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One month after the November 3 election, new local tallies from New York drove victor Biden's total to 81,264,673 votes, compared to Trump's 74,210,838, with a total 158.4 million votes counted so far, according to data compiled by the Cook Political Repo...

The U.S. Justice Department investigated whether a lawyer for Jared Kushner, the soninlaw of President Donald Trump, had been involved in a bribery scheme to win clemency for a man convicted of tax crimes, the New York Times said on Thursday.

Tokyo prosecutors are considering a summary indictment of two officials in former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office for alleged violation of political funding laws, the daily Asahi reported on Friday.

A former FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty to altering an email during the Donald TrumpRussia investigation made a grievous mistake but should be spared prison time and given probation instead, his attorneys said in a sentencing memorandum Thursday.

The official serving as President Donald Trumps eyes and ears at the Justice Department has been banned from the building after trying to pressure staffers to give up sensitive information about election fraud and other matters she could relay to the Whit...

Iran is ready to engage in further prisoner swaps after last week exchanging a jailed BritishAustralian academic with three Iranians detained abroad, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday.

After four years of President Donald Trump serving as his own chief spokesperson and frequently peddling false information and conspiracy theories in the process, successor Joe Biden is pledging to return to a more traditional approach to communicating wi...

Australia's parliament on Thursday passed legislation giving the federal government power to veto any agreement struck with foreign states, a move likely to anger China and intensify a bitter diplomatic spat between the two countries.

Oil prices fell on Thursday as producers including Saudi Arabia and Russia locked horns over the need to extend record production cuts set in place in the first wave of the COVID19 pandemic.

Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after a choppy day of Wall Street trade, thanks in part to a disappointing U.S. jobs report, while the greenback languished near 21/2 year lows on growing optimism of a coronavirus vaccine.

Krasnodar earned its first win in the Champions League by beating Rennes 10 on Wednesday, securing a place in the Europa League knockout rounds for the Russian club.

Afghan government and Taliban representatives said on Wednesday they had reached a preliminary deal to press on with peace talks, their first written agreement in 19 years of war and welcomed by the United States as a chance to halt the violence.

Pfizer's Portuguese unit said on Wednesday the pharmaceutical company would be able to distribute its COVID19 vaccine in the Iberian country three days after the European Union's medicines agency (EMA) has given it the green light.

The first batch of AstraZeneca's COVID19 vaccine candidate will arrive in Brazil between January and February next year, Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Wednesday, with 100 million doses to arrive in the first half of 2021.

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The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees paid the salaries of 30,000 Palestinian staff across the Middle East for last month, but a funding shortfall may still hinder payment in December, officials said on Wednesday.