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The senior Cabinet minister told the BBC that it was the outgoing President's words that fuelled the violence and accused Trump of doing nothing "de-escalate that".

As Israel leads the world in the rate of coronavirus vaccination, some of its Arab citizens and Palestinians in annexed East Jerusalem are regarding the shot with suspicion.

Kenya has ordered 24 million doses of the COVID19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and expects them to start arriving in the second week of February, its health minister said.

The Congress overwhelmingly repudiating a drive by President Donald Trump to overturn his defeat after it culminated in amob of loyalists storming and occupying the US Capitol.

On Thursday morning, state media tabloid Global Times tweeted side-by-side photo comparisons of Hong Kong protesters occupying the city's Legislative Council Complex in July 2019 with Wednesday's Washington riots.

The crowd, made up of supporters of President Donald Trump, opposed the certification underway in Congress of Joe Biden's presidential election win in November.

Members of far-right groups, including the violent Proud Boys, joined the crowds that formed in Washington to cheer on President Donald Trump as he urged them to protest Congress' counting of Electoral College votes confirming President-elect Joe Biden's...

Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday, rising to their highest since last February, after Saudi Arabia announced a big voluntary production cut, and as U.S. crude inventories declined in the latest week.

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday its email systems were accessed by the hackers who broke into software company SolarWinds, another indication of the gravity of the breach that has shaken Washington.

Biden said he looked forward to working with "Majority Leader" Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat who would take control of the chamber, as he congratulated Georgia Democratic Senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff as last results came in from...

CVS Health Corp said on Thursday it expects to complete administering the first dose of COVID19 vaccines at nearly 8,000 U.S. nursing facilities by Jan. 25, amid growing concerns about a slowerthanexpected vaccine rollout in the country.

Ten defeated presidential candidates in the Central African Republic are calling for the result of a Dec. 27 election to be annulled and the vote repeated, citing irregularities and low turnout, according to a joint statement late on Tuesday.

Tokyo reported a record 1,591 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, as Japan's government prepares to declare a new state of emergency for the greater metropolitan area.

Duhamel said on Twitter that he was the target of personal attacks and stepping down from his professional positions, including as head of National Foundation of Political Sciences.

Prosecutors on Tuesday cleared a white police officer in the Aug. 23 shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, an incident that touched off deadly street protests and inflamed racial tensions in the United States.

Germany is extending its nationwide lockdown until the end of the month and introducing tougher new restrictions in an effort to curb surging coronavirus infections, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday.