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South Korean police said on Sunday they had arrested a defector who tried to return to North Korea after a similar, successful crossing in July escalated tensions on the peninsula.

Instead of turning the public's attention to her precarious health, Ginsburg focused on the battle for her legacy.

At least 12 civilians were killed and more than 10 others injured on Saturday in twin airstrikes on a Taliban base in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunduz, a provincial official said.

Protesters returned to the streets of Portland, Oregon, following a dayslong pause largely due to poor air quality from wildfires on the West Coast.

Protesters rallied in Bangkok on Saturday for what organisers hope will be the biggest demonstration in years to demand the removal of former junta leader and now militarybacked Prime Minister Prayuth Chanocha, a new constitution and elections.

India has maintained its surge in coronavirus cases, adding 93,337 new confirmed infections in the past 24 hours.

Bolivia's presidential election race, a rerun of a fraught ballot last year that plunged the Andean country into turmoil, has tightened after interim President Jeanine Anez dropped out, likely helping rein in the frontrunning socialist party.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday that "there is no doubt" that the winner of November's presidential election should pick Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's replacement.

Yemens warring sides on Friday began longawaited U.N.brokered peace consultations in Switzerland on the exchange of prisoners, part of a deal aimed at ending a conflict that has killed thousands and set off the worlds worst humanitarian crisis.

Bars and cafes in the most densely populated regions of the Netherlands will have to close their doors earlier from Sunday as the country begins reimposing restrictions to battle sharply rising infection rates, particularly among students and people in th...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed back Friday against the Catholic archbishop of San Francisco's criticism of COVIDrelated restrictions, saying he should follow science rather than advocate for fuller inperson gatherings for Mass and worship.

An earthquake with preliminary magnitude 5.3 struck off the southern island of Crete on Friday, Greek authorities said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury.

The Trump administration has opened an investigation into racial bias at Princeton University, saying that the school's recent acknowledgment of racism on campus amounts to a shocking and serious admission of discrimination.

An Ohio judge has temporarily blocked the Republican secretary of states order limiting counties to one ballot drop box, and both the state and the Republican Party have appealed.

When President Donald Trump fired up a crowd at a North Carolina airport last week, he gave a shoutout to the homestate senator fighting in his own tough reelection battle that could decide control of the chamber.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is confident that New York City will meet a revised timeline to bring public school students back to classrooms within the next two weeks, following closures because of the coronavirus pandemic, he said Friday.