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MOSCOW: Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Timoshenko has tested positive for COVID-19, her press secretary announced on Sunday. She is in serious condition,...

MUMBAI: The number of coronavirus infections in India crossed the 3 million mark with 69,239 new cases reported on Sunday even as the...

MANILA: The Philippines recorded 2,378 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, its smallest daily spike in nearly four weeks, but the nationwide tally rose...

MOSCOW: Russia expects to produce between 1.5 million and 2 million doses per month of its potential COVID-19 vaccine by the year end,...

ANKARA, Turkey: Four people have died in floods caused by heavy rain along Turkey’s Black Sea coastline, the interior minister said Sunday. A...

BEIRUT:  Kuwait said it will rebuild Lebanon's only large grain silo that was destroyed by the massive Beirut port explosion, raising fears of...

WASHINGTON: The House is meeting for a rare Saturday session over mail delivery disruptions, poised to approve legislation that would reverse recent changes...

Voters in three more states won’t see Kanye West on their ballots for president this year. Election officials in Ohio, Illinois and West...

KABUL, Afghanistan: A number of senior policemen in Kabul have been sacked over the deteriorating security situation in the Afghan capital, an official...

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his country's support for the Palestinian cause, during a phone conversation with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud...

BASRA, Iraq: A female activist was killed on Wednesday and three others wounded when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their car in the...

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir: Freelance photojournalist from the Indian-administered Kashmir Masrat Zahra was awarded the 2020 Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical...

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump spent the week of the Democratic National Convention forsaking what has historically been an incumbent’s greatest advantage: He's in...

KYIV: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged people to act on health advice on Saturday after official data showed daily COVID-19 infections had risen...

BEIRUT: Three men were killed in a shooting in a village in northern Lebanon overnight, security sources and the National News Agency said...

BEIJING: Argentina joined Peru, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates in approving Phase 3 clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine developed by China...

Paris: The number of deaths from the new coronavirus has surpassed 800,000 around the world, according to an AFP tally based on official...

The U.S. move to "snap back” UN nuclear sanctions on Iran involves legal arcana unlikely to be resolved quickly. What’s clear, however, is...