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Azerbaijan on Saturday accused Armenia of striking its secondlargest city with a ballistic missile that killed at least 13 civilians and wounded 50 others in a new escalation of their conflict over NagornoKarabakh.

New Zealanders went to the polls on Saturday in a general election that could see Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern strengthen her leftofcentre hold on government or a challenge from conservatives led by Judith Collins.

A Hong Kong protester dubbed "Grandma Wong" said on Saturday that Chinese authorities kept her in custody for a month and a half across the border in Shenzhen, where she allegedly suffered mental abuse, and then prevented from coming back for over a year.

East European nations are thinking more seriously about how to reduce carbon emissions to make use of a 750 billion euro ($880 billion) European Union economic recovery fund, the EU's top climate official said on Friday.

The Netherlands' King WillemAlexander and his wife cut short a vacation to Greece on Friday after coming under criticism for travelling during the coronavirus pandemic.

Five men suspected of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer were being held without bail on Friday and were ordered to face a grand jury trial on federal charges that could land them in prison for life if convicted.

Alain Cocq, 57, had tried to live stream his death on social media in September, hoping to persuade President Emmanuel Macron to change France's strict laws against euthanasia.

A Sydney man is facing life in prison after Australian police intercepted cocaine worth 248 million Australian dollars ($168 million) concealed in frozen fruit products from Brazil.

Minnesota pollution regulators properly considered the construction impacts of Enbridge Energy's plan to replace the 337mile segment of its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline that crosses the state, an administrative law judge ruled Friday in a blow to envir...

The governor of Sao Paulo state, Brazils economic powerhouse, on Friday outlined his plan for postpandemic recovery that depends largely on infrastructure investment.

It's not the tally that really matters, but Joe Biden scored something of an upset over President Donald Trump.

White South African farmers and Black protesters hurled abuse and threats at each other on Friday during a court hearing in a murder case that has exposed still simmering racial tensions 26 years after the end of apartheid.

Philippine leftwing groups on Friday criticized the treatment of a detained activist who was allowed by a Manila court to attend her babys burial but was forced to wear handcuffs and a sweltering protective suit and was heavily guarded by armed escorts as...

Hundreds of Argentine flags dotted the sand of a beach at the Mar del Plata resort, a poignant memorial to the victims of the novel coronavirus in one of this South American countrys new virus hotspots.

Two Danish suspected neoNazis were convicted Friday of desecrating graves in the Jewish section of a churchyard in northwestern Denmark last year, as well as other acts of vandalism and racism.

President Donald Trump was outraised by Democrat Joe Biden in September and is being outgunned financially by his rival with just weeks to go until Election Day.