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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. (AFP File)

Kremlin dismisses Navalny poison claims as calls mount for probe

Russia has not opened investigation into the poisoning yet and Peskov said there was 'no pretext' for this until the...

26 Aug 2020 8:18 AM GMT

Sudha Sundari Narayanan (third from left), a software developer from India, was among those sworn in as American citizens. (via Twitter handle @welprich)

Indian software developer Sudha Narayanan becomes US citizen in rare...

Trump hosted a naturalisation ceremony at the White House as part of the Republican National Convention

26 Aug 2020 7:09 AM GMT

President Donald Trump leaves with first lady Melania Trump after her speech to the 2020 Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House. (AP)

Republican campaign hopes to show Trump as human to win back lost...

The attempt to humanize Trump is calculated to win back senior and suburban voters who have abandoned him due to his...

26 Aug 2020 6:31 AM GMT

Carole King waves to the crowd as she takes the stage at the 2019 Global Citizen Festival in New York.(AP File)

Biden campaign flooding the zone' with celebrity backers

The campaign often pairs celebrities with lesser-known officials from all levels of government to make personalized...

26 Aug 2020 6:02 AM GMT

Jair Bolsonaro (L) and his son Flavio Bolsonaro (R). (AFP)

Bolsonaro's son Flavio tests positive for virus in Brazil

The senator's office said he is taking Hydroxychloroquine, which his father has aggressively pushed as a treatment for...

26 Aug 2020 5:41 AM GMT

Men wearing protective masks walk on a plastic pier at Katara beach in the Qatari capital Doha. (AFP)

Record infections, few deaths: how Qatar has tackled COVID-19

More than one in five residents have now been tested, and at the height of the pandemic, more than one in four of those...

26 Aug 2020 5:20 AM GMT

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo deliver a pre-recorded speech from the rooftop of King David hotel in Jerusalem on the second day of the GOP convention. (AFP)

Pompeo supports Trump's re-election bid, breaks longstanding precedent

The decision to speak at the convention breaks with the longstanding precedent of sitting secretaries of state avoiding...

26 Aug 2020 4:54 AM GMT

First lady Melania Trump arrives to speak on the second night of the Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House. (AP)

Republicans tout Trump's leadership on economy despite coronavirus...

In an appeal to Black voters, Trump in a video also issued a pardon to Jon Ponder, a Black man who has become an...

26 Aug 2020 4:05 AM GMT

People hold signs as they march outside the County Courthouse during demonstrations against the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (AFP)

Black man shot by police in Wisconsin paralyzed, 'fighting for his...

Jacob Blake was shot from behind at point-blank range in a hail of bullets fired by police as he walked away from...

26 Aug 2020 3:32 AM GMT

This combination of photos shows Edmond Kok, a Hong Kong theater costume designer and actor, wearing a variety of face masks he made to protect against the coronavirus in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong scientists discover case of man getting reinfected with...

The man had mild symptoms the first time and none the second time

25 Aug 2020 10:04 AM GMT

There was a second blast a short time later in the same street when a female suicide attacker blew herself up as police cordoned off the area. (Representational Image: AP)

10 dead, dozens wounded in twin bombing in Philippines

The attack happened in Jolo in Muslim-majority Sulu, where government-backed security forces have long been fighting the...

24 Aug 2020 9:43 AM GMT

Palestinians attach an incendiary device to inflated plastic bags and condoms to be directed and flown towards Israel, near Rafah along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. (AFP)

Hamas calls on regional leaders to 'break silence' as US' Pompeo...

Israel has bombed the coastal Palestinian strip, which is ruled by Hams, almost daily since August 6

24 Aug 2020 9:08 AM GMT