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Ugandan singer and opposition politician Bobi Wine said on Monday he faces a pattern of repression and suppression seeking to derail his bid to challenge the country's longtime president in elections next year.

British authorities scrambled fighter jets to intercept a Ryanair plane after the crew reported a suspicious object, which turned out to be a mobile phone.

Most of the people arrested in demonstrations against police brutality since the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha were not city residents, according to police.

President Milo Djukanovic's proWestern ruling party suffered a major setback in Montenegro's parliamentary election, results showed on Monday, winning most votes but falling short of a majority and so requiring a coalition partner to stay in power.

Japanese former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba, a favourite in opinion polls to become the next premier, told Reuters on Monday Tokyo should deepen ties with Asian neighbours, including South Korea, amid growing tension between China and the United State...

The Italian economy shrank by more than previously thought during the second quarter as a result of lockdown restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic, official figures showed Monday.

Sudan's powersharing government signed a peace agreement with the country's five key rebel groups on Monday, a significant step towards resolving deeprooted conflicts that raged under former leader Omar alBashir.

Wildlife rangers have trapped a 4.4meter (14.5foot) saltwater crocodile at a tourist destination in Australias Northern Territory, the biggest caught in the area in years, a wildlife ranger said Monday.

France's foreign minister on Monday blamed the stalemate in Brexit talks on what he called Britain's intransigent and unrealistic attitude.

A threeyearold girl entangled in the tail of a giant kite survived a terrifying ride after being swept more than 100 feet (30 metres) into the air during a kite festival in Taiwan, video footage posted on social media on Sunday showed.

NEW DELHI India has registered 78,512 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, maintaining an upward surge.

Chinese telecom giant Huawei announced on Monday it is ending its oldest major sporting sponsorship deal in the world when it ends its contract with Australian rugby league team Canberra Raiders after nine years, blaming a continued negative business envi...

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Officials in Portland, Oregon, said on Sunday they were braced for an escalation of protestrelated violence that has convulsed the city for three months, citing social media posts vowing revenge for a fatal shooting amid weekend street clashes between sup...

The Trump administration has blocked the scheduled removal of a former Colombian paramilitary boss to Italy and now intends to deport him to his South American homeland, where hes been found responsible for hundreds of war crimes.

Kentucky's attorney general has received a longawaited FBI ballistics report in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor.