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?Syria?'s longtime foreign minister Walid alMoalem, an unyielding defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad's bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that sparked a decadeold conflict, died on Monday.

OPEC and allies including Russia are leaning towards postponement of a planned January increase to oil output by at least three months to support prices as the COVID19 pandemic continues its second wave, sources told Reuters on Monday.

Germany's Public Prosecutor General (GBA) said on Monday charges of espionage have been filed against an Egyptianborn German citizen who worked at the German government press office and gathered information for an Egyptian intelligence agency.

Marine biologists are investigating the deaths of at least six whales found washed up on France's western shores with no apparent sign of having been hit by a ship or caught in a trawler's net.

Opposition candidate Maia Sandu won presidential election runoff in Moldova, defeating proMoscow incumbent Igor Dodon, preliminary results from the central election commission showed on Monday.

As Brexit talks were due to resume, Britain said on Monday its red lines remained unchanged but that it wanted to reach a trade deal with the European Union if the bloc chose to make progress.

Ethiopian forces have liberated a town in the northern Tigray region, the government's emergency taskforce said late on Sunday, accusing local leaders of taking 10,000 prisoners from the town as they fled.

Moldova opposition candidate Maia Sandu, who favours closer ties with the European Union, promised to unite the country and tackle corruption as she looked on course to beat proMoscow incumbent Igor Dodon in a presidential runoff on Sunday.

Romanian officials will check all intensive care units after a fire killed 10 people at a hospital treating coronavirus patients, the government said on Sunday.

The bilateral relations is likely to scale new heights and could be gauged by the message Biden has delivered after his victory saying that he will act as a unifier and not a divider.

President Donald Trump's legal allies have launched a flurry of lawsuits arguing that widespread fraud could have been committed because its poll watchers didn't get proper access to the voting process. Most of those lawsuits have been dismissed over lack...

German police fired water cannon during an antilockdown rally in Frankfurt on Saturday and eventually broke up the gathering as rules like wearing masks and socially distancing were not observed.

Iran will impose stricter restrictions from next Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani said on state television, as the Middle East country hardest hit by the virus battles a third wave of COVID19.

Lebanese Security Chief Abbas Ibrahim visited Damascus after a trip to Washington as part of efforts to free U.S. citizen Austin Tice, who is thought to be held in Syria, Lebanese broadcaster al Jadid reported on Saturday.

>Special poojas will be held in temples while sweets will also be distributed among the people, Geo News reported. The Hindu community lit earthen lamps in the night and burst firecrackers to celebrate the festival.

Velodyne Lidar Inc said on Friday it would introduce a new lidar unit, a key sensor in selfdriving cars, with a target price point of less than $500 and no moving parts.