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Lebanon on Friday began a twoweek partial lockdown and nighttime curfew after coronavirus cases increased sharply following an explosion in Beirut that killed and injured thousands of people.

The MV Wakashio, owned by Nagashiki Shipping and chartered by Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd, struck a coral reef on Mauritius's southeast coast on July 25 and later began leaking oil. Two of the ship's officers have since been arrested on charges of endangering sa...

Demonstrators returned to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, late Thursday for a second consecutive night and faced off with law enforcement.

Doctors have said his condition is still too unstable for him to travel, but Navalny's allies have accused authorities of trying to thwart his medical evacuation, a decision they say placed his life in mortal danger.

If the recent firing of the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan was intended to quell criminal investigations into President Donald Trump's close associates, as some have accused, federal prosecutors in New York appear to have missed the memo.

The CEO of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. said Thursday that it will allow employees to wear attire supporting law enforcement, though it will continue to ask them not to express support for any political candidates while on the job.

New York City police officers have faced more than 320,000 complaints from the public since the mid1980s, but less than 3% resulted in penalties, according to newly released data that offers a rare glimpse into the longveiled realm of police misconduct an...

A Republican who played a prominent role in drawing North Carolina districts that were declared gerrymanders by courts resigned Thursday from the state House after being accused of federal fraud and tax violations.

Firefighters doused the last hot spot Thursday after a massive fire a day earlier at a Dallasarea plastics factory sent a dense column of toxic black smoke over North Texas, officials said.

Germany welcomed military aircraft from Israel to its airspace on Thursday in their first joint combat exercises in German territory as both air forces praised the intensive cooperation between the two countries.

Mauritius said on Thursday it had started to scuttle the Japaneseowned bulk carrier that ran aground off its shores and spilled oil over pristine waters and fragile coral reefs.

Africa is beginning to slowly "bend the curve" of COVID19 infections as measures like maskwearing and social distancing slow down the spread of the pandemic on the continent, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government's top infectious disease expert, underwent surgery Thursday to remove a growth from his vocal cord that was causing his notably raspy voice.

In a warm shallow sea about 240 million years ago in what is now southwestern China, a large dolphinlike marine reptile attacked and swallowed an almost equally big lizardlike marine reptile in a savage encounter that left both beasts dead.

Aman Vyas was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court, with a recommended minimum term behind bars of 37 years, less time already served in custody both in England and in India making his outstanding sentence to be served as 34 years, 312 days.

Three decades ago, Lisette Monroe turned to her 18monthold daughter and came to a sobering realization: Her baby would likely finish college before the man who killed Monroes sister would be executed.