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Prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain alHathloul, 31, was convicted by a Saudi court on Monday on charges which include seeking to change the Saudi political system and harming national security. Here are some details about alHathloul, who has b...

Prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain alHathloul, 31, was convicted by a Saudi court on Monday on charges which include seeking to change the Saudi political system and harming national security. Here are some details about alHathloul, who has b...

Trump signed the act on Sunday as part of the massive $ 2.3 trillion package for the year-end bill to provide long-delayed coronavirus relief and fund the federal government. The US Senate last week unanimously passed the bill despite China's protest.

Elections are meant to resolve arguments. This one inflamed them.

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of southern Chile on Sunday, causing shaking felt in several cities but without any reports of damage, Chilean authorities said.

Senior Egyptian security officials visited the Libyan capital Tripoli for the first time in years on Sunday and held talks with officials from the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), the Libyan interior ministry said.

Ugandan police said three local journalists were hospitalised on Sunday after sustaining injuries when officers used teargas to disperse supporters of presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine.

Brazil has registered 307 new COVID19 deaths, and 17,246 new cases of coronavirus, the health ministry said on Saturday, as President Jair Bolsonaro said he was not worried about delays in rolling out vaccinations in Latin America's biggest country.

Sudan has taken control of most of the land it accuses Ethiopians of encroaching upon near the border between the two countries, the Sudanese information minister said on Saturday.

Police and federal agents in Nashville sought clues on Saturday to determine how and why a motor home was blown to pieces in an apparent bombing on Christmas Day that injured three people and damaged dozens of buildings in the heart of America's country m...

One of the two men was wounded very lightly, while the other's injury was more serious although not life-threatening. Both were flown out following the shooting and brought to hospital in France.

The U.S. government will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for COVID19 within 72 hours of departure starting Monday amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant that may be more transmissible.

Brent settled at $51.29 a barrel, up 0.18%, while U.S. crude edged up 0.23% to $48.23 a barrel. Gold prices rose as investors remained optimistic about U.S. stimulus and the Brexit trade deal kept the dollar's gains in check. Spot gold added

Taiwan's Transport Ministry on Thursday fined EVA Airways Corp T$1 million ($35,000) after the government blamed one of its pilots for a rare locally transmitted case of COVID19 because he failed to follow disease prevention rules.

The latest incident unfolded in the early hours of Tuesday after officers responded to a non-emergency complaint about a man turning a car on and off for an extended period.

A storm that brought snow, strong winds and bitter cold into the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota early Wednesday was making travel treacherous and grounded flights on one of the most anticipated air travel days since the start of the coronavirus pan...