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Having exhausted many of his legal options, Trump is looking at other ways to subvert Joe Biden's victory.

With Thanksgiving holiday only a week away, the United States is nearing 200,000 new COVID-19 infections per day.

Ending several emergency loan programmes run by the Fed, the US Treasury secretary drew criticism for his decision.

Despite the absence of evidence, many Trump supporters believe the 2020 election results are illegitimate.

Palestine advocates in the United States say Mike Pompeo's anti-BDS decree is latest effort to curtail right to protest.

In a wide-ranging interview, French president accuses Ankara and Moscow of stirring up anti-French sentiment in Africa.

New restrictions, lack of fiscal stimulus and expiration of safety nets raise concerns for economic recovery.

Activists are drawing attention to Saudi Arabia's human rights record as it prepares to host the G20 summit.

Pfizer's application with the FDA sets in motion a process that could bring limited shots as early as next month.

Singer and politician freed on bail, reports say, as death toll in protests over his arrest earlier this week hits 37.

If the bill passes, sharing images of police would be illegal while officers would be allowed to use camera drones.

Two apps, Filo and Wise, have helped students in Indian-administered Kashmir overcome the crippling internet speed.

Tear gas fired outside Cape Town school after 'private' graduation party to which only white students were invited.

HRW urges government to pursue conflict-era human rights cases and ensure no amnesty granted to gross rights violations.

Agencies planning for possible arrival of 200,000 people fleeing violence in Ethiopia's Tigray in the next six months.

Two student leaders say they have been summoned for violating an emergency decree by joining the protest on October 15.

Muidumbe district, which the army took from rebels, includes village where reported beheadings took place last week.

Patriarch Irinej had recently led funeral prayers for another church figure, a ceremony where few wore masks.

In-person classes in lower primary schools halted after the city’s top health official says the situation is 'severe'.

Tonoyan's resignation comes after foreign minister quit and as PM is under pressure over Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal.

Normalisation efforts will not succeed until Israel ends its 'displace and replace' policies against Palestinians.

The son of a senior Nazi sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials on growing up in the shadow of his father's crimes.

In one of his last major climate moves, Trump has opened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights says its executive director Gasser Abdel Razek taken to an unknown location.

Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who rose to prominence by campaigning on the issue of 'blasphemy' against Islam, died in Lahore.

Amhara government says TPLF forces fired rockets on Bahir Dar city, as federal troops move towards the Tigrayan capital.

The poorest countries' official bilateral debt to G20 countries reached $178bn in 2019, with 63 percent owed to China.

Azerbaijan army takes over one of three districts Armenia agreed to give back in disputed region as part of peace deal.

Man linked to pizza bar outbreak told contact tracers he had only been there for takeaway when he worked at the outlet.

Visit by EPA head will be third by a senior US official since August, with China deploying fighter jets in response.

India is the world's second-worst-hit country by the pandemic behind the US though cases have declined in recent weeks.

A year after Kashmir was stripped of its limited autonomy, Muslim Bakarwal, Gujjars face eviction from forest dwellings.

France is concerned about Turkey's role after Minsk Group was excluded from this month's ceasefire deal.

Drop creates concern of a return to deflation as people stay at home and curb spending due to coronavirus pandemic.

Joe Biden's victory in Georgia marks the first time a Democratic presidential contender has won the state since 1992.

Global health agency says there is no evidence that drug improves survival rates or reduces need for ventilation.

End of Main Street and municipal credit lending programmes raises concerns for future stimulus under Joe Biden.

President-elect Joe Biden says he will try to avoid a national shutdown as COVID-19 cases surge in United States.

Arthritis drug baricitinib is authorised for emergency use in combination remdesivir to treat COVID-19 patients.

New vaccines offer hope, but global economic recovery remains difficult, the IMF warns before the G20 summit.

Nicaragua and Honduras bear the brunt of the hurricane's destruction amid a record year of storms in the Atlantic.

Recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties, where Biden outpolled Trump by a more than 2-to-1 margin, will begin Friday.

Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said Thursday the UAE 'has always been a committed member' of OPEC+.

China plays a key role: its government, banks and companies lent some $143bn to Africa from 2000 to 2017.

Overdue rent worsens the problems these companies were already facing, including reticent shoppers and lost sales.

The UK is negotiating bilateral trade deals to come into force once it exits a transition arrangement with the EU.

Treasury Department says it blacklisted a Russian construction company and a North Korean company operating in Russia.

At least 16 people killed in protests over the arrest of presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine.

Analysis: Donald Trump and his team talk about 'overturning' the election, but US system is designed to prevent that.

As the coronavirus continues to surge across states in the Midwest, the public health response remains uneven.