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A Wisconsin woman accused of trying to plan terrorist attacks using hacked social media accounts has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

Yemen's southern separatists have suspended their participation in consultations on a powersharing deal for the south, known as the "Riyadh agreement", a Southern Transitional Council (STC) statement said on Tuesday.

Caribbean islands already reeling from the economic impact of coronavirus started recovering on Tuesday from the damage wrought by Tropical Storm Laura, which left at least 24 dead and damaged thousands of homes and electricity infrastructure.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates' defence ministers pledged on Tuesday to boost communication between their countries after their deal to normalise ties, according to an Israeli defence ministry statement and UAE state news agency WAM.

First lady Melania Trump will make the case for U.S. President Donald Trump's reelection on the second night of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, while Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will break with the norms that discourage partisan politica...

Lebanon's central bank governor warned in an interview published Tuesday that the bank cannot continue using its foreign currency reserves to finance trade, signaling he may soon be unable to sustain subsidies on basic goods.

The Democratic Republic of Congo said on Tuesday it has ended the world's largest measles outbreak that has killed more than 7,000 children since it was declared 14 months ago.

The Kremlin earlier on Tuesday said it saw no need for now to investigate the circumstances leading up to Navalny's grave illness and that a German clinic's initial diagnosis of poisoning was not yet conclusive.

Californias popular Squaw Valley Ski Resort will change its name because the word squaw is a derogatory term for Native American women, officials announced Tuesday. The site was the scene of the 1960 Winter Olympics.

A Thai court issued a new arrest warrant on Tuesday for an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune, a month after news of the dropping of a longstanding charge against him caused widespread anger.

A Belarusian court ordered an opposition leader jailed for 10 days on Tuesday as the government pursued a crackdown on the few figures still at large, with more mass demonstrations planned against President Alexander Lukashenko.

Authorities in Belarus on Tuesday steadily cranked up the pressure on protesters pushing for the resignation of the country's authoritarian leader, jailing several opposition activists, summoning others for questioning and selectively ordering demonstrato...

When David Collie slipped off his shirt as he set out one sultry night to visit some friends, he didn't know he was putting himself in grave danger. But he was. He now fit the description: shirtless, Black, male.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Sudan after flying nonstop from Israel on Tuesday, on what he said was the first official direct flight between the two countries, as the United States promotes stronger SudanIsrael ties.

The stinging success of Mozambique's Islamic extremist rebels in seizing and holding a northern port city signals to the government, neighboring countries and the world that Africa has yet another insurgency hotspot.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent visits to hospital have raised concern whether he will be able to stay on as leader of the world's thirdbiggest economy until the Sept. 2021 end of his term as ruling party chief, and hence, premier.