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As coronavirus cases surge in Libya, medics and officials working with a health system wrecked by years of division and war are warning that the pandemic could be slipping out of their control.

The British government scrambled Monday to staunch the damage from an examgrading policy that has left thousands of 18yearolds without university places and sparked claims of discrimination against disadvantaged students.

Spains royal household says former monarch Juan Carlos is in the United Arab Emirates, resolving a mystery over his whereabouts that has swirled in Spain since he announced he was leaving the country amid a growing financial scandal.

The Palestinianled boycott movement against Israel said Monday that a campaign organizer has been released without charge by Israel after more than two weeks in detention.

A militant faction in Pakistan that split years ago from the Pakistani Taliban has returned and rejoined the insurgents, a Taliban spokesman said Monday.

China welcomed on Monday to Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposed summit of world leaders to avoid "confrontation" over a U.S. threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran.

Joseph Ortiz headed for the home of a stranger who tested positive for COVID19, unsure how his unexpected visit would go.

U.S. Democrats stepped up pressure on Sunday against a costcutting campaign by President Donald Trump's appointed Postal Service chief that they fear will hold up mailin ballots in November's election, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling lawmakers bac...

More than $700,000 has been raised for the funeral service expenses of a slain 5yearold boy in North Carolina whose death has captured national attention.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday chose to delay New Zealand's national elections by four weeks as the country deals with a new coronavirus outbreak in its largest city, Auckland.

Luis Rodolfo Abinader was sworn in as president of the Dominican Republic on Sunday in a ceremony attended by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

More than 10,000 people joined the biggest protest in Thailand since a 2014 coup on Sunday to demand that the government step down and bring in a new constitution for fresh elections.

More than two months of intense protests in Portland, Oregon one of America's whitest major cities have captured the world's attention and put a place that's less than 6% Black at the heart of the conversation about police brutality and systemic racism.

Thousands of people have gathered in a square near Belarus' main government building for a rally to support President Alexander Lukashenko, while opposition supporters whose protests have convulsed the country for a week aim to hold a major march in the c...

South Korea and the United States will start their annual joint military drills on Tuesday, in what local media said was a twoday delay after a South Korean officer tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Ireland reported 200 new COVID19 cases arising from multiple clusters across the country on Saturday, the highest daily amount since the beginning of May that the country's chief medical officer described as "deeply concerning".