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The woman's 30-year-old partner, accused of putting her up to it, was given three years in prison by the Ljubljana District Court on Friday, the country's news agency STA reported.

Informal gold miners in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo scoured rubble on Saturday for more than 50 colleagues presumed dead after a mine collapsed under the weight of heavy rain.

Princess Leonor, the heir to the Spanish throne, has gone into quarantine after a classmate at her school tested positive for COVID19, the royal household said on Saturday.

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged warring Afghan sides to seize the opportunity to strike a peace deal at the opening ceremony for longawaited negotiations in Doha on Saturday.

The deal is another step in a cherished dream by Israeli and US conservatives to win Arab recognition of Israel without establishing a state for the Palestinians, who quickly denounced Bahrain.

The European Commission will propose that the European Union further tighten its limits for auto emissions, German newspaper the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday his government was not planning a new, nationwide lockdown to contain a resurgence in COVID19 cases, but would instead implement a raft of less radical measures.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Doha on Friday, ahead of "historic" longawaited Afghan peace negotiations scheduled to launch the following day.

A series of massive explosions that rocked Jordan's second largest city early on Friday was caused by mortar shells stored at an army munitions depot warping in an intense heat wave, the army said.

The measures include running mangrove and coral protection projects in partnership with experts and local NGOs, and setting up an environment recovery fund, a statement by Mitsui OSK Lines said.

Jordan said a series of massive explosions that rocked the city of Zarqa early on Friday was likely caused by an electric short circuit at a nearby army munitions depot.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday the number of deaths due to the new coronavirus had risen by 1,115 to 190,262 and reported 6,343,562 cases, an increase of 32,899 cases from its previous count.

The head of U.S. forces in South Korea said on Thursday he was not seeing indications that North Korea was looking at "lashing out" ahead of an expected military parade next month, as Pyongyang is internally focused on dealing with typhoon damage and the...

U.S. officials are weighing whether to postpone or further cut refugee admissions in the coming year amid legal fights over President Donald Trump's refugee policy and uncertainty caused by the COVID19 pandemic, a senior official said.

La Niña conditions were present in August, and have a 75% chance of continuing through the Northern Hemisphere winter of 202021, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday.

A large fire erupted at Beirut port on Thursday, sending a huge column of smoke over the Lebanese capital just weeks after a massive blast devastated the port and surrounding residential area.