazilian...

 President Donald Trump’s doctor said on Saturday (Oct 10) the president is no more vulnerable to transmitting the coronavirus.In a memo, Dr Sean Conley says...

A senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies has been denied usage of almost all of the documents her legal representatives hoped to use...

Detained Australian writer Yang Hengjun will face trial in Beijing on an espionage charge with a judge likely to be appointed within the next fortnight,...

U.S. President Donald Trump will resume in-person campaigning on Saturday after being sidelined by a case of COVID-19, but a debate in a few days...

Armenia and Azerbaijan say they have decided to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karbakh starting at noon Saturday.The most notable diplomats from both countries said in a...

The World Food Programme won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace incompatible areas, the...

The Trump administration has announced new restrictions on H-1B nonimmigrant visa programme which it said is aimed at protecting American workers, restoring integrity and better...

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin faced a quieter day than usual on Wednesday after handing capacity to a 16-year-old within a campaign to market girls'...

Describing getting coronavirus that took him to a military hospital for treatment "a blessing in disguise", US President Donald Trump on Wednesday told the countrymen...

Oh to be a fly on the wall -- or in the hair -- at Wednesday's US vice presidential debate.Mike Pence received an unwelcome visitor...

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller said he previously tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday (Oct 6), the most recent case of coronavirus reported among...

As an infected President Donald Trump urged Americans never to fear the virus that has killed a lot more than 1 million people worldwide, a...

President Donald Trump stirred controversy on Tuesday, his first full day as a COVID-19 outpatient, by taking out of talks with Democrats on an monetary...

Six states reported record amounts of hospitalised COVID-19 patients, including Wisconsin, where officials on Tuesday issued a fresh order limiting how big is indoor public...

Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic challenger, California Sen Kamala Harris, are poised to meet Wednesday for a debate which will offer starkly different...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Japanese counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi, said they will lead a regional initiative called "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" aimed...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will outline plans on Tuesday for Britain to “build back greener” from the coronavirus pandemic by committing funds to improve Britain’s...

President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night after leaving the military hospital where he was acquiring an unprecedented degree...

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign strove on Sunday (Oct 4) to keep its give attention to the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic, as...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed a large number of ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo, marking the most recent in some discoveries recently.Minister...

US President Donald Trump made a surprise drive-by to wave at his supporters beyond your military hospital where he has been admitted since Friday for...

After a coronavirus-related delay, Israel’s navy is preparing for the arrival of its next generation of missile boats - giving it a powerful new tool...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared on Monday New Zealand "beat the virus again" and announced restrictions in the country's major city would be eased, after...

President Emmanuel Macron unveiled an idea Friday to guard France's secular values against radical Islam, announcing stricter oversight of schooling and better control over foreign...

Face masks should be worn all the time out of doors in the Italian capital Rome and the encompassing Lazio region, local authorities ruled on...

President Donald Trump appeared in public on Friday (Oct 2) evening for first-time since being stricken by COVID-19, boarding his Marine One helicopter for a...

News Friday that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 sparked an explosion of rumors, misinformation and conspiracy theories...

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted on Friday, a development that is more likely...

President Donald Trump, in his latest shredding of political niceties, suggested Tuesday that his Democratic opponent Joe Biden has taken drugs to boost his performance...

Thirteen people have already been detained on the Greek island of Samos after a fire threatened the local migrant camp, police said Wednesday, days after...

Australia's second-most populous condition Victoria, the country's COVID-19 epicenter, on Tuesday reported zero deaths from the virus previously 24 hours, a milestone not recorded for...

New Zealand will lift up coronavirus restrictions in the united states on September 21, except in its biggest city, Auckland, which may be the epicentre...

Laboratories found in Sweden and France have independently confirmed that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-style nerve agent Novichok, the German government...

Two allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny won native parliament chairs Monday in the Siberian town of Tomsk where he was allegedly poisoned last...

British Primary Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to defy foreign law with legislation that breaches elements of the Brexit divorce treaty with the European Union faces...

Officials in West Coast claims where record fires experience killed 35 persons accused President Donald Trump on Sunday to be in denial about climate change,...

An Australian wellbeing official revealed Monday that she's been under police safeguard as a result of death threats and developing public anger over pandemic border...