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At a university campus demonstration in Bangkok on Aug. 10, the images of two men were projected onto a giant screen against a shimmering golden background as protesters mockingly chanted “Long live the king.” 

A Colombian father of two died in Bogota after police officers detained and repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun despite his pleas for them to stop, authorities said on Wednesday, igniting violent protests.

A white lion cub was discovered in the trailer of a van following a highway crash in southwestern Germany, but the 7monthold female is doing just fine, a zoo that took in the animal said Wednesday.

Twentysix scientists, most of them working at universities in Italy, have signed an open letter questioning the reliability of the data presented in the earlystage trial results of the Russian COVID19 vaccine, named "SputnikV".

Protesters in Portland and police clashed near City Hall in Oregons largest city early Wednesday and police in a statement said that they made 11 arrests.

The Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday he believes there is a good chance Congress will pass a coronavirus relief bill and predicted Republicans will feel pressure to provide help for Americans suffering from the pandemic.

Death threats against a Nobel Peace Prizewinning Congolese doctor have alarmed his supporters who are urging the United Nations to reinstate protection by its peacekeepers, but it likely wont return.

Sudanese authorities and the United Nations are rolling out aid to tens of thousands who lost their homes in record Nile floods, but many of those camping out on roadsides and higher ground are despairing of when it will reach them.

Typhoon Maysak brought days of heavy downpours to the country's east coast last week even as the North was still reeling from earlier flooding and typhoon damage.

Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday that AstraZeneca's decision to pause its coronavirus vaccine trials was a challenge but would not necessarily set back efforts to develop a vaccine.

Ahmad Manasra was traveling home from a wedding when he spotted a family in distress on the side of a West Bank road. Moments later, the 22yearold Palestinian was fatally shot while another Palestinian driver was seriously wounded both by an Israeli sold...

Trump told reporters two weeks ago that we look forward to the day when we dont have to be there.” The comments came during an Oval Office meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.

A Pakistani government official who went missing from the capital last week safely returned home Tuesday after unknown abductors freed him on the outskirts of Islamabad, officials and the man said.

An 11yearold boy fatally shot a 39yearold relative, authorities in southwest Louisiana said.

Russia also ruled out any possibility of mediation between the two countries unless asked by both of them.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates will sign their historic deal normalizing relations at a White House ceremony on Sept. 15, U.S. officials said Tuesday.