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U.S. President Joe Biden, facing his first major international crisis after Myanmar's military seized power, could impose a new program of sanctions, cut aid or target generals and the companies they run to pressure for a return to democracy.

Britain's Boris Johnson is thinking about fundraiser Captain Tom Moore "very, very frequently" and wishes him a swift recovery, the prime minister's press secretary said on Tuesday, responding to questions about online criticism of the centenarian.

Russia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the presence of foreign diplomats at a court considering whether to jail Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny for longer was evidence of Western attempts to interfere in Moscow's domestic affairs.

The U.S. Northeast on Monday awoke under a blanket of snow as a powerful winter storm pummeled a vast swath stretching from Pennsylvania through New England, causing widespread disruption in New York City and other major urban centers in the region.

Commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing had pledged to practice 'the genuine discipline-flourishing multiparty democratic system' in a fair manner.

Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent 15 years under house arrest in the struggle to bring democracy to Myanmar, has been detained along with other leaders of her political party in a military coup.

With the mountains closed and the halfpipes shuttered during a pandemic that turned the world and its sports upside down, Shaun White put doublecorks on hold and saved his most intense workouts for his mind.

Alarmed over the coup in Myanmar and the detention of the country's top political leaders, including State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, by the military on Monday, the US has said it is monitoring the situation closely and threatened unspecified action if c...

Several thousand were seen marching throughout the city centre, but it was unclear amid the chaos how many people took part in the demonstration.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday named two new lawyers to lead the defense in his upcoming Senate impeachment trial after abruptly parting ways with his prior counsel.

Brazilian Enzo Fittipaldi, grandson of double Formula One world champion Emerson, won the first virtual grand prix of the year for Haas on Sunday after a scrap with Arthur Leclerc, younger brother of Ferrari driver Charles.

Myanmar's military, which last week declined to rule out a coup to overturn an election result it disputes from last year, said on the eve of the first gathering of the new parliament that it remains committed to democracy.

A suspected suicide car bomb exploded near a checkpoint in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday, witnesses said, followed by gunfire around a nearby hotel.

Israel predicted a turnaround in the COVID19 crisis could be weeks later than previously thought on Sunday as coronavirus variants offset its vaccination drive and a large funeral crowd of ultraOrthodox Jews defied a fiveweekold national lockdown.

The best way to stop the spread of mutants and to prevent more new ones from emerging is to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible, Fauci and other researchers say.

The Biden administration says its going to revamp and enhance diplomacy toward Iran as the U.S. looks at restoring constraints on the country's nuclear program and reining in its regional ambitions.