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The Turkish and French presidents exchange letters in which they agree to resume talks aimed at mending ties.

Civil society, faith groups urge US president-elect to overturn decision to label Yemen’s Houthis as 'terrorists'.

The outgoing US president will leave town the morning of Inauguration Day after considering leaving the day before.

With less than a week before President-elect Biden is sworn in, the Trump administration slaps more sanctions on Iran.

With fresh lockdowns and a COVID variant, it is increasingly likely the United Kingdom could fall back into recession.

Even after the Capitol riot and a second impeachment, Trump still has passionate political backers in Congress.

United States-China relations have plunged to their lowest level in decades due to the tech and trade war.

Supreme Court to hear charges by leading singer and actress Meesha Shafi against another singer and actor, Ali Zafar.

Nigerian authorities recently announced they hope to vaccinate 40 percent of the population in 2021.

Oklahoma Senator Lankford, conservative ally for Black Tulsans, faces criticism on move to 'disenfranchise' Black vote.

Attacks took place on police checkpoints in Kunduz, while a civilian died in Ghazni during an attempted suicide attack.

Boeing 777 aircraft was held back in Kuala Lumpur after a British court order involving a $14m lease dispute.

AU chairman Cyril Ramaphosa said vaccines from Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca would be available this year.

Study says COVID forced up to one million from the country, but many people Al Jazeera spoke to also cited Brexit.

President Trump, who ordered the reduction last year, says that troop levels in Afghanistan reached a 19-year low.

Politician tweets the military has entered his house after he disputed early presidential results.

In Rio de Janeiro, tourism has been hit hard by the pandemic, but neighbourhood guides reveal a new side to the city.

Some 10,000 families, some of whom were racially profiled, were forced to repay tens of thousands of euros of subsidies.

UNHCR blamed intensifying violence since a December 27 presidential vote for the sharp increase in refugees.

UN says satellite imagery show destruction at the Shimelba and Hitsats camps for refugees.

We round up the numbers from the week’s biggest economic news stories so you can impress yourself and your friends.

Al-Megrahi's family and some relatives of the Scottish victims have always doubted his guilt.

US withdrawal from post-Cold War defence pact last year 'upended balance of interests of signatory states', says Moscow.

US Justice Department brought more than 80 criminal cases in connection with violent riots at US Capitol on January 6.

Two prominent members of Greece's neo-fascist Golden Dawn party remain at large, three months after celebrated verdict.

Centuries of union between Scotland and England are straining amid the UK's exit from the EU and the COVID pandemic.

The new 'anti-conversion' laws remove agency from women and put a target on the backs of innocent Muslim men and boys.

The online encyclopedia, which was started in 2001, is currently the seventh-most popular website in the world.

Farmers meanwhile have threatened to march to New Delhi on January 26 when India celebrates its Republic Day.

The pigeon, which was declared a biosecurity risk, may get a lifeline after a US bird body said its leg band was fake.

At least 21 current and ex-members of the army and law enforcement identified as being at or near the Capitol riot.

Rising COVID cases in China spook investors hoping for rapid economic rebound despite big US spending plan by Biden.

The opposition leader rejected early preliminary results released by the election board terming the tally as a 'joke'.

Regional government in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also suspends 33 other police officers for a year as punishment.

Nomads look for protection under law coming into effect in the region 14 years after it was enacted elsewhere in India.

At least 46 civilians killed by suspected ADF fighters in Irumu territory, according to regional official.

UK reportedly wants to scrap 48-hour limit on length of working week but says it will not lower protections.

China oil giant CNOOC, phone maker Xiaomi, other firms and officials punished for military links, South China Sea moves.

Native American group says US does not own land sought by mining giant for lucrative copper deposits.

Army says one killed as Indian troops open fire across de facto border while three others killed in North Waziristan.

Attorney general says no evidence that Salvador Cienfuegos collaborated with major drug cartel.

Factories offer higher pay, incentives to dissuade people from travel for Lunar New Year, an important holiday in China.

At least 34 killed, several trapped in collapsed buildings after a 6.2 quake as expert warns of aftershocks.

Display of military might at Pyongyang parade follows party congress at which Kim Jong Un admitted country's failures.

Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said the hospital system in the city of Manaus is collapsing.

Environmentalists decry US move to slash millions of acres of protected habitat, much of it in prime timber locations.

The past seven years have been the seven warmest years on record since 1880, scientists reported.

Blake, a Black man who was shot by police officer, says he was prepared to surrender once he put his knife in the car.

Kevin Seefried , one of more than 100 arrested related to the riot, is accused of violent entry to the US Capitol.

The report found that leadership failed to manage the rules and the fallout of a policy that separated 3,000 families.