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Tunisia's president promised on Friday he would not turn into a dictator and rejected accusations he had staged a coup, after the arrest of a member of parliament.

The Japanese capital announced a record 3,865 daily infections on Thursday, up from 3,177 a day earlier.

Hospital admissions of coronavirus patients continue to soar in Florida with at least two areas in the state surpassing the previous peaks of last summer's surge, prompting calls by local officials for the governor to declare an emergency.

A judge has cleared the way for two tribes to join a legal battle over plans to build a mine in Nevada at the largest known U.S. deposit of lithium and seek a temporary ban on digging for an archaeological survey that they say would desecrate sacred triba...

Six deaths have been confirmed in the crash of a twinengine jet near a golf course in the Lake Tahoe area, authorities said Wednesday.

Bolognas extensive porticoes, dating back to the 13th century and still very much part of the citys everyday life, have been added to the World Heritage List.

Some of the survivors of a deadly bus crash in Croatia flew home to Kosovo on Tuesday to a welcoming crowd at the country's international airport at the capital, Pristina.

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara met on Tuesday with longtime rival Laurent Gbagbo, who returned last month to the country after the International Criminal Court upheld his acquittal on war crimes charges.

The U.S. government has suspended cooperation with Guatemalas Attorney Generals Office in response to the firing of its top anticorruption prosecutor, saying Tuesday that it has lost confidence in the Central American countrys willingness to fight corrupt...

The U.N. logistics chief said Tuesday that closing down the joint U.N.African Union peacekeeping operation in Sudans western Darfur region is proceeding on schedule, though with some hiccups.

A once celebrated young Massachusetts mayor urged a court on Tuesday to throw out a jury's verdict convicting him of fraud and corruption, accusing prosecutors of carrying out an unfair smear campaign in the courtroom."

A Colorado police officer faces felony charges after he allegedly used a pistol to beat a man, choked him and threatened to kill him while attempting an arrest.

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a years delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:

Three Hong Kong judges are expected to deliver a verdict on Tuesday in the trial of the first person charged under the national security law, a landmark case with implications on how the legislation reshapes the city's common law traditions.

A recently retired U.S. senator from Wyoming is hospitalized with a broken neck and ribs Monday, three days after a bicycle accident outside his hometown, police and friends say.

A 2yearold boy who slipped out of his father's arms and fell from the second floor of a suburban Denver mall has died.