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Prosecutors have provided insufficient evidence to prove a key claim in their case against three men accused as accomplices in the 2005 killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri, a judge said on Tuesday.

The proportion of people in Britain suffering with depression has almost doubled during the COVID19 pandemic, official data showed on Tuesday.

Malian soldiers mutinied outside the capital Bamako on Tuesday, the Norwegian embassy and a security source said.

The National Institute of Health said this would be the first-ever phase-III clinical trial for any vaccine in Pakistan..

Two critically endangered orangutans have been rescued from captivity on Indonesia's Java island and sent to a rehabilitation centre on Borneo to assess whether they can be released back into the wild, a conservation group said.

Israel's intelligence minister said on Tuesday he knew of no change to a policy opposing U.S. sales of advanced weaponry to Arab states that could diminish Israel's military superiority, after a report the United Arab Emirates could clinch such deals.

U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Monday he has rejected a Pentagon proposal to cut military healthcare by $2.2 billion.

The Democratic Party presented a parade of passionate speakers making the case for electing Joe Biden president of the United States on Monday, the first day of a virtual convention to formally nominate him as the party's nominee to face President Donald...

A Democratic National Convention like no other began on Monday night, with virtual guests beamed in from across the country, prerecorded speeches delivered straight to camera and a handful of Republicans urging fellow conservatives to vote for Joe Biden i...

Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced his resignation on Monday amid reports of friction with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and after coming under fire for his ties to a charity tapped to run a student grant program.

One of the hottest air temperatures recorded anywhere on the planet in at least a century, and possibly ever, was reached on Sunday afternoon at Death Valley in California's Mojave Desert where it soared to 130 Fahrenheit (54.4 Celsius).

The Trump administration on Monday finalized a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, putting it on track to issue decadeslong leases in the pristine wilderness area before a potential change in U.S. leadership.

Fortyyearold Antonio Valenzuelas death didnt spark widespread protests like George Floyds. In fact, the police killing of Valenzuela drew little attention outside the American Southwestern city just north of the U.S.Mexico border.

The sole photograph related to the Houston Riot of 1917 shows 64 Black soldiers sitting with arms folded and legs crossed behind a rope. Their sheer number, in a courtroom otherwise populated by white men, suggests theyre part of the audience but theyre n...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday said the number of deaths due to the new coronavirus had risen by 654 to 169,350 and reported 5,382,125 cases, an increase of 41,893 cases from its previous count.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States will be closely watching the "terrible" situation in Belarus, where a political crisis erupted after a presidential election on Aug. 9 that protesters say was rigged.