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Iranian teams have cleaned up an oil slick near field in the northern region of the Gulf that had extended over a sixsquarekm (2.3 square mile) area, an Iranian maritime official said on Saturday.

Russia is preparing to start a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus in October, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Saturday, RIA news agency reported.

Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi on Friday called an early general election for June 6, 2021, roughly a year ahead of when it would normally be held.

This year's hajj, limited to a maximum of 10,000 attendees, was by all accounts literally a breath of fresh air.

Rep Jim Jordan of Ohio repeatedly pressed the top health official on whether protests in Portland and other cities against police brutality and racial discrimination should be curbed to stop the virus spread.

Just weeks after emerging from political obscurity to run for president, Svetlana Tikhanouskaya took the stage as darkness fell on Thursday and addressed the biggest opposition rally in Belarus since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro made a scheduled visit to the south of the country on Friday, after revealing the night before that he is taking antibiotics for a lung infection.

When coronavirus patients started arriving at South Africa's governmentrun Thelle Mogoerane Hospital, workers scrambled to set up isolation wards to treat them.

As scientists and pharmaceutical companies work at breakneck speed to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, public health officials and senior U.S. lawmakers are sounding alarms about the Trump administration's lack of planning for its nationwide d...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Friday postponed a Sept. 6 election for seats in the city legislature for a year because of a spike in novel coronavirus cases, dealing a blow to the prodemocracy opposition hoping to make gains in the vote.

Former President Barack Obama used Rep. John Lewis funeral on Thursday to issue a stark warning that the voting rights and equal opportunity the late civil rights icon championed are under increasing threat heading into the 2020 election.

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The Green Bay Packers placed veteran kicker Mason Crosby, tight end Jace Sternberger and defensive tackle Trevyon Hester on their COVID19 reserve list.

Zion Williamson was in the New Orleans Pelicans' starting lineup against Utah on Thursday night, just two days after practicing for the first time in two weeks.

The day before he became the newest member of the Seattle Seahawks, it was apparent to those around Jamal Adams that the AllPro safety was stressed.