The United Arab Emirates took a final step toward switching on the Arab world’s first commercial nuclear power plant, even as the country prospers by producing and selling fossil fuels. © Arun Girija/WAM via AP, File FILE - This undated photograph... >>>

Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen said the peace deal would be signed by the end of February. Newsweek has contacted the State Department to confirm Shaheen's report. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle) {... >>>

Fear of the coronavirus outbreak spreading into North Korea may be accelerating Kim Jong Un’s efforts to play down the legacy of his father and strengthen his own cult of personality. © AFP via Getty Images Students participate in a "mass dance" as... >>>

Britain on Monday began to clear up after Storm Dennis battered the country over the weekend, leading the government's weather agency to issue a rare "danger to life" warning.Hundreds of flood warnings remained in place, including five "severe"... >>>

India's Supreme Court has ruled that all women officers will now be eligible for permanent commissions.The ruling means that all women officers will now be on par with men when it comes to promotions, ranks, benefits and... >>>

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Toilet rolls have become hot property in the city due to a shortage from coronavirus panic-buying.Toilet rolls are currently in short supply in Hong Kong due to shortages caused by panic-buying during the coronavirus... >>>

Netanyahu says Israeli airliners have started overflying Sudan , Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, casting the new air corridor as the result of a breakthrough meeting with the African Muslim country's de-facto leader this month.©... >>>

Fourteen people who had tested positive for the new coronavirus were among more than 300 US citizens and family members evacuated by plane from a quarantined ship in Japan, the US State Department said Monday. Officers wearing protective suits... >>>

In the fictional home of Romeo and Juliet, the Juliet Club answers letters from hopeless romantics seeking advice. Founded in Verona, Italy in 1972, the club responds to thousands of letters every... >>>

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A toxic gas leak killed five people and sickened dozens of others in a coastal residential area in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, police said Monday. The source of the leak, which occurred on Sunday night, and the type >>>

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Monday reported a slight upturn in new virus cases and 105 more deaths for a total of 1,770 since the outbreak began two months ago. The 2,048 new cases followed three days of declines but was up by just 39... >>>

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has canceled his planned trip to Barbados to help resolve widespread rail disruptions caused by indigenous rights activists opposing the construction of a natural gas pipeline, his office said on... >>>

Scientists say climate change is behind the unprecedented intensity of the bushfires that have burned a reported 27 million acres in Australia.The fires have devoured forests like rivers of lava. Smoke blanketing the landscape, the skies turning... >>>

President Donald Trump has called for Russia to end its support for the Syrian regime's "atrocities" as he expressed US concern over violence in the Idlib region, the White House said Sunday. In a call with Turkish... >>>