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The dissident Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei staged a silent protest outside London's Old Bailey court on Monday against the possible extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he is wanted on an array of espionage...

The confrontation between the two former Soviet republics has rekindled concern over stability in the South Caucasus, a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday confirmed reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited him in a Berlin hospital where he was being treated for what German authorities determined was nerve agent poisoning.

Armenia's ambassador to Russia said on Monday that Turkey had sent around 4,000 fighters from northern Syria to Azerbaijan amid fighting over the breakaway region of NagornoKarabakh, the Interfax news agency reported.

The British government is mulling tougher restrictions in England to tackle a swiftly accelerating second wave of the novel coronavirus outbreak, possibly outlawing more interhousehold socialising, a junior health minister said on Monday.

South Korea on Monday reported 50 new coronavirus cases, the lowest since a new wave of outbreaks emerged from a church and a large political rally last month.

Jordan on Sunday resumed its land border traffic with Syria, following a more than monthlong closure, after applying new rules to prevent truck drivers spreading the novel coronavirus into the kingdom, officials and businessmen said.

Malis transitional president appointed former minister of foreign affairs, Moctar Ouane, on Sunday as the West African nations prime minister days after being sworn into office.

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Its been a season of disruption at Milan Fashion Week.

Iran called on Sunday for an immediate end to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan after clashes between the two countries, a foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by state TV, announcing Tehran's readiness to help in establishing a cease...

Two members of the Lebanese Security Forces were killed in an exchange of gunfire with militants in the north of the country late on Saturday, the army said.

Yemen's warring parties have agreed to exchange some 1,000 prisoners, including 19 Saudi soldiers, at United Nationssponsored talks as part of trustbuilding steps aimed at reviving a stalled peace process, sources said on Sunday.

A Virginia man accused of spraypainting property with graffiti while he was supposed to be performing community service for a vandalism conviction has been sentenced to three years in jail.

Thousands of people packed the National Mall in downtown Washington on Saturday to pray and show their support for President Donald Trump.

The governor of Bavaria, the state that's home to German automakers BMW and Audi, has backed a deadline for phasing out gasolinepowered vehicles akin to the 2035 date proposed by California.