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Armenia's president appointed a new defence minister on Friday after widespread criticism of the government over a ceasefire that secured advances for Azerbaijan in NagornoKarabakh following six weeks of fighting.

Taiwan will start work next week to build the first of eight new domesticallydeveloped submarines, it said on Friday, a longmooted project to strengthen the island's defences in the face of China's rapidly modernising military.

British former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn will be suspended as a Labour member of Parliament for three months as the party faces calls to launch a new investigation, the Telegraph reported on Thursday.

After months of travel to battleground states before Election Day, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency now is looking at taxpayer-funded trips abroad, including the tropics, in the Trump administration's last weeks.

When President Donald Trump sends lawyers to court, it seems hes not sending his best.

Although the Islamic State extremist group is battered and scattered, it cannot be fully defeated until the world finds a way to reconcile and resettle the thousands of people displaced by years of war in Iraq and Syria, the general overseeing American mi...

At least five people died and three were injured in a landslide caused by excavation work at an illegal mine in Ecuador, an official said on Thursday.

President Donald Trump's reelection campaign said on Thursday it was withdrawing its lawsuit disputing vote results in Michigan, in another faltering legal attempt to challenge the Nov. 3 victory of U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden.

Jordan is racing to increase hospital bed capacity as its healthcare system struggles to cope with a surge in new coronavirus cases.

Spain's Catalonia region will allow bars, restaurants, gyms and cinemas to reopen from Monday, gradually easing some of the restrictions put in place to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, although a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. remains.

Australian special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan, with senior commandos reportedly forcing junior soldiers to kill defenceless captives in order to "blood" them for combat, a four year investigation found.

South Korea is converting hotels and offices into rental units in its latest attempt to address nationwide outcry over soaring rents, targeting an increasing number of single, young renters struggling to find affordable homes.

Mainland China reported 12 new COVID19 cases on Nov. 18, up from eight cases a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Thursday.

In a court filing, the campaign asked U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann to considering issuing an order that “the results of the 2020 presidential general election are defective and providing for the Pennsylvania General Assembly to choose Pennsylvania’s...

A few days after securing the presidency over Trump, Biden's sister Valerie — who has played a key role in his political career but generally remains out of the public eye — expressed confidence he would seek reelection.

The head of Australia's Defence Force announced on Thursday allegations that its special forces soldiers carried out 39 unlawful killings in Afghanistan.