World

Peru surpassed half a million coronavirus cases and has the highest fatality rate in Latin America, according to health ministry data on Thursday, as the government struggles to contain a recent surge of infections.

An October parole hearing has been set for a Black man sentenced to life in prison after stealing hedge clippers in a 1997 burglary, a sentence Louisiana's Supreme Court upheld despite its chief justice's insistence that the punishment was excessive and r...

The United Nations Security Council started voting on Thursday on a U.S. bid to extend an arms embargo on Iran, which is opposed by vetopowers Russia and China, and the result will be announced at a meeting on Friday, diplomats said.

The newest Major League Soccer team will be called St. Louis SC when it debuts in 2023, team officials announced Thursday.

Florida's death toll from the coronavirus topped 9,000 Thursday, while its pandemicbuffeted economy led the nation in a drop in the number of new jobless claims.

Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden on Thursday called on all U.S. governors to mandate mask wearing to slow the spread of the coronavirus that has killed more than 165,000 people in the United States.

The United Arab Emirates became the first Gulf Arab country to reach a deal on normalising relations with Israel on Thursday, securing an Israeli commitment to halt further annexations of Palestinian territories.

President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador said the agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which also provides for production in Argentina, should result in a vaccine that the government would provide free starting in the first quarter of 2021.

The two-minute clip, which quickly went viral on social media, surfaced just days before Kabul and the Taliban are expected to start direct peace talks.

A senior leader of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group died of a heart attack on Thursday in a Cairo prison where he had been serving a 25year sentence, his lawyer said.

Ireland's Prime Minister Micheál Martin said on Thursday he believes there is a "landing zone" to reach a postBrexit trade deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

A total of 7,50,003 deaths have been recorded, out of 2,06,67,684 cases across the globe.

Healthcare providers, including CVS Health Corp , are kicking off flu vaccinations early, ordering extra shots and aiming to add tests that check for both the annual flu and COVID19, pharmacy executives and experts told Reuters.

Sinha, Bangladesh''s first chief justice from the minority Hindu community, served as the 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh from January, 2015 to November, 2017.

Liberias health ministry has confirmed that the vice president, who was flown to Ghana on Tuesday for medical care, has tested positive for COVID19.

Australia posted its lowest oneday rise in new COVID19 cases in more than three weeks on Thursday, stoking hopes that a second wave of new infections gripping Victoria state is finally being brought under control.