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Police arrested another 15 people in Portland after protests were held overnight on Sunday near a police precinct as the Oregon city has crossed 100 days of demonstrations that have at times turned violent.

The extradition hearing of Julian Assange, the founder of antisecrecy group WikiLeaks, opened in London on Monday, the latest development in a long legal saga. Here is a look at key events.

A Vietnamese court on Monday began the trial of 29 villagers accused of involvement in a deadly clash with police over a land dispute, state media reported.

The video that has been widely shared on social media showed officers of Hong Kong police rounding up some people, including the girl. When she tried to run away, an officer chased her and tackled her to the ground, with several others helping to pin her...

Senior Russian officials held talks in Damascus on Monday with President Bashar al Assad, as the Syrian leader grapples with a crumbling economy that threatens to undermine military successes he has achieved with Moscow's help in a decadelong conflict.

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to halt plans to wind down data collection by Sept. 30, handing a preliminary victory to municipalities and civil rights groups that want a later deadline for the nation's onceinadecade population count.

Since their Chinese visas are tied to their press cards, these journalists were issued a new visa valid for only about two months, much shorter than the usual one year.

Tunisian security forces shot dead three suspected Islamic militants who rammed their vehicle into police officers and attacked them with knives, killing one and injuring another in the coastal resort town of Sousse, authorities said Sunday.

About 90% of Sinovac Biotech Ltd employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese firm under the country's emergency use programme, its chief executive said on Sunday.

Jacob Blake was gravely wounded when a policeman fired seven or eight shots at him as he tried to get into his car on August 23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The companies would pledge to adhere to high scientific and ethical standards in the conduct of clinical studies and in their manufacturing processes, the Journal report said.

Philippine police drew criticism from netizens and activists on Sunday for a plan to monitor social media to enforce quarantine rules, with critics accusing the authorities of authoritarianism and double standards.

Venezuela's supreme court on Friday suspended an earlier ruling that changed the leadership of opposition political party First Justice, as the government of President Nicolas Maduro seeks to boost opposition participation in a congressional election.

China has taken the most active role among countries seeking to interfere in the U.S. election and has the biggest programme to influence domestic politics, U.S. national security adviser Robert O'Brien said on Friday, without providing any details.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday that President Donald Trump respects American troops and veterans after a magazine report said Trump had called fallen U.S. military personnel buried in Europe "losers" and declined to visit an American cem...

A North Carolina court ruled Friday that outstanding restitution, fees or other court-imposed monetary obligations can't prevent convicted felons from voting if they've completed all other portions of their sentence.