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Prime Minister Andrej Babis says hard-hit country cannot wait for EU approval for Russia's Sputink V shot.

Lawyer says rules barring Semenya from competing because of high natural testosterone violate human rights.

Families anxiously wait for news after gunmen kidnap 317 schoolgirls in Zamfara, latest in string of mass abductions.

Opinion polls ahead of Sunday's vote show strong support for President Nayib Bukele's Nuevas Ideas party.

Yaya Dillo tells reporters five of his family members were killed when security forces raided his home in N’Djamena.

Opposition and civil society leaders say President Jovenel Moise's term is over. He and his supporters say otherwise.

Human rights groups say the Chinese are committing horrific crimes against Uighurs.

Turkey says the PKK presence in Iraq is a national security threat and it is Baghdad’s responsibility to take action.

How non-profits working to unveil 'problems' with policies that increase diversity obstruct racial equity in the US.

Police in Kazakhstan detained protesters calling for the release of political prisoners in line with an EU resolution.

American officials say the vessel sustained two holes on its port side and two on its starboard side.

Multi-dimensional platform documents Gaza's historical buildings and heritage sites in English and Arabic.

Thousands of roosters die each year in the battles despite efforts by animal rights groups.

Forty-seven pro-democracy activists charged with 'conspiracy to commit subversion' in major crackdown on dissent.

Iran will receive several million more doses of foreign vaccines while advancing work on promising local candidates.

Ten years into Syria's devastating war, the country’s peace prospects have never been gloomier.

What happens when your child is diagnosed with a disease so rare that few doctors understand it?

Dozens of fighters from both sides killed in 'unabated' fighting since Friday in Yemen's strategic province of Marib.

A draft bill, nearly a decade in the making, could help empower women in Iran - if can clear the final legal hurdles.

The accusations of anti-Semitism against David Miller aim to silence pro-Palestinian voices on university campuses.

Security forces have stepped up violence against anti-coup demonstrators in Yangon and other cities in Myanmar.

Jacinda Ardern announces seven-day lockdown in Auckland after authorities detect a community case of unknown origin.

Police open fire on protesters in Yangon and Dawei, killing at least two and wounding dozens more, local media say.

Saudi-led coalition blames Yemen's Houthis as state TV broadcasts footage of explosions in the air over Riyadh.

Single-dose vaccine is the third authorised in the US and is 85 percent protective against severe illness.

Civil society groups raise concerns Sunday's vote could speed up deterioration of El Salvador's democratic institutions.

Amid internal Republican divide, Conservative Political Action Conference attendees heap praise on former president.

People in occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza face health crisis and economic uncertainty amid long wait for vaccines.

PA health ministry says intensive care units for COVID-19 patients have reached 95 percent occupancy in the West Bank.

Volunteers in southern Lebanon begin removing tar from beaches after oil spill that could endanger marine life.

Speaker Aguila Saleh says session on confidence vote will take place in Sirte if participants' safety guaranteed.

President Xi Jinping declares victory over destitution, but critics question poverty bar and project sustainability.

Italian officials call the discovery of the four-wheeled carriage made of iron, bronze and tin 'exceptional'.

The Biden administration should not let those responsible for the brutal assassination get away with it.

Iran’s top diplomat tells Iraqi counterpart rocket attacks against US positions in Iraq could be aimed at harming ties.

In a speech on Friday, Kyaw Moe Tun called on the United Nations to use 'any means necessary' to halt a military coup.

Juan Carlos Zevallos is latest government official in South America to resign over coronavirus vaccine scandals.

PM Nikol Pashinyan had urged President Armen Sarkissian to fire army's chief of staff after accusing military of coup.

Inuit communities in northern Canada say they fear iron ore mine expansion will harm wildlife and cultural practices.

Opposition supporters laid flowers on a bridge in Moscow where Boris Nemtsov was killed six years ago.

After months of downplaying deadly disease, government officials have urged people to take precautions and wear masks.

NBA champion James says he will not stop talking about 'things that are wrong' after criticism from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

A rally of tens of thousands in Tunisia's capital raises the spectre of competing protest movements.

Security forces use rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades, signalling growing intolerance of anti-coup protests.

I feel I'm letting my ancestors down by how little I know about them, but I'm learning from those making history now.

Twenty-seven students, three school staff and 12 members of their families were abducted last week by an armed gang.

Calls for 'accountability' grow as US report finds Khashoggi killed by Saudi hit squad operating under command of MBS.

A new Australian law looks to reset Big Tech’s relationship with news media.

Norway could license companies for seabed mining by 2023 to meet demand for batteries, wind turbines and solar energy.

The Haitian foreign minister discusses his country’s ongoing political crisis.