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A South African corruption inquiry will issue a summons for former president Jacob Zuma to appear to give evidence next month, the judge chairing the proceedings said on Friday.

Several thousand Catalan separatists are protesting the visit of Spanish King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Snchez to Barcelona amid continued tensions between the restive region and national authorities.

Russia moved to stop the worst escalation of fighting in the separatist region of NagornoKarabakh in more than a quartercentury by offering to host ceasefire talks on Friday.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez is holding an emergency Cabinet meeting on Friday morning to consider declaring a state of emergency for Madrid and its surrounding region in order to impose stronger antivirus restrictions on the reluctant regional gov...

The winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) in Oslo, with no shortage of causes or candidates on this year's list.

In remarks that caught House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s attention, 74-year-old Trump quipped that he beat Covid because "I am a perfect physical specimen and I'm extremely young”. Pelosi warned that Trump is suffering from a "disassociation from reality (that...

A white police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man in a small East Texas city was fired Thursday.

Less than a month before the election, U.S. President Donald Trump's abrupt vow to bring home troops from Afghanistan by yearend is a sign of how he may feel increasingly unchained to push through a foreign policy "wish list" he hopes could appeal to vote...

Thirteen people, including seven men associated with the Wolverine Watchmen militia group, have been arrested for alleged plots to take the Michigan governor hostage and attack the state capitol building, prosecutors said on Thursday.

For the third time in two months, civil rights groups and state and local governments were asking judges to strike down a directive from President Donald Trump that would exclude people living in the U.S. illegally from being counted when deciding how man...

A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked a decision to extend the deadline for counting absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin, in a win for Republicans who have fought attempts to expand voting across the country.

In an extraordinary step, the Washington, D.C., Department of Health has released an open letter appealing to all White House staff and anyone who attended a Sept. 26 event in the Rose Garden to seek medical advice and take a COVID19 test.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will greatly miss his good friend and colleague, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, he said Thursday.

A voting rights group keen on expanding access to ballot drop boxes in Novembers election is getting a second chance to make its case, after a federal judge agreed Thursday to reconsider his earlier ruling.

The Philippine president warned Thursday he will intercede and resolve a leadership row in the House of Representatives if the impasse threatens to stall the passage of next years budget during the coronavirus crisis.

Two Virginia police officers indicted on misdemeanor charges stemming from actions during May protests against police brutality and racial injustice have been released on their own recognizance after making their first appearance in court.