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Venezuelan security forces and authorities under President Nicols Maduro have used the coronavirus as an excuse to crack down on dissenting voices on social media and even in private messages, Human Rights Watch reported Friday.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to hold a news conference on Friday afternoon in which he is expected to address growing concerns about his health after two recent hospital examinations within a week.

The Mexican army said Thursday that soldiers patrolling along the Rio Grande river have found an unfinished tunnel that was apparently dug under the river bed in a bid to reach U.S. territory.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a western coastal area hit by a typhoon and expressed relief the damage wasnt worse, state media said Friday.

Australias prime minister said Friday he was open to allowing an Australian who slaughtered 51 worshipers at two New Zealand mosques to serve his life sentence in his homeland, but the victims wishes were paramount in any decision.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that his agency was setting up a review committee to evaluate the performance of its International Health Regulations (IHR) during the COVID19 pandemic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the Kremlin had set up a "reserve police force" to support Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, although it would not be deployed unless unrest there got out of control, Interfax news agency reported.

Hurricane Laura barreled through southwest Louisiana, destroying buildings in the city of Lake Charles and killing a 14yearold girl after making landfall early on Thursday as one of the most powerful storms to hit the state.

Coup leaders in Mali have released ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from detention, a junta official said on Thursday.