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Turkey expects issues poisoning ties with the United States to be addressed, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday, adding the search for solutions to conflicts in Syria and Libya were presenting new opportunities to improve ties.

The trial of three men suspected of belonging to an Islamist militant cell behind a van rampage on Barcelona's central Las Ramblas boulevard in 2017 started on Tuesday in Spain's High Court, amid heightened security measures.

Israel plans to send its first delegation to Sudan on Sunday to firm up the countries' U.S.brokered announcement on Oct. 23 that they would normalise relations, a source briefed on the provisional itinerary said.

Turkey appointed former deputy prime minister Lutfi Elvan as its treasury and finance minister to replace President Tayyip Erdogan's soninlaw Berat Albayrak, the country's Official Gazette said on Tuesday.

U.S. regulators on Monday authorized emergency use of the first experimental antibody drug for COVID19 in patients who are not hospitalized but are at risk of serious illness because of their age or other conditions.

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on officials, entities and individuals it accused of providing support to Syrian President Bashar alAssad as Washington continued its efforts to cut off funds for Assad's government.

A Black woman will lead fellow students at the U.S. Naval Academy for the first time, taking the top student leadership role of brigade commander, the academy announced Monday.

Officials in Guanajuato, the state with the most homicides in Mexico, said Monday that gunmen killed a reporter for a local news site while he was covering a story.

In the first days of Greta Thunbergs solitary sidewalk protest outside Swedish Parliament in August 2018, most walk right past her. Some pause and ask why shes not in school. But people steadily begin to take notice of the steadfast 16yearold girl.

Hungary will shut secondary schools and tighten coronavirus curbs from midnight Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, in a shift away from his policy of avoiding tough restrictions to protect the economy.

U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech on Monday became the first drugmakers to show successful data from a largescale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine.

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named the members of a team of public health and science experts to develop a blueprint for fighting the coronavirus task force.

Rugby Australia is set to end a 25year partnership with Foxtel after negotiating a threeyear broadcasting deal worth 100 million Australian dollars ($73 million) with Nine Entertainment Co. that will include Super Rugby games shown on freetoair television...

Turkeys finance minister and soninlaw to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his resignation on social media Sunday.

U.S. President Donald Trump will be subject to the same Twitter Inc rules as any other user when Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20, the social media company confirmed this week.

Queen Elizabeth led a ceremony on Sunday to remember those killed and wounded in conflict, with many in Britain marking it at home after the service was scaled back to comply with coronavirus restrictions.