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The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it is denying exemptions for two charter flight companies to deliver humanitarian cargo to Cuba, the latest crackdown by the Trump administration.

Vaccinating 20% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean against COVID19 will cost more than $2 billion but low income countries will be helped by the COVAX Facility led by the World Health Organization, its regional branch said on Wednesday.

The United States hit Iran with new sanctions on Wednesday, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the case that undoing the actions of the Trump administration would be foolish and dangerous.

Ethiopia said on Wednesday peacekeepers from its Tigray region serving in Somalia had been disarmed over a security issue, raising concerns over the forces' ability to fight al Qaedalinked militants.

Thai police have water cannon and teargas to fire at protesters. The answer: Inflatable yellow pool ducks.

Malaysia's king on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in a parliamentary constituency in the eastern state of Sabah to prevent a byelection being held there, citing fears that it could lead to a fresh coronavirus outbreak.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday unveiled a sixmonth action plan he said was designed to ensure his country's democratic stability even as the makeup of the government was in flux.

Democratic Republic of Congo's health minister on Wednesday announced the end of an Ebola outbreak in the west of the country that infected 130 people and killed 55.

Argentina scored twice in the first half and were unfortunate not to score more in a dominant second as they comfortably beat Peru 20 in a World Cup qualifier in Lima on Tuesday.

The U.S. Justice Department is dropping its drug trafficking and money laundering against former Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday.

Medical experts advising Presidentelect Joe Biden on the COVID19 pandemic fear that the federal government’s delay in recognizing Biden’s election victory could be compromising the U.S. response to the virus, the experts said on Tuesday.

Germany accused Russia and China on Tuesday of preventing a United Nations Security Council committee from determining whether North Korea has breached a U.N. cap on refined petroleum imports by the isolated Asian state.

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday voiced "deep concern" over the Israeli authorities' decision to invite contractor bids to build 1,257 new settlements near East Jerusalem and said it contravened international resolutions.

President Donald Trump will take the fight to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the U.S. presidential election to a court in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, where another legal setback would likely doom his already longshot prospects.

The Russian economy is set to lose $44 billion to cyber crime in 2020, according to estimates published on Tuesday by Russian bank Sberbank, with the shift to online during the COVID19 pandemic posing new challenges.

The European Union's German presidency said on Tuesday it was confident of finding a quick solution to Poland and Hungary's blockage of the EU's 1.8 trillion euro ($2.14 trillion) financial package to revive an economy depressed by the COVID19 pandemic.