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The twin brother of a key witness in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump has filed a federal complaint alleging relation by the White House and possible ethical violations and sexist behavior by top officials, including Robert OBrien, n...

Jockeying over a debate schedule continues in the hardhitting Kentucky Senate race pitting Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell against Democratic challenger Amy McGrath.

European Union Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan will resign on Wednesday after days of pressure over alleged breaches of COVID19 guidelines he committed during a trip to his native Ireland, a spokesman for the commissioner said.

North Carolina sued the federal government Wednesday to block an attempt at seismic testing off the state's Atlantic coast to measure for oil and gas deposits, saying a U.S. agency's decision was unlawful.

In the most violent skirmish in months between U.S. and Russian forces in Syria, a vehicle collision in the eastern part of the wartorn country left American troops with concussions, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Iran said on Wednesday it had agreed to grant the U.N. nuclear watchdog access to two sites that the agency suspects once secretly hosted nuclear material or activities, easing a monthslong standoff over the issue.

Mexicos economy contracted 18.7% in the second quarter compared with the same period a year earlier, reflecting the impact of the COVID19 lockdown on most activities in the country.

The United States military says it killed six alShabab extremists with an airstrike in Somalia after the alQaidalinked group attacked Somali forces while U.S. forces were nearby.

Poland's president on Wednesday swore in two new ministers to key posts in the conservative government: a foreign minister at a time of crisis in neighboring Belarus and a health minister as COVID19 infections are rising.

Kenya's president extended a nationwide curfew for another 30 days on Wednesday, saying coronavirus cases were rising in areas outside the capital.

Approximately half of all police in Afghanistan's southern provinces use drugs and up to 70% of police positions in those regions are ghost" positions not actually filled by a person, a new report released Wednesday by a U.S. government watchdog said.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed regional stability and Gulf unity with the crown prince of Bahrain on Wednesday, as part of a Middle East tour following an accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates on normalising relations.

In the current study, they found that female patients mounted a more robust and sustained immune response via the body's T cells than men.

Hong Kong police arrested two opposition lawmakers on Wednesday over antigovernment protests in July last year, one of whom was suspected of rioting during an incident in which he was attacked by a mob.

Police in Thailand on Wednesday arrested two prodemocracy student protest leaders for taking part in rallies and would charge them with sedition, expanding a crackdown on demonstrators as pressure builds against the government.

The coronavirus is exposing an uncomfortable inequality in the billiondollar system that delivers lifesaving aid for countries in crisis: Most money that flows from the U.S. and other donors goes to international aid groups instead of local ones. Now loca...