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Two different groups fighting Ethiopia's central government said they had seized control of towns on Sunday as the prime minister appealed for citizens to take up arms.

Akhundzada has been the spiritual chief of the Islamist movement since 2016 but has remained a reclusive figure.

Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones might recover quicker than expected from another shoulder injury after being forced off early in Saturday’s heavy defeat by New Zealand, coach Wayne Pivac said.

The US follows only a handful of other countries that are inoculating younger children with various vaccines.

A federal judge on Friday denied a motion by 130 Chicago firefighters and other city employees to temporarily halt enforcement of the city's requirement that all its workers report whether they've received the COVID-19 vaccination or risk being put on no-...

Opponents of a military coup in Sudan have called for nationwide protests on Saturday to demand the restoration of a civilianled government to put the country back on a path to democracy after decades of authoritarian rule.

Lawyers for Prince Andrew asked a New York judge Friday to throw out a lawsuit accusing the prince of sexually abusing an American when she was 17, saying the prince never sexually abused or assaulted the plaintiff.

The fall of Omar al-Bashir's National Congress Party government in 2019 brought 30 years of authoritarian rule to an end.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom rolled up his sleeve Wednesday and received a coronavirus vaccine booster shot, a move he encouraged others to take as the state heads into the time of year that in 2020 ushered in the deadliest spike of COVID19 cases.

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso on Wednesday called for dialogue following a second day of demonstrations by indigenous and civil society groups against gasoline price rises, and said his government would keep security forces on highways to maintain o...

A California police officer has been convicted of assault with a firearm in the 2018 fatal shooting of an unarmed mentally ill man in a wealthy San Francisco suburb.

Former New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung was charged Tuesday in Massachusetts with assault and battery on a family or household member.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Tuesday the United States is considering adding four countries to its visa waiver program that allows citizens to come to America without a visa for a stay of up to 90 days.

Propofol is normally a medical anaesthetic but is also sometimes used recreationally, and an overdose of the drug was given as the cause of pop star Michael Jackson's death in 2009.

Four people remained hospitalized Monday, two in critical condition, after a weekend drag racing crash in the Texas Hill Country that killed two children, police said.

Ohios top lawyer filed suit against the Biden administration on Monday seeking to restore a Trumpera ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics that President Joe Biden reversed earlier this month.