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South Korea bolstered its social distancing restrictions Tuesday as the country confirmed a three-digit increase in COVID-19 cases for the fifth consecutive day.

Authorities deployed helicopters in western China on Tuesday to rescue people stranded by flooding as heavy rain swelled the Yangtze and other rivers to dangerous levels, state media reported.

The dictator issued the directive in July to round up the pets, claiming they were part of 'a ‘tainted’ trend by bourgeois ideology'

Some 200,000 people swarmed the streets in Belarus's capital Minsk on Sunday  – demanding that President Alexander Lukashenko, often dubbed "Europe's Last Dictator" – step down after 26 years of rule.

Belarus' location is “very strategic” to Russian President Vladimir Putin who “wants to increase the sphere of influence of Russia in the region, in Eastern Europe in particular and also in the Middle East,” Fox News senior strategic analyst and retired Army Gen. Jack Keane said on Monday.

As Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko was heckled Monday by angry factory workers who called on him to step down amid disputed election results, the authoritarian leader said there will be no new election “until you kill me.”

Former monarch Juan Carlos I of Spain has been in the United Arab Emirates since he left his country amid a growing financial scandal, the Spanish royal household said Monday, resolving a two-week mystery and reining in speculation over the ex-king's whereabouts.

U.S. forces stationed in eastern Syria were attacked Monday morning, officials said, reporting no casualties.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced early Monday that the country’s general election will be delayed until October, citing concerns over the lingering coronavirus pandemic.

A popular spicy dressing in Germany is getting rebranded because of the racist connotations of its name.

The government felt the need to respond to rapidly rising numbers in Spain.

A restaurant in central China has apologized for asking customers to weigh themselves ahead of placing their orders following the introduction of a national campaign against food waste.

The latest two tropical systems that broke more records for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season both weakened on Sunday, according to forecasters.

Gunmen have stormed an upscale beachfront hotel in Somalia’s capital Sunday after a car bomb detonated outside, according to reports. 

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.

Ireland reported its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases since the start of May in an update the country’s chief medical officer called “deeply concerning.”

A stricken Japanese oil tanker that's leaked tons of oil into the Indian Ocean off the island nation of Mauritius split apart on Saturday, spreading remaining fuel into the area.

Police in North Macedonia said Sunday they have found 80 migrants during a routine check in the central part of the country and arrested a truck driver for suspected migrant smuggling.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani condemned this week’s agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, saying in a heated speech Saturday that the UAE made a “huge mistake.”

An Afghan woman involved in the peace negotiations between the government and the Taliban to end the 19-year war in the country was injured in an “assassination attempt” officials said.