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U.S. Senator Kamala Harris will unleash her prosecutorial skills against President Donald Trump on Wednesday when she addresses the Democratic National Convention as presidential nominee Joe Biden's running mate.

Lebanon's Hezbollah movement is not concerned with and will not "evaluate" the verdict of a U.N.backed tribunal that convicted a member of the group of the 2005 killing of former premier Rafik alHariri, Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said on Wednesday.

Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty on Wednesday in federal court to falsifying a document as part of the bureau's earlystage probe into whether President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with the Russian government.

Hungary is advising citizens to avoid holidaying abroad from the start of next month and is planning to tighten restrictions due to a rising number of coronavirus cases in Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the United States is providing nearly $204 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Iraq, Iraqi refugees and communities hosting them.

In the chaotic hours between shots being fired at barracks outside Bamako and the president's reluctant resignation, the first spoils of Tuesday's coup in Mali fell to groups of young looters.

The Malian soldiers who forced President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign in a coup promised early Wednesday to organize new elections after their takeover condemned by the international community.

Powerful Hurricane Genevieve approached Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, threatening to bring tropical storm force winds to parts of the area even if its center wasn't likely to hit land.

Representatives from the United States and China had been scheduled to discuss implementation of their so-called Phase 1 trade deal on Saturday, but those talks were canceled.

A Chilean indigenous leader who has spent more than 100 days on hunger strike over his detention during the coronavirus pandemic has agreed to end it after negotiations with the government, the justice minister said on Tuesday.

Led by the reliable 60 Minutes on CBS, news programming dominated the television rankings on a quiet week in midAugust.

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a Camille Pissarro painting a Jewish woman traded to the Nazis to escape the Holocaust in 1939 may remain the property of a Spanish museum that acquired it more than a halfcentury later.

China and the United States will each allow air carriers to double current flights to eight per week between the world's two largest economies, the U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday.

U.S. customs officers intercepted a Venezuelabound private jet in south Florida loaded with 82 firearms, including a sniper rifle, plus 63,000 rounds of ammunition, U.S. authorities said Tuesday.

Trinidad and Tobago's opposition United National Congress (UNC) on Tuesday conceded defeat in last week's parliamentary elections after a partial recount, clearing the way for the swearingin on Wednesday of the new government.

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday suspended all mail service changes until after the November election, bowing to an outcry by Democrats that the moves appeared to be an attempt to boost President Donald Trump's reelection chances.