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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres distanced himself from the showdown in the Security Council.

Schools are set to reopen on September 1

We hope this visit will lead to reinforced mutual cooperation, says Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA

Sale price smashed the original estimate of around £15,000

8 people were on board plane that crashes shortly after taking off from airport in country’s capital

Israel has bombed Gaza almost daily since August 6 in retaliation for the launch of balloons fitted with fire bombs

Madrid residents asked to stay home; judge overturns ban on nightlife and smoking in public

Lukashenko tells Macron and US' Pompeo to mind their own countries' business

Recent rise may lead to 2nd wave of contagions when schools reopen in Sept, experts warn

Australia allows about 4,000 citizens to return home every week

1 million tests conducted, health officials say

Country has reported a total of 17,002 coronavirus infections with 309 deaths

Nearly 61,000 coronavirus cases reported as capital Tokyo remains worst-hit

Charles Michel had his wedding planned in southeastern France this weekend

Vaccine candidate under development by Pfizer, BioNTech on track to seek regulatory review

Medical staff says Navalny’s life was not in immediate danger

Afghan National Army units claim to have thwarted major Taliban onslaughts in various provinces

Death toll now above 20,300, total case count over 354,700

Navalny is in serious condition after drinking tea on Thursday that his allies believe was laced with poison.

The country reports 68,898 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours

Thai virologist says patients need to remain in isolation for at least 4 weeks

The testing will be done with the assistance of a 60 person team

There is a long history of Kremlin foes being poisoned or falling ill after suspected poisonings

Reported death toll rose by 7 to 9,260

Decision taken with mutual consent of Pak-Afghan authorities

The white supremacist is accused of killing 51 Muslim worshippers last year in a massacre that shocked the world

As the Gulf Arab state sees the number of cases rise to over 400 for the first time since mid-July

Escalation in US-Iran tension and fall in crude stocks also propping up prices

OSCE is not going to Minsk to take selfies at protests, says chairperson

US top diplomat posts picture of him delivering formal notification to UNSC President Dian Triansyah Djani

Scientists say the findings have implications for vaccine development and treatments for Covid-19

China has reported no new locally transmitted cases on the mainland for five days

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews says new case numbers in his state had fallen faster than he expected

Turkey is conscientious on humanitarian issues as much as it is entrepreneurial on geopolitical and strategic issues

Former vice president accuses President Donald Trump of having 'cloaked America in darkness for far too long'

Community health workers have been pivotal in sustaining trust in modern healthcare the world over

FO says PM Imran made clear Pakistan will not recognise Israel until Palestinians given right to self-determination

Navalny started feeling ill on a plane returning to Moscow from Tomsk in Siberia on Wednesday

Bannon is among several people charged with wire fraud in an indictment by federal prosecutors

India reported a record daily jump of 69,652 coronavirus infections on Thursday

Obama blamed Trump for the 170,000 Americans who have died from the coronavirus

The surface-to-surface missile, called martyr Qassem Soleimani, has a range of 1,400 km and the cruise missile

The industry source says the prospective jet sale was arranged with the help of Trump's senior adviser Jared Kushner

On the same day, UAE guards shot dead two Iranian fishermen and seized a boat

Last year President Jair Bolsonaro accused the actor of funding fires in the Amazon, without presenting any evidence

Many climate events were moved online due to pandemic

Washington ends 3 agreements with semi-autonomous region

If elected in November, Harris would be first Black woman vice president of United States

Nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington have been stalled since the collapse of a Hanoi summit

The sanctions will break and go away