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Tunisia's powerful labour union urged the president on Tuesday to rapidly announce a new government that should be small and led by an experienced premier, after he seized executive control in a move his opponents called a coup.

In the year since making an unprecedented, taboobreaking speech openly calling for discussion on the role of Thailand's powerful king, human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa has spent months in jail, charged with the crime of defaming the monarchy.

Sorry, Cormac McCarthy fans. That bluechecked Twitter account for the famous, and famously mediashy author is fake.

Fifteen soldiers were killed as a result of an ambush in southwestern Niger on Saturday, the country's defence ministry said, blaming the attack on "armed terrorist groups."

English duo Jordan Smith and David Horsey will go head to head in the final round of the World Invitational as they both look to end long winless runs in Northern Ireland.

US health authorities this week recommended that even vaccinated Americans again wear masks indoors in areas with high infection rates.

Canadas chief public health officer said Friday that the country could face a fourth wave of COVID19, driven by the delta variant, by the end of summer if restrictions are eased too quickly and before enough people have been vaccinated.

An attack on a funeral procession in northern Iraq has claimed a number of victims, Iraq's military said in a statement Friday.

A wealthy San Francisco couple notched a record nearly halfmilliondollar buyout to vacate their luxury apartment of three decades, underscoring the lengths some landlords will go to to get rid of longterm tenants in a city with strict rent control and soa...

The sister of former NBA player Sebastian Telfair was sentenced Friday to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service for threatening a woman who testified against him at his New York City gun possession trial.

President Joe Biden plans to meet Cuban American leaders on Friday at the White House to discuss protests against the communist government in Havana, sanctions on Cuban leaders and his attempt to provide internet access to the island.

Detected in some 96 countries, the Delta variant, first identified in India, has become a concern globally.

Currently just over one billion people around the world are fully vaccinated against Covid-19

First lady Jill Biden is undergoing a medical procedure on Thursday to remove an object that became lodged in her foot while walking on a Hawaiian beach, her spokesperson said.

Emerging gingerly from their homes in a nation under curfew, Fijians cheered, sang hymns and danced in the streets Wednesday to celebrate the victory of their rugby sevens team at the Tokyo Olympics.

Mexicos antimonopoly regulator on Wednesday openly criticized President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obradors plan to set a maximum price for cooking and heating gas.