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The largest faction of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has backed Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga to become the party's leader, giving him overwhelming support among its top brass to become the next prime minister, broadcaster NHK rep...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not backpedal on the number of deaths caused by COVID-19, reducing the figure from nearly 154,000 to just over 9,000, as social media posts claimed.

It's become a pattern when unrest flares in a city: President Donald Trump suggests he has National Guard troops ready to send to the scene and takes credit for dispatching them and restoring calm while he accuses Democrats of being squishy on law and ord...

Embattled Nebraska U.S. Senate hopeful Chris Janicek doubled down Monday on his refusal to bow out of the race, despite relentless pressure from the state Democratic Party after he admitted to sending sexually offensive text messages about a campaign empl...

Looking to halt doping scandals and horse deaths marring their sport, thoroughbred racing leaders Monday announced the launch of an integrity and safety authority to create national standards replacing the patchwork of state regulations overseeing the ind...

The U.N. Security Council is voting on a resolution calling for the prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration of all those engaged in terrorismrelated activities, but U.N. diplomats say a U.S. veto is likely because it doesnt call for the repatriation...

This is the second metro rail project supported by the EIB in Uttar Pradesh, following the 450 million euros investment in the development of a metro rail system in the city of Lucknow.

A Florida man who called himself the Antifa hunter as he waged an online campaign to terrorize and harass those who opposed his white supremacist ideology was sentenced to more than three years in prison Monday.

Speaking at a virtual event organised by the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), Mike Pence said that American strength first comes from its military and economy, but also from the strength of relationships.

The high court also asked the Delhi government to set up within a week COVID-19 testing camps at Inter-state bus terminals (ISBT) like Anand Vihar, Kashmiri Gate and Sarai Kale khan for migrants who are returning to the capital in large numbers from diffe...

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra was not in agreement with the previous judgement and held that those were the views confined to the facts of those cases only.

India's foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, said on Monday a U.S. visa policy that supported Indian talent would be beneficial for both countries.

The U.S. ambassador to Russia on Monday visited a former Marine who is imprisoned for assaulting police officers in Moscow, calling his conviction a mockery of justice.

Coal India also plans to set up at least three gasification plants (besides Dankuni) on build, own, operate (BOO) basis through global tendering and has signed pact with GAIL for marketing synthetic natural gas.

The Republicancontrolled Wisconsin Legislature is being forced into a special session Monday by the state's Democratic governor to consider a package of bills on policing policies just over a week after a Kenosha police officer shot Jacob Blake seven tim...

Rwanda said it had arrested Paul Rusesabagina the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country's 1994 genocide on terrorism charges, and paraded him in front of the media in handcuffs.