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Two people were killed and at least three wounded in clashes in a town south of Lebanon's capital Beirut on Thursday, the state news agency and a security source said, which prompted the deployment of the army as several political parties urged calm.

United Airlines is preparing for the biggest pilot furloughs of its history after announcing on Thursday the need to cut 2,850 pilot jobs this year, or about 21% of the total, without further U.S. government aid.

The nonpartisan agency responsible for conducting federal elections in Canada says there could be a huge increase in Canadians using mailin ballots if an election is held during the COVID19 pandemic.

The Jamia Millia Islamia university and several public figures, including serving and retired civil servants, condemned the insinuation against the minority community.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the Kremlin had set up a police force to support Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko at his request, although it would not be deployed unless unrest there spun out of control.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave a fullthroated endorsement Thursday of U.S. Rep. Richard Neal as the longtime incumbent and chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee tries to fend off a Democratic primary challenge by Holyoke Mayor Alex Mo...

IMD officials said the first quake of 5.3 magnitude hit at 5.37 pm followed by tremors of 3.6 and 4.1 magnitudes at 6.16 pm and 6.47 pm respectively.

Ahmed Patel, KC Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh will be part of the Rajya Sabha Committee, which will also include Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad and party's deputy leader Anand Sharma.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said it is important that India's military power is based on indigenous technology which will enable it to exercise "strategic autonomy".

U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 180,000 on Thursday after a surge of new cases in June and July, particularly in hotspots like California, Florida, and Texas.

Stricter measures to curb the coronavirus outbreak will be introduced across Portugal from midSeptember as students return to schools and many workers go back to the office, the government said on Thursday.

Here are five things to know about the Federal Reserve's new strategy for achieving stable prices and maximum employment. The landmark policy shift was announced on Thursday.

The DMRC did not have requisite permissions to undertake work on a 5.34-km stretch of Road Number 26 between Vikas Puri and Peeragarhi Chow,k and a 1,300-meter square portion of the Najafgarh drain, which are deemed forest areas.

FEDERAL RESERVE-PCE PERCENT CHANGE-Chart: This digital embed shows the personal consumption expenditures index, which measures the monthly change in the prices of goods and services. This chart is current as of Aug. 27, 2020 and will be periodically updat...

The skull of a dinosaur embryo from Argentina is providing surprising details about baby facial features present in one species from an important dinosaur group called titanosaurs that included the largest land animals that have ever lived on Earth.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Thursday it plans to begin flight tests of U.S. planemaker Boeing Co's 737 MAX plane in Vancouver, Canada, in the week starting Sept. 7.