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A popular opposition politician in Venezuela urged authorities on Wednesday to delay upcoming congressional elections, saying it's the only way to create free and fair conditions for the vote.

A former Montana governor and Republican National Committee chair said he will vote for Democrat Joe Biden in the November election, citing character flaws in President Donald Trump.

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Kosovo prosecutors on Wednesday charged a local woman with inciting terrorism for allegedly posting on social media that unspecified revenge should follow the U.S. killing of two Iranian military officials.

Former FBI Director James Comey faces questioning Wednesday from the Republicanled Senate Judiciary Committee about his role in leading the bureau's investigation into ties between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia.

The British government reportedly proposed processing asylumseekers on a remote volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean more than 4,000 miles (6,435 kilometers) from the U.K. a plan that has been derided as inhumane and a logistical nightmare by critics.

European antimoney laundering evaluators began a periodic visit to the Vatican on Wednesday amid a mounting financial scandal in the tiny city state that has cost a halfdozen people their jobs, including one of the Holy Sees post powerful cardinals.

Wang's sentence comes amid fresh allegations of the mistreatment of children at a kindergarten in northern China. Eight parents claimed to have found unknown needle marks on their children's heads and bodies after they returned from Zhaojun Dingqi Kinderg...

US Presidential Debate 2020 LIVE Updates: Joe Biden said that President Trump attempts to make everything into a racial “dog whistle” tonight, arguing that the President has “done virtually nothing” for African Americans during his time as president.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce parted ways Tuesday with its longtime political strategist, as the organization, once a Republican stalwart, has demonstrated a more bipartisan spending streak in the Donald Trump era.

The U.N. Security Council called on Armenia and Azerbaijan Tuesday to immediately halt fighting over the separatist territory of NagornoKarabakh and urgently resume talks without preconditions.

Texas officials said Tuesday that water samples taken earlier this year from a Houstonarea community did not raise concerns before the detection of a deadly, microscopic parasite, which doctors believe killed a 6yearold boy.

The city of Memphis, Tennessee, has already broken its record for killings in a calendar year with 230, even though there are still about three months left in 2020, police said Tuesday.

President Donald Trumps directive to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted when the number of congressional seats in each state is determined is an unlawful order and following it would break with almost 250 years of history, an attorney...

The Greek Orthodox Church of the United States said Tuesday it is petitioning United Nations experts to coerce Turkey into protecting Orthodox Christianity's cultural heritage following the Turkish government's conversion of Istanbuls landmark Hagia Sophi...

President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, is on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for meetings with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other pivotal Republican senators in preparation for her fasttrack confirmation before th...