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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 decade old conflict, died on Monday.

Moldova's Presidentelect Maia Sandu, who favours closer ties with the European Union, promised to tackle corruption and struck a conciliatory tone on Monday after defeating the proMoscow incumbent Igor Dodon in a runoff election.

While many countries struggle with a second wave of the coronavirus, Finland has halted a rise in new infections at Europe's lowest level, helped by the fact that for Finns social distancing comes naturally.

Asian equities hit a record high on Monday as investors set aside fears about rising coronavirus cases and bought stocks, cheered by data showing a robust recovery in China and Japan.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has finished treatment for COVID19 but will undergo followup checks, the presidency said on Sunday.

SpaceX, the rocket company of hightech entrepreneur Elon Musk, was due on Sunday to launch four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station, NASA's first fullfledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft.

British stars Colin Firth and Gemma Arterton are teaming up for "Curtain Call", a period drama set in 1930s London. It also stars veteran actor Simon Russell Beale, known for "The Death of Stalin" and "Mary Queen of Scots" and Paapa Essiedu of "I May De...

Argentinas historic 2515 win over New Zealand in a TriNations rugby test in Sydney has become a tale of two coaches.

Iranian forces launched an artillery barrage on armed rebels in a northwestern border area on Saturday, a day after three Iranian border guards were killed in the remote region where the borders of Iran, Iraq and Turkey meet, Iranian state media reported.

Nigerian soldiers shot dead peaceful protesters at a demonstration in Lagos last month, trucking away the bodies, said written witness testimonies submitted to a judicial panel on Saturday but contradicted by an army general.

Canadian conditions suited the Canadian in Saturday's Turkish Grand Prix qualifying as Lance Stroll celebrated a first Formula One pole position on a slippery surface others likened to an ice rink.

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn told wellwishers of the importance of unity as he marked the opening of a new railway line on Saturday, after thousands of protesters had turned their backs on his motorcade as it passed through central Bangkok.

Thousands of people protested in Bangkok on Saturday in the latest in months of antigovernment demonstrations that have also called for reforms to Thailand’s powerful monarchy.

German prosecutors have charged 12 men with plotting wellfunded, armed attacks on mosques in which they planned to kill or injure as many Muslims as possible, authorities said on Friday.

The new coronavirus has been found in mink at two farms in northern Greece, an agriculture ministry official said on Friday.

Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison for creating slush funds for his conservative HDZ party by taking money from public companies via a marketing agency.