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The employees of the French charity were killed by gunmen during a tourist trip in southwestern Niger on Sunday.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has extended his lead as the country's most preferred leader, a poll showed on Monday, boosted by his government's coronavirus wage subsidy scheme and efforts to contain the spread of the pandemic.

An aide to Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai says Lai was arrested Monday morning under the citys national security law on suspicion of collusion with foreign powers.

Chaotic and often violent protests against racial injustice have topped the headlines for days, but lost in the shouting are the voices of many Black Portland residents themselves and their feelings about the unrest are nuanced and diverse.

An Afghan grand assembly, known as the Loya Jirga, on Sunday approved the release of 400 "hardcore" Taliban prisoners, a decision endorsed by President Ashraf Ghani, paving the way for peace talks between the government and the insurgents aimed at ending...

China's public rhetoric over the past few months has grown increasingly critical of the Trump administration's coronavirus response, the recent closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston and actions related to Hong Kong.

A rogue driver careened a car through a pedestrianonly zone in downtown Montreal and injured two people before driving away Saturday, police said.

Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Thailand on Saturday, after police arrested two leading antigovernment protest leaders in an apparent attempt to stifle growing political unrest.

The gigantic explosion in Beirut on Tuesday tore through homes, blowing off doors and windows, toppling cupboards, and sent flying books, shelves, lamps and everything else.

A Venezuelan court sentenced two former U.S. special forces soldiers to 20 years in prison for their part in a failed beach attack aimed at overthrowing President Nicols Maduro, prosecutors announced late Friday.

Dozens of protesters gathered in front of a Bangkok court on Saturday to demand the release of activist leaders, vowing to escalate antigovernment demonstrations with a call for a protest in the Thai capital.

U.S. Senate candidate Marquita Bradshaw just had to look at her parents for inspiration to become a community activist in Memphis, Tennessee.

A man caught with stolen hedge clippers decades ago must continue to serve his life sentence, despite a stinging dissent from the chief justice of Louisianas Supreme Court, who said the sentence was the result of laws rooted in racism.

Top European officials urged Belarusian authorities on Friday to ensure a free and fair presidential election this weekend and denounced unacceptable restrictions ahead of the vote.

As Kseniya Milya's grandfather lay dying of COVID19 at a hospital in Belarus' capital of Minsk, the country's authoritarian leader was blithely dismissing the pandemic as psychosis, and recommending an unusual remedy: Have a regular shot of vodka and work...

Soha Saade had not seen her husband since Christmas. The coronavirus pandemic had kept 44yearold Jihad in Nigeria, where he worked far from his family in Beirut. Once travel restrictions eased, he flew home with a new sense of urgency: His 6year old had b...