Turkey registered 2,391 more novel coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data released Wednesday. The country's overall tally now stands at 384,509, the ministry said. Some 1,841 more patients recovered over the past day, raising the tally to 330,665,...

President Donald Trump's campaign will immediately request a recount of votes in Wisconsin, even though the state's presidential election results have yet to be finalized. "There have been reports of irregularities in several Wisconsin counties which raise serious doubts about the validity...

Italian officials agreed on Wednesday to impose a night-time curfew, joining a slew of European nations in ramping up restrictions in the face of a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases. But the measure, which restricts Italians to their homes between 10:00 pm and 5:00 am, fell short of the...

Israel's army has demolished the homes of nearly 80 Palestinian Bedouins in the occupied West Bank, officials and witnesses said Wednesday, in a rare operation targeting an entire community at once. Late Tuesday, Israeli bulldozers razed the village -- including tents, sheds, portable...

A day after Americans voted in a bitterly contested election, the rest of the world was none the wiser on Wednesday, with millions of votes still to count, the race too close to call and a mounting risk of days or even weeks of legal uncertainty. Donald Trump's pre-emptive declaration of...

Chinese social media users watched election day in the United States with bemusement and mockery, as President Donald Trump complained of a “major fraud on our nation” and falsely claimed victory before millions of votes had been tallied. “Whether he wins or loses, his final mission is to...

Dubai budget airline flydubai said Wednesday it will start direct flights to Tel Aviv this month, the first regular commercial service between the cities, after the UAE and Israel agreed to normalise ties. "The carrier will operate 14 flights a week, offering a double daily service between...

Russia on Wednesday reported a new single-day record of 19,768 coronavirus cases and 389 deaths. According to the country's emergency task force, the total number of cases in the country has reached 1.69 million, while the death toll rose to 29,217. Meanwhile, recoveries rose by 15,567...

Armenia’s army continued to suffer losses amid its attacks on Azerbaijani soldiers and civilian areas despite a cease-fire, Baku’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday. “During the day on Nov. 3 and night on Nov. 4, the Armenian armed forces fired at the positions of the units of Azerbaijan Army...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday the result of the U.S. election was not important for the country's clerical rulers, but that the next president in Washington should respect international treaties and laws. "For Tehran, the next U.S. administration's policies are important...

Democrat Joe Biden has won at least three of Maine’s four electoral votes in his bid to unseat President Donald Trump. Biden won the statewide tally and the 1st Congressional District, good for three electoral votes. Trump, meanwhile, hoped to claim one electoral vote in a win in the...

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh late Tuesday condemned raids by Israeli forces on the homes of Palestinian Bedouins in the occupied West Bank.    The raids on the eastern side of Tubas destroyed 11 houses Monday, leaving at least 85 people homeless including 35...

Twelve articles of agreement were reached Wednesday in meetings of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee on the implementation of a permanent cease-fire in Libya.   The military committee meetings in the town of Ghadames in the southwest ended and "agreed on concrete steps to be taken...

The death toll from last week’s powerful earthquake in Turkey’s Aegean region has risen to 114, authorities said early Wednesday.  As many as 137 victims are still receiving treatment while 898 have been discharged from hospitals, according to the Disaster and Emergency Management...

Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc early Wednesday flagged President Donald Trump's comments on the U.S. presidential election, which remained too close to call. Twitter said a Trump tweet alleging an effort to steal the election was potentially misleading. Facebook also flagged a Trump post...

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden were locked in tight races in battleground states across the country Tuesday night as they concluded an epic campaign that will shape America's response to the surging pandemic and foundational questions of economic fairness and racial...

Far-right conspiracy theorist and self-described "proud Islamophobe" Laura Loomer has lost her House race to Democratic incumbent Rep. Lois Frankel, AP reports. Why it matters: Loomer has been banned from Facebook and Twitter over controversial statements, including anti-Muslim remarks...

President Donald Trump called into talk radio shows in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin just hours before polls closed. Trump projected confidence Tuesday that he will win key states like North Carolina and Florida and said he’s expecting a “great” evening....

Millions of voters braved coronavirus concerns and occasional long lines Tuesday to choose between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden in an epic election that will influence how the U.S. confronts everything from the pandemic to race relations for years to come....

More than 13,000 votes in one South Carolina county will have to wait a while to be counted because of a printing error. Dorchester County Election Commissioner Todd Billman said at a news conference Tuesday that the mail-in ballots did not have the proper bars printed at the top so the...