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Protesters formed human chains and marched through the streets of Belarus carrying flowers on Wednesday in anger at a crackdown by strongman President Alexander Lukashenko that has prompted the European Union to consider new sanctions against Minsk.

Drivers license photos aren't always the best, but when a Tennessee woman received her new ID the picture was perfect for a furniture store.

In a major breakthrough for Indian-Americans in US politics, Joe Biden has picked Senator Kamala Devi Harris as his running mate to woo the Black voters and the influential Indian diaspora who could play a key role in his bid to defeat Donald Trump.

A lastminute battle is unfolding over the fate of a former paramilitary warlord who the Colombian government wants returned following a long drug sentence in U.S. prison.

Federal agents on Wednesday arrested an accountant in a corruption investigation involving Puerto Rico's former education secretary.

More than 70 people in close contact with the 42-year-old, who had bought two dead marmots before he fell ill, will now be tested and undergo quarantine.

Tribal clashes that have gripped a Sudanese port city over the past three days have killed at least 25 people and wounded scores, a doctors association said on Wednesday.

Iranian hardliners in parliament on Wednesday voted against President Hassan Rouhani's nominee for trade minister in the first showdown between the rival camps since the house resumed work in May despite the struggles to curb the spread of the coronavirus...

Aug. 15, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of Japans surrender, which ended World War II. The Associated Press plans the following coverage before the anniversary. Details of the schedule and spot coverage on Aug. 15 are not yet confirmed. Playbook and AP Cov...

Prosecutors in southern Mexico said Tuesday they have arrested an alleged lieutenant of a drug gang for the 2018 murder of a YouTube commentator in Acapulco.

South Korea and the United States will kick off their annual joint military drills this week but without mobilising U.S.based troops after scaling back the programme due to coronavirus concerns, South Korean media reported on Wednesday.

A Southern Californiaarea hospital system, immigrant advocacy groups and Americans living in Mexico criticized on Tuesday a U.S. government draft proposal that could block U.S. citizens and permanent residents from entering the country if they are suspect...

The Dutch health minister said Tuesday he plans to introduce mandatory home quarantine for people identified by local authorities as having been in close contact with somebody infected with the coronavirus, and for travelers returning from highrisk countr...

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden has chosen his running mate for the Nov. 3 election and could announce his pick as soon as Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major partys presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat P...

A Georgia school district has quarantined more than 800 students because of possible exposure to the coronavirus since it resumed inperson teaching last week, officials said Tuesday.