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Joe Biden has promised quick action to address the coronavirus pandemic and boost the ailing US economy once he takes office.
A local dispute has morphed into broader fighting in West Darfur's capital, marking the worst outbreak of violence in the restive region since a peace agreement was signed in October.
Migrants in Bosnia sleeping rough face up to winter
Temperatures are predicted to drop below minus 15 degrees Celsius in Bosnia, where hundreds of migrants are stranded without shelter.
WhatsApp delays data sharing change after backlash
WhatsApp delayed a data-sharing change as users fled the messaging service over privacy concerns.
Jordan becomes first country to vaccinate refugees
Jordan has vaccinated its first refugee and intends to include all those living in the country in its vaccine programme.
Greece wants EU pressure on Turkey to take migrants
Greece called on EU authorities to ensure Turkey take back nearly 1,500 people whose asylum requests were denied.
How a multiracial coalition powered Georgia's Democrats to victory
In-depth: Georgia's different minority communities worked together to help tip the balance in Senate runoffs, ultimately shaping the trajectory ...
Tunisia's revolutionary demand for economic justice remains unmet
In-depth: The political freedoms of Tunisia's revolution have not brought economic equality, with wealth still concentrated in the hands of a ...
US to block cotton from China's Xinjiang region
The US government will halt imports of cotton and tomatoes from China's Xinjiang region over Beijing's treatment of the country's Uighur ...
Asylum seekers protest conditions in UK military camp
Asylum seekers in a camp in Kent are peacefully protesting abysmal conditions.
HRW urges Biden to let Trump face the courts
After assuming office, the incoming president should not stand in the way of professional prosecutors seeking to hold Donald Trump to account ...
Iran denies Pompeo's accusations of Tehran-Al-Qaeda links
Iran has vehemently denied an accusation made by the US Secretary of State claiming that Al-Qaeda has set up a 'home base' in the country.
Indonesia leader gets nation's first coronavirus jab
Indonesia's Prime Minister received the first of two doses of the Chinese-developed Coronavac, which domestic regulators approved this week.
Distrust of Boris must not erode confidence in vaccine
Comment: Debunking anti-vax conspiracy theories means taking an honest look at the profiteering and incompetence of Boris Johnson's government, ...
Pompeo alleges Iran new 'home base' of Al-Qaeda
'Al-Qaeda has a new home base. It is the Islamic Republic of Iran', Pompeo said.
How Europe's inhumane border is keeping refugees in Africa
Comment: Europe's 'externalisation' policies have essentially pushed its borders deep into Africa, write Tara Ansari Esfahani and Mohammed Harun Arsalai.
Defying humanitarian warnings, Pompeo brands Yemen's Houthis as 'terrorists'
The US moved to designate Yemen's Houthis as a terror organisation on Sunday, in a last minute Trump administration move that will only be ...
Afghan journalist-turned official killed in targeted Kabul bomb attack
A bomb attack in Kabul targeted Afghan journalist-turned security official Zia Wadan on Sunday.
Pakistan protesters end blockade over deaths of miners
Thousands of people attended the funeral of 10 miners killed in an attack claimed by the Islamic State extremist group.
The teachers were right all along
Comment: The government's refusal to listen to the National Education Union's advice on how to protect schools and students is nothing but a ...
Amid US tensions, Iran steps up uranium enrichment
Iran is pushing yet more uranium enrichment beyond the threshold established in the nuclear deal in 2015.
Amid US tensions, Iran steps up uranium enrichment
Iran said it had started the process to enrich uranium to 20 percent purity, well beyond the threshold set by its 2015 nuclear deal with major ...
Iran says 20% uranium enrichment process started
An Iranian government official said that President Hassan Rouhani ordered the enrichment "in recent days", following a bill passed last month by ...
Gunmen kill 11 miners in southwest Pakistan: officials
Attackers tied the hands and feet of workers at a remote mine, all members of the minority Shia Hazara community, and “brutally slaughtered” ...
Children were among six people killed in two car bombings in Syria on Saturday.
The Turkish defence ministry said two children had been killed and two civilians wounded.
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