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Syrian President Bashar Assad has made a rare public visit to the coastal province of Latakia where he toured areas that suffered heavy damage in last weeks wildfires that killed three people, state media reported Tuesday.

The leader of the Philippines' House of Representatives announced his resignation Tuesday, ending a standoff with a rival speaker that has stalled the passage of next years budget, including funds for fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Turkish police detained dozens of people on Tuesday in a search for 167 suspects, many of them active duty soldiers, in a move against supporters of a Muslim preacher the government accuses of organising a failed coup in 2016, state media reported.

U.S. President Donald Trump has tested negative for COVID19 and he is not infectious to others, the White House physician said on Monday, 10 days after Trump announced he had contracted the coronavirus.

Law enforcement officers who pulled a driver over for a traffic violation in Mississippi allegedly discovered about 37 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside a spare tire stashed in the vehicle.

A baby was removed from the womb of a 21yearold woman found dead in a small East Texas city, authorities said.

Quebec officials are asking Vermont to notify them of any contamination in a crossborder lake following reports of a sewage leak in September.

Oman issued a royal decree on Monday that sets the stage for the sultanate to start collecting valueadded taxes beginning in April as it grapples with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and oil price collapse.

There has been a dramatic increase in extreme weather events in the past 20 years, which are taking a heavy human and economic toll worldwide and are on track to expand further, and Asia has been hardesthit, the United Nations said on Monday.

NagornoKarabakh is a mountainous and heavily forested patch of land that sits inside the territory of the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.

For the second day in a row, Iran announced Monday its highest singleday death toll from the coronavirus with 272 people killed.

Lebanon announced on Monday the names of its delegation that will hold indirect talks later this week with Israel over the disputed maritime border between the two countries.

Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov renewed a state of emergency in the capital on Monday after a week of unrest since a contested election.

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is wielding the gavel in the performance of his political life.

Top U.S. infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday he had not agreed to be featured in an ad by President Donald Trump's reelection campaign and that his comments were taken out of context.

President Donald Trump on Sunday declared he was ready to return to the campaign trail despite unanswered questions about his health on the eve of a Florida rally meant to kick off the stretch run before Election Day.