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Yerevan (Armenia) (AP) Armenia's prime minister said he was ready to discuss the possibility of holding an early parliamentary election, but rejected opposition demands to step down over his handling of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. Opp...

South Korea plans to discuss whether it needs to further tighten distancing rules this weekend as the current curbs failed to reverse a resurgence in outbreaks, with the daily coronavirus count hitting another high on Friday, officials said.

Ten of 12 Hong Kong people captured by China at sea as they tried to flee by boat four months ago will go on trial in the mainland city of Shenzhen on Monday, supporters said on Friday.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic received Serbia's first COVID19 vaccine shot on Thursday, kicking off a mass inoculation drive with doses developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.

The prevalence of COVID19 cases in England jumped again in the week to Dec. 18, with around 645,800 people, or 1in85, estimated to be infected, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Thursday.

Ethiopian troops clashed with armed men involved in a deadly attack in the western BenishangulGumuz region, killing 42 of them and seizing bows and arrows and other weapons, stateaffiliated Fana TV reported on Thursday.

Donald Trump, consumed by election conspiracy theories, abandoned by allies and determined to take opponents down with him, is not exactly in a merry mood.

When cops pulled over Marquis Jones for loud music one sunny afternoon in October 2017, the 27yearold Black man got out of his car and ran.

The bulk of Britain's vaccine requirements are expected to be met by the jab developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, as the government has ordered 100 million doses.

Britain has detected a new variant of the coronavirus in contacts of cases who have travelled from South Africa, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday.

With hundreds of millions of dollars pouring into twin Jan. 5 Georgia runoff elections to determine control of the U.S. Senate, Democrats and a constellation of allies are waging an allout campaign to mobilize as many Black voters as possible.

"Reservation Dogs", a Native American comedy series hailing from Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, has been picked up by FX Network. The half-hour show follows four Native teenagers in rural Oklahoma who spend their days committing crime and fighting it,...

Peru surpassed 1 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus, health officials said on Tuesday, as concerns about a potential second wave of infections began to grow in the hardhit Andean nation.

The Justice Department is suing Walmart, alleging the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies, helping to fuel the opioid crisis in America, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Tuesday, meeting top leaders during the American troop withdrawal.

Pope Francis will read his Christmas message from inside the Vatican instead of from the outdoor central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica because of new coronavirus restrictions in Italy, the Vatican said on Tuesday.