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Iran seized a United Arab Emiratesregistered ship violating its territorial waters this week, Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, adding that UAE coast guards killed two Iranian fishermen on the same day.

The Hong Kong government on Thursday condemned the U.S.s decision to suspend bilateral extradition and tax exemption treaties with the semiautonomous Chinese city, saying it was being used as a pawn in geopolitics.

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is in a serious condition in a Siberian hospital after suffering severe symptoms of what his spokeswoman on Thursday said she believed was a deliberate poisoning.

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been poisoned and hospitalized on Thursday morning, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter.

U.S. students are returning to school in person and online in the middle of a pandemic, and the stakes for educators and families are rising in the face of emerging research that shows children could be a risk for spreading the new coronavirus.

China reported seven new coronavirus cases in the mainland for August 19, the national health authority said Thursday, down from 17 the day before and the fourth straight day of zero new locally transmitted infections.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo responded Wednesday to an Associated Press report that his states coronavirus death toll in nursing homes could be a significant undercount, saying it makes sense to include only those residents who died on the homes property.

Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi won all but a handful of declared seats in a newly created second chamber of parliament, official first round results and media reports showed on Wednesday.

The operator of The Weather Channel mobile app has agreed to change how it informs users about its locationtracking practices and sale of personal data as part of a settlement with the Los Angeles city attorney's office, officials said Wednesday.

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has halted a controversial costcutting program that slowed mail delivery ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, which could see a doubling in the number of ballots cast by mail because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The U.N. special envoy for Syria announced Wednesday that the 45member committee charged with drafting a new constitution for the conflicttorn country will meet for the first time in nine months on Aug. 24.

A Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday that police violated the rights of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and others when they secretly video recorded them paying for massage parlor sex acts, barring the tapes' use at trial and dealing a potentia...

London's Heathrow Airport, the U.K.'s busiest, unveiled a new coronavirus testing facility Wednesday that it says could halve the length of time people have to stay at home after arriving from countries on the British governments quarantine list.

International port operator DP World said on Wednesday profits were down 56% for the first half of the year, with earnings sliding to $333 million as coronavirus lockdowns and a global recession impact trade around the world.

Finland said on Wednesday it will bring back travel restrictions for several countries which it had for months considered safe destinations, including Germany and its Nordic neighbours, to stop the spread of COVID19.