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Rescuers in Afghanistan continued to search amidst mud and rubble for missing people on Saturday after flash flooding this week killed around 160 people and washed away homes across the country, officials said.

Unable to protest on the streets, some in Zimbabwe are calling themselves keyboard warriors as they take to graffiti and social media to pressure a government that promised reform but is now accused of gross human rights abuses.

Vejay Ramlakan was lauded by former colleagues in Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress during the fight against apartheid.

A federal judge in California agreed Friday to release from jail a university researcher accused of lying about her ties to Chinas military and Communist Party to gain access to the United States.

The Trump administration on Friday allowed employers to suspend collection of some Social Security taxes, although business groups don't like the idea and it may create political headaches for Republicans. Democrats are already saying it would undermine r...

Argentina registered its highest number of new daily COVID19 cases on Friday as the government partially relaxed nationwide lockdown measures to allow outdoor gettogethers of up to 10 people wearing masks.

The estate of Leonard Cohen said on Friday it was considering legal action over the use of the Canadian singer's "Hallelujah" at the Republican National Convention (RNC), calling it a brazen attempt to politicize the song.

The page and event listing violated Facebook’s policies and should have been removed after numerous complaints were received about the group’s violent nature, Zuckerberg said in a video to employees that he posted publicly on his Facebook profile.

The head of Libya's internationally recognised government suspended his powerful interior minister from his duties on Friday, saying his handling of street protests and a violent crackdown against them would be investigated.

Hasidic Jews arriving in Ukraine for an annual pilgrimage were stranded at airports on Friday after the government partially closed the border, a representative of the Rabbi Nachman International Charitable Foundation said.

Prodemocracy activists tussled with police in Bangkok on Friday when demonstrators gathered at a police station in a show of support for protest leaders.

The credibility of two of the nations leading public health agencies is under fire this week after controversial decisions that outside experts say smack of political pressure from President Donald Trump as he attempts to move past the devastating toll of...

For the past decade, art collector Nabil Debs has been working on turning his 19th century ancestral home in a historic neighborhood of Beirut to a hotel and art gallery. He planned to open it to the public in midAugust.

Russia's Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of a Norwegian diplomat in response to a similar move by Norway last week.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday she was making her own face covering to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, raising the profile of a public health measure which will become mandatory across the country next week.

The abrupt news that Japan's longestserving prime minister, Shinzo Abe is set to resign over a worsening health condition, set off a flurry of attention on Friday over the path ahead for the world's thirdbiggest economy.