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People gather at a site of a rocket attack at Khair Khana, northwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 21, 2020. (AFP Photo)  At least eight civilians were killed after several rocket-propelled mortars landed in different parts of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, local officials said. More than 20 others were also wounded. The attacks took […]

Donald Trump has refused to concede and is seeking to invalidate or reverse the results through lawsuits and recounts in a number of states [Carlos Barria/ Reuters] Donald Trump has refused to concede and is seeking to invalidate or reverse the results through lawsuits and recounts in a number of states [Carlos Barria/ Reuters] US […]

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The World Health Organization’s director-general on Thursday denied an allegation from his own country, Ethiopia, that he was lobbying neighboring nations to provide arms and other support to the defiant Tigray region, which has been clashing with the Ethiopian government for two weeks. “There have been reports suggesting […]

The opening day of the Nuremberg Trial on November 20th, 1945. Photo: DPA The Allies had prepared to punish German war criminals since 1943 and agreed to hold an unprecedented public trial once the Nazis were defeated. Just six months after the fighting ended, prosecutors from four victorious nations had collected 300,000 witness statements and […]

The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the US presidential elections on November 7 after the Democrat won key states Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin – but the state of Georgia had been too close to call [File: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the US presidential elections on […]

Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, has been the public face of the Trump campaign’s efforts to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory [John Minchillo/AP Photo] Getting nowhere in the courts, President Donald Trump’s scattershot effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory is shifting towards obscure election boards that certify the vote as […]

Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of using incendiary weapons, in particular white phosphorus, during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh – an accusation that Baku has denied. However, according to our reporters who met both the wounded and hospital staff in Yerevan, there’s strong evidence that it may have been the case. FRANCE 24’s Luke Shrago, Roméo Langlois […]

The bill accuses YouTube, Facebook and Twitter of having “censored” the accounts of Russian state-run news outlets.Tatyana Flegontova / TASS Russia could block YouTube and other major U.S. social media platforms for “censoring” content from Russian state media, according to draft legislation submitted to parliament Thursday. The draft bill explains that the Prosecutor General’s Office and the […]

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert who has guided the U.S. through the pandemic, projected Americans could expect their first doses of an approved coronavirus vaccine as early as April. Front-line health care workers are expected to get their first doses by the end of December or early January. After prioritizing people at […]