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$French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Iraqs Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, give a joint press conference in Baghdad on September 2, 2020. - Macron landed in Baghdad on his first official trip to Iraq, where he hopes to help the country reassert its \sovereignty\ after years of conflict. (AFP)$ World

Macron backs Iraq 'sovereignty' on first Baghdad visit

Macron is the most prominent world leader to visit Iraq since Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi came to power in May

3 Sep 2020 5:46 AM GMT

$Journalists of Belarusian TUT.BY media outlet hold banners reading \I dont protest but work\, \This is me at work\, \Freedom for journalists!\, from left to right, as they stand in front of police station in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)$ World

Belarusian journalists face charges for covering protests

The Lukashenko-led government had earlier revoked the accreditation of many Belarusian journalists and deported some...

3 Sep 2020 5:43 AM GMT

Wildlife vets take samples from dead elephants found in Hwange National park, Zimbabwe. (AP)

Zimbabwe investigating deaths of 22 elephants, more expected

Zimbabwe has been facing successive climate-induced droughts in recent years, leaving animals with less water and...

3 Sep 2020 5:28 AM GMT

Kanye West. (Photo: AFP)

Lawsuit seeks to ban Kanye West from Arizona ballot

West has already qualified to appear on the ballot in several states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Tennessee and...

3 Sep 2020 5:08 AM GMT

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to speak at a news conference at the State Department in Washington. (AP)

Pompeo announces fresh restrictions on senior Chinese diplomats in US

Washington cast the move as a response to Beijing's restrictions on American diplomats in China

3 Sep 2020 4:43 AM GMT

People look at an electric pole downed by Typhoon Maysak in the southeastern port city of Ulsan on September 3, 2020. - At least one person was killed and more than 2,000 people evacuated to temporary shelters in South Korea as a powerful typhoon churned across the peninsula, authorities said on September 3. (AFP)

Typhoon pummels South Korea, ship missing in rough waters

North Korea's state TV showed widespread flooding in the eastern coastal cities, but the country didn't immediately...

3 Sep 2020 4:18 AM GMT

President Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that threatens to cut federal funding to lawless cities, including Seattle, Portland, New York and Washington. (AP)

Trump threatens to cut federal funds to 'lawless' cities

NYC Governor Andrew Cuomo said that Trump was trying to cut off funding that states and cities must receive to recover...

3 Sep 2020 3:48 AM GMT

Vials used by pharmacists to prepare syringes used on the first day of a first-stage safety study clinical trial of the potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in Seattle. The US federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1. (AP File)

US states told to be ready for vaccine distribution by November 1

The timeline raised concern among public health experts about a vaccine approval driven by political considerations...

3 Sep 2020 3:32 AM GMT

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny casting his vote at a polling station during to the Moscow city Duma election in Moscow. - Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny provide clear proof that he was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, September 2, 2020, demanding explanations from Moscow. (AFP File)

Germany says Soviet-era nerve agent used on Russia's Navalny

The findings which experts say point strongly to Russian state involvement added to tensions between Russia and the...

3 Sep 2020 3:10 AM GMT

$President Vladimir Putin (right) would host Belaruss authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow \in the next couple of weeks\. (AFP)$ World

Putin to host Belarus' Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Minsk on Thursday, after weeks of protests against a disputed...

2 Sep 2020 10:24 AM GMT

Suga, a longtime right-hand man for the outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has emerged as a top successor candidate. (AP)

Japan's Yoshihide Suga announces PM bid with strong party backing

A parliamentary vote will follow two days later, with lawmakers expected to endorse the new LDP leader as prime minister

2 Sep 2020 9:50 AM GMT

In this photo provided by Steven Brown, a snake is coiled on the floor of a home at Laceys Creek, Australia. (AP)

2 pythons weighing 100 pounds collapse kitchen ceiling in Australia

The house owner found the culprits, one 2.8 meters and the other 2.5 meters long slithering into a bedroom and living...

2 Sep 2020 8:59 AM GMT