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Spain reported 2,935 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, the highest number since the country's lockdown ended and up from 1,690 recorded the previous day, although officials argued the situation remained manageable.

The 911 call from a white, offduty police officer around the height of the George Floyd protests in early June sounded ominous: A group of Black youths had menaced him outside his upstate New York getaway, he said, sparking an exchange of gunfire between...

A Nebraska county that owes $28.1 million to six people wrongfully convicted of murder reached a settlement with several insurance companies to help pay part of the judgment.

Israel hailed a U.S.brokered peace deal with the United Arab Emirates on Thursday as a "great day for peace" and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to hold a news conference at 1600 GMT to comment further.

Twelve out of 19 people suffering from meningitis in the southern Spanish province of Seville have tested positive for Nile fever, with the remaining seven samples still pending results, the regional government of Andalusia said on Thursday.

Russia said on Thursday it was concerned by the situation in Belarus and said there were attempts by outside forces to meddle in and destabilise the country following Sunday's contested election.

Turkish police have detained a suspected Islamic State group militant who was allegedly planning to attack a police station, Turkeys staterun news agency reported Thursday.

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chanocha appealed for unity in a televised address to the nation on Thursday amid almost daily studentled antigovernment protests since midJuly.

Thousands of students at a Belgian university will collect weekly from September a sample of their saliva for a rapid COVID19 test replacing more commonly used swabs one of Europe's largest experiments with the new testing method.

Not two months after battling back the coronavirus, Spains hospitals are beginning to see patients struggling to breathe returning to their wards.

German authorities worked through the night to clear a backlog of coronavirus tests from travelers after it emerged 900 people who were positive for COVID19 had yet to be informed.

German investigators are appealing for the public's help in tracking down the former chief operating officer of bankrupt payment company Wirecard who is facing allegations of fraud and other charges.

A California businessman who tipped prosecutors off to a vast U.S. college admissions cheating and fraud scheme was sentenced on Wednesday to one year in prison after admitting he participated in a stock fraud.

The United States military on Wednesday said that Iranian forces had boarded a civilian vessel in international waters in the Gulf.

A former Ecuadorian president known for his wild antics has been detained in an organized crime probe as authorities investigate the murder of an Israeli man jailed in a possible COVID19 medical supplies scandal, the nations interior minister said Wednesd...

Italy ruled on Wednesday that people travelling from Croatia, Greece, Malta and Spain must be tested for the coronavirus on arrival, as new infections increase in the four countries which are popular holiday destinations for Italians.