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Lebanon's Bisri Valley lies on a green fertile bed, a spot that has cradled civilizations dating as far back as the Bronze Age. Its expansive lands of pine, citrus trees and ancient ruins are threatened with being submerged by a controversial mega dam fun...

Former Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida, a candidate for leadership of the ruling party to replace Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said on Wednesday that frank talks were needed with the United States over Japan's share of its defence burden.

Its been two months since Mississippi legislators acted under pressure to retire the last state flag that included the Confederate battle emblem that's widely seen as racist.

President Donald Trump is recycling a baseless conspiracy theory to claim that recent protests have been orchestrated by powerful people in dark shadows intent on undermining his reelection prospects.

Milwaukee Bucks players and the team's coach said Tuesday they were disappointed that the Wisconsin Legislature didn't take action on policing reform bills during a special session Monday called by Gov. Tony Evers.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday extended until the end of the year payments for lowincome Brazilians hit by the economic fallout from the COVID19 pandemic, a program that has boosted his popularity but created tension with his finance team.

Rapper Kanye West has sued the West Virginia Secretary of State's Office after being told his bid to get on the ballot for president came up short on qualified signatures.

Senate Republicans are likely to take up their COVID19 relief bill next week offering $500 billion in additional federal aid, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said on Tuesday, adding that the administration was still weighing help for U.S. airlines...

An Australian returned home and was surprised to discover that his kitchen ceiling had collapsed under the weight of two large pythons apparently fighting over a mate.

President Rodrigo Duterte will allow Chinese companies to participate in infrastructure projects in the Philippines even if they are blacklisted by the United States, his spokesman said Tuesday.

Climate change activists sat in the road near Britain's Houses of Parliament on Tuesday while demanding government action to save the planet.

Despite entreaties to stay away, President Donald Trump heads to Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday to highlight his "law and order" campaign theme in a city upended by protests after the shooting of a Black man by a white police officer.

Sharif has been in London since authorities last November released him so he could travel and seek medical treatment abroad.

A Zimbabwean journalist in jail for more than a month is seriously ill and exhibiting symptoms consistent with COVID19, one of his lawyers said, but prison authorities claim the journalist is well.

Taliban insurgents launched a complex attack Tuesday morning against a military base in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least three public protection forces, an official said.

Mainland China reported 10 new COVID19 cases on Aug. 31, down from 17 reported a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Tuesday.