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A final report by the office of the State Department Acting Inspector General found Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's emergency certification on arms sales to Gulf Arab states including Saudi Arabia last year did not break the law, a senior department offi...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday slammed China for the arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who he said was a "patriot," and said the move indicated that Beijing is unlikely to change its position on the financial hub.

The Washington, D.C., police union said on Monday it asked a court to block the mandatory release of body camera footage and names of police officers involved in shootings.

Antonio Banderas says he's tested positive for COVID19 and is celebrating his 60th birthday in quarantine.

Lebanon's cabinet faced rising pressure on Monday to step down after a devastating blast that has stirred angry antigovernment protests and resignations of several ministers, with the justice minister the latest to go and the finance minister set to quit.

A militia killed 16 people during a raid on villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army said on Monday, in more ethnic violence that the United Nations has warned may constitute crimes against humanity.

Germany's Social Democrats proposed Olaf Scholz, the finance minister and their most highprofile and popular politician, to run to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year's elections, when her fourth and final term is expected to end.

Turkey's navy has issued an advisory saying that the Turkish ship Oruc Reis will carry out a seismic survey in a disputed area in the eastern Mediterranean over the next two weeks, a step likely to revive tensions with neighbouring Greece.

EDITORS NOTE: On Aug. 11, 1965, an uprising began in Los Angeles after the drunken driving arrest of a young Black man by a white California Highway Patrol officer.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko won a landslide reelection victory, the central election commission said on Monday, after late night clashes between police and thousands of protesters who said the vote was rigged.

The Red Cross has sent more than 43,000 volunteers to North Korea, including to the lockeddown city of Kaesong, to help fight the novel coronavirus and provide flood assistance, an official with the relief organisation said on Monday.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ingwen on Monday during the highestlevel visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic ties between Washington and Taipei in 1979.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested over suspected collusion with foreign forces under the new national security law, his top aide said on Twitter, in what is the highestprofile arrest yet under the legislation.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday urged a restart of congressional talks on extending coronavirus aid, saying executive actions taken by President Donald Trump a day earlier would have little immediate impact on Americans facing economic distress...

As they struggle to salvage some semblance of a campus experience this fall, U.S. colleges are requiring promises from students to help contain the coronavirus no keg parties, no long road trips and no outside guests on campus.

Lebanons information minister resigned on Sunday as the country grapples with the aftermath of the devastating blast that ripped through the capital and raised public anger to new levels.