Former Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, 55, promised more reforms at a faster pace after his conservative party won the second general election in five weeks a
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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan faces being booted from office on the weekend after the Supreme Court ruled (on Thursday) that the parliament had been illegally dis
A view of the St George's Church in Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Rebels from Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region on Thursday took control of the town of Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage Si
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Israeli security forces guard the streets of Lod, weeks after rioters torched patrol cars, synagogues and homes. Attackers who killed an Arab and a Jewish resident are
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Philippine troops killed an Abu Sayyaf rebel commander blamed for years of ransom kidnappings and on Sunday rescued the last of his four Indonesian captives, the milita
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The projected winner of the U.S. presidential election Joe Biden on Monday tapped Obama-era officials for top national security and economic roles, signaling a stark shift from the Trump administrati
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At its worst, COVID-19 killed almost twice as many Europeans per day as cancer – but the latest figures show the fatality rate is back down below accidental death and slightly above pneumonia and dia
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00:48 U.S. federal officers will stay in the protest-wracked city of Portland until local law enforcement officials finish a "cleanup of anarchists and agitators," President Donald Tru
G20 nations will consider extending debt relief for coronavirus-hit poor countries in the second half of 2020, the group's finance ministers and central bankers said Saturday after talks aimed at
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