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Prosecutors in El Salvador asked a court Monday to drop criminal charges against former President Tony Saca and members of his Arena party for the alleged diversion of $10 million donated by Taiwan to help victims of 2001 earthquakes.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife, Jacqueline, 77, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID19, according to a statement Saturday.

An Israeli soldier and two Palestinians, including a 13yearold boy, were seriously injured in crossborder fire along the Gaza border on Saturday that wounded 39 other Palestinians, officials said.

Merkel will meet Israel's new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and President Isaac Herzog during the visit, scheduled for August 28 to 30, spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer said on Friday.

J&J has sought approval from Indian drug regulators to conduct a study of its Covid 19 vaccine among Adolescents.

The lawmakers, who were vaccinated, are among the 71 members of Congress to be diagnosed with Covid-19 since the beginning of last year, according to the nonpartisan group GovTrack.

Syrian air defenses confronted on Thursday an "Israeli aggression" in the Damascus countryside, Syrian stateowned Ekhbariya TV and state news agency (SANA) said.

The outdoor gear and clothing company Patagonia has stopped providing its merchandise for sale at a Wyoming ski resort to protest the owners' sponsorship of a Republican fundraiser featuring Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other top supporters of former P...

Gunmen ambushed a Malian army convoy in central Mali on Thursday, killing at least 15 soldiers, the army said, just days after another attack in the country's north left several dozen civilians dead.

The suicide bomber targeted a tea shop near a crowded junction in northern Mogadishu which was reportedly frequented by members of the Somali security forces as well as civilians.

With many businesses plunging into sharp losses as the world suffered lockdowns, CEOs of London's biggest listed companies saw median annual pay drop 17 percent, the High Pay Centre think tank said.

Clarissa Ward described on Wednesday how a member of her CNN crew was nearly pistolwhipped by a Taliban fighter as they were covering a tumultuous scene outside the airport in Kabul.

A former ice cream shop owner accused of calling police on peaceful Black Lives Matters protesters was ordered Wednesday to pay them $500 each by a judge hearing a state lawsuit citing a new law targeting false, racebased police reports.

Russia's Justice Ministry said on Wednesday that it has declared the Golos independent votemonitoring movement as a "foreign agent", just a month before the parliamentary election.

The nation's largest public utility plans to switch out 1,200 of its vehicles for electric ones by 2030, furthering its role in that market for a power supplier that also plans to help add charging stations across the region, the utility's top official sa...

Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, bitter rivals in the Middle East, have been in contact in recent months and made some progress, President Tayyip Erdogan said after rare talks on Wednesday with a senior UAE official.