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As two Islamic State militants faced a judge in Virginia, Diane Foley listened from home through a muffled phone connection. She strained to make out the voices of the men prosecutors say kidnapped her son before he was murdered.

Presidentelect Joe Biden is expected to name Neera Tanden, who was an adviser to former President Barack Obama, as director of the White House budget office, and economist Cecilia Rouse as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers as soon as Monday, accor...

Mexico has issued an arrest warrant for a former security minister wanted on corruption charges and may request his extradition from the United States where he is being held awaiting trial, an official told Reuters.

Parts of Australia, including Sydney, sweltered through the hottest November night on record with temperatures likely to stay high on Sunday, prompting authorities to issue a total fire ban.

West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won a raindelayed toss and chose to bowl Sunday in the second Twenty20 cricket international against New Zealand at Bay Oval.

Ten militants linked to a “terrorist” group beheaded one victim and slit the throats of the others on the island of Sulawesi on Friday, national police spokesman Awi Setiyono quoted a witness as saying.

The diplomat said explosions were reported in the north of the city, in the Hamidai area. A second diplomat also said the attack had begun.

New Zealand ensured there was no repeat of its shock loss to Argentina a fortnight ago as it convincingly beat the Pumas 380 at Newcastle on Saturday and took a firm grip of the TriNations with one match remaining.

German authorities have uncovered a group of soldiers suspected of organising a chat group relating to antiSemitism, rightwing extremism and pornography, according to a Defence Ministry document seen by Reuters.

More than 150 people staked out Cuba's culture ministry on Friday to demand answers over the state's handling of a hunger strike by a group of artists and activists, in an unusually large display of public dissent on the Communistrun island.

Pandemicweary Americans entered the holiday season on Friday under strong pressure from political leaders and health officials to stay home, avoid most gatherings and curtail Christmas shopping as the coronavirus surged nationwide.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and President Donald Trump late Friday appealed a federal judge's ruling suspending service changes and requiring aggressive steps to ensure ballot deliveries ahead of the November presidential election, the Justice Departme...

The Pentagon's acting defense secretary has made a rare visit to Somalia, a conflictplagued nation in the Horn of Africa where American forces have been assisting in the fight against alQaida affiliate alShabab.

Turkey's daily COVID19 death toll hit a record high for a fifth consecutive day at 177, data from the Health Ministry showed on Friday.

Australian Open organisers said on Friday that nothing regarding the quarantine for players arriving in the country for the Grand Slam had been decided yet despite a report in local media that competitors would be able to train while in selfisolation.

Turkey on Friday rejected a call by the European Parliament for sanctions against Ankara over President Tayyip Erdogan's recent visit to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in north Cyprus, calling the demand "disconnected from the realities".