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The move comes after calls for more aggressive action from diplomat Kyaw Moe Tun, who is still recognized by the United Nations as Myanmar’s ambassador.

The new Israeli government had planned to transfer about-to-expire vaccine doses now in exchange for the same number of doses later in the year.

A report says prosecutions dropped by 62 percent over the past five years even as reported rapes increased.

The Brussels court cited failures to meet the E.U. vaccine contract, but it set a lower requirement of 80 million doses delivered by the end of summer.

The United States, however, has not yet lifted its sweeping ban on many E.U. travelers.

As parts of Europe and the United States rebound from the depths of the pandemic, two women share how their families coped, struggled and now wonder what's ahead.

The extremist threat shows no sign of slowing down.

The bear injured four people, and caused schools to close and flights to be canceled, before it was eventually shot.

Juneteenth celebrations in the United States are of a piece with celebrations of Black liberation from the Caribbean, where the moment of emancipation is more closely tethered to histories of independence from Europe’s colonial empires.

With his wife, Jean Hollander, he produced an English translation of ‘The Divine Comedy’ that was hailed as a masterpiece.

The raid on Apple Daily and the arrests show how dramatically space is shrinking for the city’s once-free press.

Beijing appears uneasy not only about the industry’s carbon footprint, but also the intrinsically uncontrollable nature of cryptocurrency.

The global development organization cited "environmental and transparency shortcomings."

He helped lead the country to independence and served for 27 years as its first president.

For Putin, there can be no U.S.-Russia reset. But there was hope of an end to the downward spiral.

Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi is widely favored to prevail in presidential election on Friday.

India’s coronavirus surge that left 180,000 dead over two months has devastated its universities, with the loss of professors leaving many students feeling anxious without their knowledge, guidance and often, friendship

The moderate candidate in Iran’s presidential election has conceded he lost to the country’s hard-line judiciary chief

An Indian health official says his country, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines, wants to resume exports of coronavirus jabs but can’t do so until its domestic needs are met

American filmmaker Laura Poitras has once again turned her camera on the watchmen in an exhibition opening Friday in Berlin

In a rare move, the U.N. General Assembly has condemned Myanmar’s military coup and called for an arms embargo against the country in a resolution demonstrating widespread global opposition to the junta and demanding the restoration of the country’s democratic transition