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Islamic State militants killed 11 people including a woman on Tuesday in an attack on a village in Diyala province, east of Iraq, the country's Joint Operations Command said in a statement.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson disclosed Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID19 and was experiencing mild symptoms after being fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Bernhard Langer became the oldest winner in PGA Tour Champions history Sunday when the 64yearold made a 6foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to beat Doug Barron in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic.

A container fire that broke out on Saturday on a cargo ship carrying mining chemicals off British Columbia is smoldering and appears to be under control, Canadian Coast Guard officials said on Sunday.

A bomb that killed at least one person in a pork restaurant on the outskirts of the Ugandan capital Kampala was packed with nails and shrapnel, police said on Sunday.

A U.S. envoy underlined Washington's support for a democratic transition to civilian rule in Sudan on Saturday during talks with the head of its ruling council and the prime minister, the U.S. embassy in Khartoum said.

Afghanistan plunged into crisis after the hardline Islamist Taliban movement drove out the Western-backed government in August triggering the abrupt end of billions of dollars in assistance to its aid-dependent economy.

Toms Ojea Quintana told the General Assembly's human rights committee and an earlier news conference that North Koreans are facing food shortages and collapses in their livelihoods.

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in effect for now. But in an unusual move the justices said they want to hear arguments in the case at the soonest opportunity.

A Turkish bank must face criminal charges that it evaded sanctions against Iran by processing billions of dollars of Iranian oil revenue, an appeals court ruled Friday.

Oklahoma Health Commissioner Dr. Lance Frye unexpectedly resigned from the post on Friday, effective immediately, the state health department said.

A former pastor accused of sexually assaulting two women inside a suburban St. Louis Catholic supply store, then killing a third when she refused his sexual demands pleaded guilty Friday to firstdegree murder and other charges.

North Dakota is working to extend its contract with Hollywood actor Josh Duhamel to promote tourism in his home state.

Merkel did not put herself up for re-election in last month's German polls and her CDU/CSU Christian Democrats fared so badly, they will likely end up in opposition.

A federal civil rights investigation released Thursday found widespread racial harassment of Black and Asian American students at a Utah school district, including hundreds of documented uses of the Nword and other racial epithets over the last five years...

The statement also cautioned of highly rare side effects associated with the vaccines.