The United States officially pulled out of another arms control pact with Russia on Sunday, marking the end of a six-month notification process informing Moscow, U.S. officials told Fox News.
The United Kingdom announced it had agreed an interim trade deal with Canada on Saturday, giving itself another buffer for post-Brexit economic dealings in 2021 -- just as it continues to push for a deal with the United States and its post-Brexit future looks uncertain.
About 23 mortar shells slammed into different parts of the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding 31 others, an official said.
The international Organization of American States (OAS) has called on its 35-member nations to reject the parliamentary elections planned by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro next month on Dec. 6.
China is using a new study about the early, hidden spread of coronavirus in Italy to cast doubt on the firmly held assumption that the Asian nation was the birthplace of the pandemic, according to reports.
The Vatican and Facebook are working together to find the origins of a "like" on a bikini model's photo that appeared to come from Pope Francis' account.
The United Nations agency responsible for aiding children is warning that the costs of coronavirus-related school closures outweight the benefits, and that the pandemic poses substantial threats to children and their countries' long-term well-being.
The head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday that while the United States and other major economies turned in better-than-expected economic performances in the third quarter, the world now faces slower momentum with a resurgence in coronavirus cases.
In Belarus, government security forces continue to abuse, arrest and torture pro-democracy protesters since mass demonstrations became an almost-daily feature of life in the country after authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko won his sixth term in a widely disputed election more than 100 days ago.
As if the Brexit trade negotiations were not tortuous enough, the coronavirus added a twist at a crucial stage on Thursday when top-level talks had to be suspended because an EU negotiator tested positive for COVID-19.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly had a coughing fit during a coronavirus videoconference with top officials, though the Kremlin denied the episode.
A region in Australia is returning to early coronavirus pandemic days after a six-day lockdown began midnight Wednesday, bringing an entire community to a standstill amid a new virus cluster.
A Russian university student living in a remote Siberian village has been climbing atop a birch tree in order to obtain internet access for online learning.
“It reminds me of Williamsburg circa 2010,” said ex-pat Davis Richardson, 27, who was looking to escape NYC a few months ago and wound up putting down roots in the capital city, Belgrade.
A U.S. judge on Wednesday granted the Department of Justice's request to drop the drug trafficking and money laundering case against former Mexican Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos and return him to Mexico.
A French radio station mistakenly published online the obituaries of about 100 still very-much-alive public figures — including Queen Elizabeth II, Clint Eastwood, and Jimmy Carter.