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Afghan peace negotiator Fawzia Koofi says her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize demonstrates global support for the women of Afghanistan amid historic talks between the country's warring sides.

A slowmoving typhoon off Japan's southern coast has triggered gusts and rain across a large part of the country and could bring heavy rains to the Tokyo region early next week, though it was not expected to make landfall, officials said Friday.

The northernmost sheikhdom in the United Arab Emirates hopes a new adventure camp showcasing its wideopen spaces, fresh air and socially distanced mountain peaks can aid in reviving its tourist industry amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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The first known postal document, dating back to 255 BC, was found in Egypt. Nonetheless, postal services came into being on almost every soil continent in the form of messengers to emperors or even earlier.

President Donald Trumps nominee to the Supreme Court has expressed unease with some landmark rulings, including ones that established a right to abortion, and has suggested in her academic writing that she may be willing to reconsider those decisions.

The Supreme Court might prefer to avoid politics, but politics has a way of finding the court.

North Koreans wearing medical masks have gathered in the capital of Pyongyang, state media reported this week, ahead of what is expected to be a big military parade on Saturday, possibly featuring the country's latest ballistic missiles.

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said legislation to help airline companies survive the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could only move through Congress with guarantees that a comprehensive aid bill would be developed t...

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Jim Dwyer, an awardwinning news reporter and columnist who spent almost four decades telling New York City's stories, has died. He was 63.

The pristine, azure waters lapping at the skirts of uninhabited Varosha contrast sharply with the dilapidated, crumbling buildings lining the beachfront of this abandoned suburb of Famagusta.

Virgin Hyperloop One will build a certification center in West Virginia for the highspeed transportation concept that uses enclosed pods to zip passengers underground at over 600 mph (960 km/h).

Armenia accused Azerbaijan on Thursday of shelling a historic cathedral in the separatist territory of NagornoKarabakh, where nearly two weeks of heavy fighting has killed hundreds of people.

Kuwaits new crown prince took the oath of office on Thursday, according to Kuwaiti state TV, ascending to the post after the countrys parliament unanimously approved the ruling emirs choice of successor.

The second presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will take place virtually amid the fallout from the president's diagnosis of COVID19.