During a visit by a Hamas delegation to Cairo last week, Egypt called on the terrorist group to maintain the ceasefire reached with Israel in August until after the US elections on Tuesday, according to the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar.
The United States formally left the Paris climate accord on Wednesday, becoming the first country in the world to withdraw from the international climate pact aimed at reigning in greenhouse emissions.
Five states voted to legalize marijuana on Tuesday – New Jersey, South Dakota, Montana, Arizona, and Mississippi.
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan failed to agree on a new negotiating approach to resolve their years-long dispute over the controversial dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, the three countries said Wednesday.
Ethiopia approached civil war Wednesday as its Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister ordered the military to confront the country’s well-armed Tigray regional government, accusing it of a deadly attack on a military base and declaring “the last red line has been crossed” after months of alleged provocations.
Libya’s rivals wrapped up their military talks with a call to the U.N. Security Council to adopt a binding resolution to implement a cease-fire deal inked last month, the U.N. said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in Venezuela at the start of a Latin American tour that will also take him to Cuba and Bolivia.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s path to election victory suffered a setback as the crucial state of Arizona was turning towards U.S. Presidential Donald J. Trump.
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is convinced he will clinch the presidency after post-election legal challenges by his rival.
President Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.
Following two weeks of violent pro-abortion protests, Poland’s government has decided to delay indefinitely the implementation of a high court ruling that prohibits abortion on the grounds of disabilities, Life News reported Tuesday.
Leaked documents and the recording of a Zoom-call apparently show that groups led by Black Lives Matter and ShutDownDC have been organizing protests for election night and the days that follow, Just the News reports. Obtained by conservative journalist Millie Weaver, the recording and documents have not yet been verified by the FBI and law enforcement; YouTube has removed the call from Weaver’s channel for violation of its guidelines.
In an unprecedented move, U.S. President Donald J. Trump declared victory in the presidential vote while counting was still ongoing and said he would go to the Supreme Court to battle alleged election fraud.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said the numbers of COVID-19 related deaths recorded in recent weeks are substantially lower than those that were recorded in the summer, CNS News reported Tuesday. The figures are based on death certificates supplied to the partly federal National Center for Health Statistics.
The campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Republican President Donald Trump have suggested that the outcome of today’s election may not be determined Tuesday night. Both are involved in litigation in multiple states, and preparing for an ultimate and potential battle at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared to link Israel with the terrorist attacks in France in remarks he made on Tuesday.
A raging Hurricane Eta slammed into Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast on Tuesday as the storm’s heavy rains threaten to unleash deadly floods across Central America.
The United Kingdom has raised its terror threat level to “severe” following recent attacks in Austria and France that authorities have linked to Islamic extremism.
Israel’s unemployment figures have soared since the country enters its second nationwide lockdown, with joblessness rate climbing above 20 percent.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump won the State of Florida in Tuesday’s presidential election as investors contemplated a possible Democratic defeat, despite opinion polls.