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The RCMP added the FBI conducted an analysis on the substance found in the envelope. This report indicated the presence of ricin, a toxic substance.” RCMP said it working with the FBI but declined to discuss further details.

Federal officials intercepted an envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Libyan officials said Saturday that the leader of the U.N.-supported government would not support a deal with his primary rival in the country's civil war to lift a months-long blockade on its vital oil trade.

Oktoberfest celebrations got underway Saturday in Munich with the traditional tapping of a keg and the cry of O'zapft is! It's tapped! but this year's festival is very nontraditional and highly regulated due to coronavirus concerns.

An explosion of steam and gas in the mountains of the remote, jungleclad Caribbean island of Dominica has shaken residents, who are fearful it is a harbinger for renewed seismic activity in a nation that is home to nine volcanoes.

A presidential campaign that was already tugging at the nations most searing divides has been jolted by the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, potentially reshaping the election at a moment when some Americans were beginning to cast ballo...

Chinas Ministry of Commerce on Saturday issued regulations for its unreliable entity list, aimed at foreign companies it says endanger its national sovereignty, security or development interests.

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19, the illness caused by the virus.

The U.S. has deployed additional troops and armored vehicles into eastern Syria after a number of clashes with Russian forces, including a recent vehicle collision that injured four American service members.

Mississippi law does not allow absentee voting by all people who have health conditions that might make them vulnerable to COVID19, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Voters lined up in Minnesota to cast ballots on Friday ahead of campaign trips to the state by President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, as early voting began there and in three other states ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

The commander of Mexicos National Guard said Friday the death of a woman shot by guard members at a water protest in northern Mexico earlier this month was a regrettable accident.

They work 50 hours at a stretch and sleep on gymnasium floors. Exploding trees shower them with embers. They lose track of time when the sun is blotted out by smoke, and they sometimes have to run for their lives from advancing flames.

Ahead of the November 3 presidential elections, the Trump campaign has intensified its outreach towards the Indian-American community, particularly in the battleground states like Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and Texa...

Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Friday a measure giving state regulators power to deny development permits to businesses whose operations pollute predominantly Black and other minority communities.

Israel entered a second nationwide lockdown on Friday at the onset of the Jewish highholiday season, forcing residents to stay mostly at home amid a resurgence in new coronavirus cases.