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A Russian man charged with the brazen daylight murder in Berlin last year of a Georgian, which prosecutors say was ordered by the Russian state, will go on trial in the German capital next month.

Pope Francis described solidarity as the way out of the coronavirus pandemic crisis as he held his first public audience in nearly six months Wednesday after a pause brought on by Italy's outbreak.

EUROPE-MIGRANTS CROSS ATLANTIC - Map. More than 250 people are known to have died or gone missing on the Atlantic route so far this year, according to the International Organization for Migration. Many more are thought to have gone underreported. This dig...

Pope Francis held his weekly general audience in public for the first time in six months on Wednesday, smiling and chatting as he reemerged from the constraints of the coronavius lockdown.

The British government committed on Wednesday to tackling disparities in maternal mortality rates, saying it was "completely unacceptable" that pregnancy and birth were riskier for women from ethnic minorities than for white women.

Taiwan plans to issue new passports emphasizing its independent identity and downgrading connections with China.

Thousands of Bulgarians rallied in front of the parliament in Sofia on Wednesday in one of the biggest protests so far in two months of demonstrations calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.

Lebanon's prime ministerdesignate began consultations on Wednesday to form a new, crisis Cabinet, a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said Lebanese politicians had committed to a road map that begins with the formation of a government within two...

Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been rated highly by voters, according to a poll published on Wednesday, on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and greater representation of the ethnic Malay majority in his administration.

Fed up with being confused for China amid the coronavirus pandemic and Beijing's steppedup efforts to assert sovereignty, Taiwan said on Wednesday it would redesign its passport to give greater prominence to the island's name.

Mainland China reported eight new COVID19 cases as of Sept 1, down from 10 a day earlier, China's national health authority said on Wednesday.

A new book is reviving questions about President Donald Trump's unscheduled visit to Walter Reed military hospital last fall with the revelation that word went out for Vice President Mike Pence to stand by to temporarily assume presidential powers if Trum...

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said the action was taken against Tinder, Tagged, Skout, Grindr and SayHi after they failed to take down the improper material.

In a sign of the financial momentum behind Democrats, ActBlue, the main site that processes donations to the party, reported the second-biggest fundraising day in its history on Monday, with more than $35 million donated.

The United States is considering imposing sanctions on seven Belarusian individuals it believes were involved in falsifying the Aug. 9 election and in violence against peaceful protesters, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday.

China likely plans to double its stockpile of nuclear warheads in this decade, including those designed to be carried atop ballistic missiles that can reach the United States, the Pentagon said in a report released Tuesday.