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Iran has fired up advanced uraniumenriching centrifuges that it had installed underground at its Natanz site, in the latest breach of its nuclear deal with major powers, a report by the U.N. atomic watchdog obtained by Reuters on Wednesday showed.

The US government agency that launches the transition process the General Services Administration (GSA), headed by a Trump appointee has not yet recognised Democrats Biden and Harris as winners of the November 3 presidential election.

Israel launched air strikes against Syrian and Iranian targets in southern Syria on Wednesday after explosive devices were planted in the Israeliheld Golan Heights, the Israeli military said.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy has reversed the COVIDrelated cancellation of an annual wreathlaying event at Arlington National Cemetery next month, following criticism on social media and pleas to the White House.

Lawyers for Pennsylvania asked a judge on Tuesday to dismiss Donald Trump's bid to block Presidentelect Joe Biden from being certified as the victor in the state as the Republican president, with personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani arguing for him, pursued a lo...

Judy Shelton, President Donald Trump's controversial nominee to the Federal Reserve, faces a razorthin confirmation tally on Tuesday as the Republicancontrolled Senate continues to focus its energies in the lameduck session on confirming Trump's appointee...

The number of new coronavirus cases in the Netherlands declined around 15% over the past week, health authorities said on Tuesday, but Prime Minister Mark Rutte was expected to announce few changes to the country's current lockdown measures.

In a courthouse holding cell, Silvon Simmons changed from a jail jumpsuit into dress pants, a shirt and a tie. As a kid, he imagined becoming a police officer. Now a 36yearold father, Simmons was preparing to stand trial in October 2017, facing life in pr...

Wilmington (US), Nov 16 (AP) Acknowledging that the nation is in a dark place, President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said his administration would strengthen the country's vulnerable economy despite the exploding pandemic as he pushed forward with the busi...

Armenian refugees who fled a sixweek war between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces have begun to return home to NagornoKarabakh to try to rebuild their shattered lives after Russia last week brokered a peace deal over the enclave.

OPEC and allies including Russia are leaning towards postponement of a planned January increase to oil output by at least three months to support prices as the COVID19 pandemic continues its second wave, sources told Reuters on Monday.

Some African and European nations are pressing Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed behind the scenes to allow mediation of a war in a northern region that has spilled into neighbouring Eritrea and rocked the wider Horn of Africa, diplomats said.

The Swedish government on Monday moved to cut the size of public gatherings sharply as it sought to come to grips with a second wave of the pandemic that has seen record daily numbers of new cases and growing pressure on hospitals.

Britain said it was in advanced talks to access an experimental COVID19 vaccine developed by Moderna Inc after it reported positive trial results on Monday, adding it would be available in Britain from in spring 2021 at the earliest.

Sirio Persichetti can't speak and can't feed himself but the sevenyearold has taken the social media world by storm with his daily antics, proving that a disability is no barrier to inspiring others.

The U.S. state of Michigan will ban indoor dining and inperson high school and college for three weeks starting on Wednesday as coronavirus cases rise sharply, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Sunday.